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**jack56** · 11-23-2008

I just built a new system a few days ago with XP home for the OS. The system is purring. I’ve been reading good things about Vista Ultimate 64bit and like the idea that I could use all 4GB of ram instead of 3.5GB. Then I bought a copy of Vista Ultimate 64bit.

At first all seems to go ok during installation, but in the last step, finishing installation just before the first Vista session... I get a BSOD blue screen of death.

I can't see what says the blue screen because it only appears for less than a second and after the system reboots.

I have tried to install four times, and always get the same... won’t let me install. BSOD.

I took out one of my two GPU's too.

What do I do now? I’ve installed many OS over the years and never ran into a problem until now.

EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW Mobo
2xEVGA GeForce 9800 GT Superclocked 512 MB DDR3
Intel 2 Quad CoreQ8200 2.33 GHz
Corsair Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz
2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB Hard Drive
2xLite-ON 20x DVD Burner with LightScribe
Aspire X-Cruiser Case Black / 7 case fans
Apevia 680W Iceberg Power Supply
Thermaltake Ruby Orb CPU Cooler
Dell UltraSharp 24” LCD Monitor
OS: XP home... soon Vista Ultimate 64 bit

11-23-2008	#1 (permalink)
jack56 Vista Ultimate x64 6 posts	Blue screen and error messages trying to install vista 64 bit I just built a new system a few days ago with XP home for the OS. The system is purring. I’ve been reading good things about Vista Ultimate 64bit and like the idea that I could use all 4GB of ram instead of 3.5GB. Then I bought a copy of Vista Ultimate 64bit. At first all seems to go ok during installation, but in the last step, finishing installation just before the first Vista session... I get a BSOD blue screen of death. I can't see what says the blue screen because it only appears for less than a second and after the system reboots. I have tried to install four times, and always get the same... won’t let me install. BSOD. I took out one of my two GPU's too. What do I do now? I’ve installed many OS over the years and never ran into a problem until now. EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW Mobo 2xEVGA GeForce 9800 GT Superclocked 512 MB DDR3 Intel 2 Quad CoreQ8200 2.33 GHz Corsair Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz 2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB Hard Drive 2xLite-ON 20x DVD Burner with LightScribe Aspire X-Cruiser Case Black / 7 case fans Apevia 680W Iceberg Power Supply Thermaltake Ruby Orb CPU Cooler Dell UltraSharp 24” LCD Monitor OS: XP home... soon Vista Ultimate 64 bit Last edited by jack56; 11-23-2008 at 03:57 AM..
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