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On 23 Feb, 20:08, "philo" <ph...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 23 Feb, 18:10, "philo" <ph...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> > I've just built a new computer with 64bit Vista Home Premium. The
> > installation goes through its bits and then reboots itself (as it's
> > supposed to). When it comes back it does the 'completing
> > installation' stage, but during this it gives me a BSOD and I can't
> > get any further with the install. It reboots itself very quickly so
> > it's hard to read the message.
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> > Any ideas what happens in the 'completing installation' stage? Does
> > it have a look at the hardware? Or does anybody know how to fix it?
> > I haven't got any unusual hardware (apart from a USB memory card
> > reader) in there so I wouldn't expect driver problems.
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> > At the moment I've spent £hundreds for a machine that does nothing :
> > (. Windows XP isn't really an option either because Vista was the
> > whole reason for buying the computer.
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> > My hardware is:
> > Asus 380W PSU
> > ASUS M2A-VM HDMI Motherboard (inc sound + video)
> > AMD BE-2350 Processor (dual core - 64 bit)
> > Corsair XMS2 800MHz DDR2 2Gb
> > LG PATA DVD writer
> > Western Digital SATA 160Gb 7200rpm HD
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> > Did you install the chipset drivers?
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> > Look at the post from yesterday as that was covered
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> > see: "desperate"
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> I've got further now, and installed it. I tried, but I couldn't
> install any drivers until after the install. I changed the memory
> voltage from 'auto' to 1.9V, which I thought may have fixed it, but it
> may just been luck because I keep getting a BSOD every few minutes
> even when not doing much.
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> It looks like a hardware fault (not really the right group). I ran
> the memory test from the Vista DVD and there were no errors. Does
> that mean the memory should be OK or does it not stress the memory
> enough? My first BSOD was at the login screen before logging in, and
> it didn't crash during the performance tests either. The first two
> BSODs were something about modifying internal data structures IIRC,
> and the last was memory management. The only other posibility I can
> think of is the processor having a hot spot if the thermal pad got
> messed up (although I doubt it)?
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> I've found that occasionally, a memory test utility will pass RAM
> that still turns out to be marginal.
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> Rather than changing the voltage, for now, just try clocking down the RAM to
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Looking in the BIOS, the temperatures are VERY low. All below 30C,
although the CPU was at 14C earlier, which is below room temperature.
I might try that with the RAM, I paid a bit extra for this RAM because
I thought it was a good brand and didn't want any problems lol.
If your system is stable with the RAM underclocked, then the RAM must be
bad...
but of course, at this point it's hard to tell