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Old 06-09-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Need Help!

My Newest Build Which Is:

XION II - XON-101 Case, BIOSTAR MCP6P-M2 Board, AMD X2 6000+ Processor, 4GB OCZ SLI 240 Pin DDR2 Memory, 80GB 7200RPM Caviar SE HDD, 20X Lite-On DVD±R/RW Optical Drive

When I Try And Install Vista On This Computer
It Starts Loading At The Grey Bar Screen At The Begining And Before It Gets Into The Installer The System Restarts!!!

This Is A Fresh Slef-Booting Install On A New HDD And I Don't Know What Could Be Wrong?!

I Have Installed/Built Many Vista Systems And Nevewr Had This Problem...

I Have Set The DVD Drive To The 1st Boot Device And The HDD To The 2nd.

Help Please!
Old 06-09-2008   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Need Help!

More details on which version of Vista. How you are installing it. Actual error messages.
Old 06-09-2008   #3 (permalink)
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Vista Ultimate,

There Aren't Any Error Messages It Just Says:
"Windows Is Loading Files" And As Soon As It Is At The End Of The Loading Bar - The Screen Blinks And The Computer Restarts.
Old 06-09-2008   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Need Help!

Try pulling one stick of Ram out and installing with only ONE! I've heard from multiple people that Vista is a little testy with RAM during installs.. and to use onle one.. then after it gets finished add the other.. then the other 2 if your doing 4x1.. (I don't kno if ur 2x2GB or 4x1) but either way, use one for install and then add others after.. I've heard this help MANY people that couldn't figure out why install was not workin..

Good luck!
Old 06-09-2008   #5 (permalink)
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I would reset the BIOS to default memory timing and install just one stick of RAM. Remove hardware you don't need to do the base install of Vista.
Old 06-10-2008   #6 (permalink)
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I would reset the BIOS to default memory timing and install just one stick of RAM. Remove hardware you don't need to do the base install of Vista.
Ok I Will Try That - As I Also Tried Installing Windows XP And Upgrading To Vista But Asoon As It Gets Done Copying Files The Computer Restarts And Does The Same Thing....

Thanks Everyone For The Help!

I Will Let You Know How It Works Out
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