Vista - Black screen at Installation

Hi having a bit of a problem trying to install the latest vista 5384.4 32bit
version

My specs:
Asus P4R800-V deluxe motherboard
Pentium 4 3.4GHZ CPU hyperthreading is on
1 gig RAM
ATI X800 video card
300 gig hard drive

When I try to boot to dvd to install vista it appears that files are loading
and then you get the moving bar screen after that my screen goes black and
doesn't change. Looking at the computer I see no hard drive activity leds or
dvd-rom drive leds on. I have left the computer sitting for over an hour to
see if anything starts happening and I get nothing. Am I to accept that my
specs aren't compatable and I need to upgrade? Or is this a known bug with
vista?

Try installing from Windows instead - also try copying the contents of the
DVD to a folder on the Desktop then running the setup from there.

If that fails, use Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc) to mount the image
virtually and install from there.

--
Zack Whittaker
» ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
» MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
» Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
» This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
that up!

--: Original message follows :--
"DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B8776DF6-585B-4522-A974-0EAC179DA054@microsoft.com...
> Hi having a bit of a problem trying to install the latest vista 5384.4
> 32bit
> version
>
> My specs:
> Asus P4R800-V deluxe motherboard
> Pentium 4 3.4GHZ CPU hyperthreading is on
> 1 gig RAM
> ATI X800 video card
> 300 gig hard drive
>
> When I try to boot to dvd to install vista it appears that files are
> loading
> and then you get the moving bar screen after that my screen goes black and
> doesn't change. Looking at the computer I see no hard drive activity leds
> or
> dvd-rom drive leds on. I have left the computer sitting for over an hour
> to
> see if anything starts happening and I get nothing. Am I to accept that my
> specs aren't compatable and I need to upgrade? Or is this a known bug with
> vista?
>

Thanks I tried to install from within windows from the dvd and trying your
methods which I tried out this morning as suggested from a friend of mine,
everything goes fine really slowing while copy windows files took about 90
minutes and then the computer restarts and goes to that black screen again
and does nothing. waited 30 minutes still nothing. I hit restart on my tower
and after initial boot up for an instant it flashed a screen that said
something about errors while trying to install. Then restore settings or
something like that was selected along with another option that I didn't
catch. Then the computer screen went black the hard drive started spinning
and then the computer restarted again and went into XP with no sign of vista
being installed on my second hard drive. Which I selected during the initial
setup. Is this possibly a motherboard conflict? I wish it were possible to
see what was happening during the install so I know what is causing the
hangup or were it is erroring out at

"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

> Try installing from Windows instead - also try copying the contents of the
> DVD to a folder on the Desktop then running the setup from there.
>
> If that fails, use Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc) to mount the image
> virtually and install from there.
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B8776DF6-585B-4522-A974-0EAC179DA054@microsoft.com...
> > Hi having a bit of a problem trying to install the latest vista 5384.4
> > 32bit
> > version
> >
> > My specs:
> > Asus P4R800-V deluxe motherboard
> > Pentium 4 3.4GHZ CPU hyperthreading is on
> > 1 gig RAM
> > ATI X800 video card
> > 300 gig hard drive
> >
> > When I try to boot to dvd to install vista it appears that files are
> > loading
> > and then you get the moving bar screen after that my screen goes black and
> > doesn't change. Looking at the computer I see no hard drive activity leds
> > or
> > dvd-rom drive leds on. I have left the computer sitting for over an hour
> > to
> > see if anything starts happening and I get nothing. Am I to accept that my
> > specs aren't compatable and I need to upgrade? Or is this a known bug with
> > vista?
> >
>
>
>

If there are any unnecessary peripherals attached, try removing them (this
includes USB based devices), Vista might be trying to detect which is
causing the install problem.
--
--
Andre
Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

"DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news69B31BB-17AE-4EEE-9AFA-C174C00C29F2@microsoft.com...
> Thanks I tried to install from within windows from the dvd and trying your
> methods which I tried out this morning as suggested from a friend of mine,
> everything goes fine really slowing while copy windows files took about 90
> minutes and then the computer restarts and goes to that black screen again
> and does nothing. waited 30 minutes still nothing. I hit restart on my
> tower
> and after initial boot up for an instant it flashed a screen that said
> something about errors while trying to install. Then restore settings or
> something like that was selected along with another option that I didn't
> catch. Then the computer screen went black the hard drive started spinning
> and then the computer restarted again and went into XP with no sign of
> vista
> being installed on my second hard drive. Which I selected during the
> initial
> setup. Is this possibly a motherboard conflict? I wish it were possible
> to
> see what was happening during the install so I know what is causing the
> hangup or were it is erroring out at
>
> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>
>> Try installing from Windows instead - also try copying the contents of
>> the
>> DVD to a folder on the Desktop then running the setup from there.
>>
>> If that fails, use Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc) to mount the image
>> virtually and install from there.
>>
>> --
>> Zack Whittaker
>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>> not
>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
>> that up!
>>
>> --: Original message follows :--
>> "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B8776DF6-585B-4522-A974-0EAC179DA054@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi having a bit of a problem trying to install the latest vista 5384.4
>> > 32bit
>> > version
>> >
>> > My specs:
>> > Asus P4R800-V deluxe motherboard
>> > Pentium 4 3.4GHZ CPU hyperthreading is on
>> > 1 gig RAM
>> > ATI X800 video card
>> > 300 gig hard drive
>> >
>> > When I try to boot to dvd to install vista it appears that files are
>> > loading
>> > and then you get the moving bar screen after that my screen goes black
>> > and
>> > doesn't change. Looking at the computer I see no hard drive activity
>> > leds
>> > or
>> > dvd-rom drive leds on. I have left the computer sitting for over an
>> > hour
>> > to
>> > see if anything starts happening and I get nothing. Am I to accept that
>> > my
>> > specs aren't compatable and I need to upgrade? Or is this a known bug
>> > with
>> > vista?
>> >
>>
>>
>>

Ok I left my printer attached so I will remove it and see if that was the
problem.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> If there are any unnecessary peripherals attached, try removing them (this
> includes USB based devices), Vista might be trying to detect which is
> causing the install problem.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news69B31BB-17AE-4EEE-9AFA-C174C00C29F2@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks I tried to install from within windows from the dvd and trying your
> > methods which I tried out this morning as suggested from a friend of mine,
> > everything goes fine really slowing while copy windows files took about 90
> > minutes and then the computer restarts and goes to that black screen again
> > and does nothing. waited 30 minutes still nothing. I hit restart on my
> > tower
> > and after initial boot up for an instant it flashed a screen that said
> > something about errors while trying to install. Then restore settings or
> > something like that was selected along with another option that I didn't
> > catch. Then the computer screen went black the hard drive started spinning
> > and then the computer restarted again and went into XP with no sign of
> > vista
> > being installed on my second hard drive. Which I selected during the
> > initial
> > setup. Is this possibly a motherboard conflict? I wish it were possible
> > to
> > see what was happening during the install so I know what is causing the
> > hangup or were it is erroring out at
> >
> > "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
> >
> >> Try installing from Windows instead - also try copying the contents of
> >> the
> >> DVD to a folder on the Desktop then running the setup from there.
> >>
> >> If that fails, use Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc) to mount the image
> >> virtually and install from there.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Zack Whittaker
> >> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> >> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> >> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> >> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
> >> not
> >> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> >> that up!
> >>
> >> --: Original message follows :--
> >> "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:B8776DF6-585B-4522-A974-0EAC179DA054@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi having a bit of a problem trying to install the latest vista 5384.4
> >> > 32bit
> >> > version
> >> >
> >> > My specs:
> >> > Asus P4R800-V deluxe motherboard
> >> > Pentium 4 3.4GHZ CPU hyperthreading is on
> >> > 1 gig RAM
> >> > ATI X800 video card
> >> > 300 gig hard drive
> >> >
> >> > When I try to boot to dvd to install vista it appears that files are
> >> > loading
> >> > and then you get the moving bar screen after that my screen goes black
> >> > and
> >> > doesn't change. Looking at the computer I see no hard drive activity
> >> > leds
> >> > or
> >> > dvd-rom drive leds on. I have left the computer sitting for over an
> >> > hour
> >> > to
> >> > see if anything starts happening and I get nothing. Am I to accept that
> >> > my
> >> > specs aren't compatable and I need to upgrade? Or is this a known bug
> >> > with
> >> > vista?
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Can't edit my last post but anyways I removed all unneccessary peripherals
and am left with just the basics. I formatted the drive I am installing to
and tried to install from within windows as boot to the dvd still goes to the
black screen. From within windows setup seems to run alot faster this time
but at 49% an error screen pops up stating setup cannot continue and gives
error code # 80070001. I searched and am unable to locate any description to
this error code. Is there a way to find out what it means?

"DragonsLee" wrote:

> Ok I left my printer attached so I will remove it and see if that was the
> problem.
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>
> > If there are any unnecessary peripherals attached, try removing them (this
> > includes USB based devices), Vista might be trying to detect which is
> > causing the install problem.
> > --
> > --
> > Andre
> > Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> > Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> > Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> > http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> >
> > "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news69B31BB-17AE-4EEE-9AFA-C174C00C29F2@microsoft.com...
> > > Thanks I tried to install from within windows from the dvd and trying your
> > > methods which I tried out this morning as suggested from a friend of mine,
> > > everything goes fine really slowing while copy windows files took about 90
> > > minutes and then the computer restarts and goes to that black screen again
> > > and does nothing. waited 30 minutes still nothing. I hit restart on my
> > > tower
> > > and after initial boot up for an instant it flashed a screen that said
> > > something about errors while trying to install. Then restore settings or
> > > something like that was selected along with another option that I didn't
> > > catch. Then the computer screen went black the hard drive started spinning
> > > and then the computer restarted again and went into XP with no sign of
> > > vista
> > > being installed on my second hard drive. Which I selected during the
> > > initial
> > > setup. Is this possibly a motherboard conflict? I wish it were possible
> > > to
> > > see what was happening during the install so I know what is causing the
> > > hangup or were it is erroring out at
> > >
> > > "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Try installing from Windows instead - also try copying the contents of
> > >> the
> > >> DVD to a folder on the Desktop then running the setup from there.
> > >>
> > >> If that fails, use Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc) to mount the image
> > >> virtually and install from there.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Zack Whittaker
> > >> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> > >> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> > >> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> > >> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> > >> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
> > >> not
> > >> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> > >> that up!
> > >>
> > >> --: Original message follows :--
> > >> "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:B8776DF6-585B-4522-A974-0EAC179DA054@microsoft.com...
> > >> > Hi having a bit of a problem trying to install the latest vista 5384.4
> > >> > 32bit
> > >> > version
> > >> >
> > >> > My specs:
> > >> > Asus P4R800-V deluxe motherboard
> > >> > Pentium 4 3.4GHZ CPU hyperthreading is on
> > >> > 1 gig RAM
> > >> > ATI X800 video card
> > >> > 300 gig hard drive
> > >> >
> > >> > When I try to boot to dvd to install vista it appears that files are
> > >> > loading
> > >> > and then you get the moving bar screen after that my screen goes black
> > >> > and
> > >> > doesn't change. Looking at the computer I see no hard drive activity
> > >> > leds
> > >> > or
> > >> > dvd-rom drive leds on. I have left the computer sitting for over an
> > >> > hour
> > >> > to
> > >> > see if anything starts happening and I get nothing. Am I to accept that
> > >> > my
> > >> > specs aren't compatable and I need to upgrade? Or is this a known bug
> > >> > with
> > >> > vista?
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >

Are you installing on the entire 300 GB or a dedicated partition? Vista
might have some issues with RAW disk, try installing on a dedicated
partition. Also, you might need to do a BIOS update.
--
--
Andre
Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

"DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6FA42DE4-F46E-47DD-9BA1-A7E70E3D113E@microsoft.com...
> Can't edit my last post but anyways I removed all unneccessary peripherals
> and am left with just the basics. I formatted the drive I am installing
> to
> and tried to install from within windows as boot to the dvd still goes to
> the
> black screen. From within windows setup seems to run alot faster this
> time
> but at 49% an error screen pops up stating setup cannot continue and gives
> error code # 80070001. I searched and am unable to locate any description
> to
> this error code. Is there a way to find out what it means?
>
> "DragonsLee" wrote:
>
>> Ok I left my printer attached so I will remove it and see if that was the
>> problem.
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>>
>> > If there are any unnecessary peripherals attached, try removing them
>> > (this
>> > includes USB based devices), Vista might be trying to detect which is
>> > causing the install problem.
>> > --
>> > --
>> > Andre
>> > Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> > Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> > Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> > http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> >
>> > "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news69B31BB-17AE-4EEE-9AFA-C174C00C29F2@microsoft.com...
>> > > Thanks I tried to install from within windows from the dvd and trying
>> > > your
>> > > methods which I tried out this morning as suggested from a friend of
>> > > mine,
>> > > everything goes fine really slowing while copy windows files took
>> > > about 90
>> > > minutes and then the computer restarts and goes to that black screen
>> > > again
>> > > and does nothing. waited 30 minutes still nothing. I hit restart on
>> > > my
>> > > tower
>> > > and after initial boot up for an instant it flashed a screen that
>> > > said
>> > > something about errors while trying to install. Then restore
>> > > settings or
>> > > something like that was selected along with another option that I
>> > > didn't
>> > > catch. Then the computer screen went black the hard drive started
>> > > spinning
>> > > and then the computer restarted again and went into XP with no sign
>> > > of
>> > > vista
>> > > being installed on my second hard drive. Which I selected during the
>> > > initial
>> > > setup. Is this possibly a motherboard conflict? I wish it were
>> > > possible
>> > > to
>> > > see what was happening during the install so I know what is causing
>> > > the
>> > > hangup or were it is erroring out at
>> > >
>> > > "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Try installing from Windows instead - also try copying the contents
>> > >> of
>> > >> the
>> > >> DVD to a folder on the Desktop then running the setup from there.
>> > >>
>> > >> If that fails, use Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc) to mount the
>> > >> image
>> > >> virtually and install from there.
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> Zack Whittaker
>> > >> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>> > >> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>> > >> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>> > >> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers
>> > >> no
>> > >> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so,
>> > >> and
>> > >> not
>> > >> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>> > >> cleared
>> > >> that up!
>> > >>
>> > >> --: Original message follows :--
>> > >> "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> news:B8776DF6-585B-4522-A974-0EAC179DA054@microsoft.com...
>> > >> > Hi having a bit of a problem trying to install the latest vista
>> > >> > 5384.4
>> > >> > 32bit
>> > >> > version
>> > >> >
>> > >> > My specs:
>> > >> > Asus P4R800-V deluxe motherboard
>> > >> > Pentium 4 3.4GHZ CPU hyperthreading is on
>> > >> > 1 gig RAM
>> > >> > ATI X800 video card
>> > >> > 300 gig hard drive
>> > >> >
>> > >> > When I try to boot to dvd to install vista it appears that files
>> > >> > are
>> > >> > loading
>> > >> > and then you get the moving bar screen after that my screen goes
>> > >> > black
>> > >> > and
>> > >> > doesn't change. Looking at the computer I see no hard drive
>> > >> > activity
>> > >> > leds
>> > >> > or
>> > >> > dvd-rom drive leds on. I have left the computer sitting for over
>> > >> > an
>> > >> > hour
>> > >> > to
>> > >> > see if anything starts happening and I get nothing. Am I to accept
>> > >> > that
>> > >> > my
>> > >> > specs aren't compatable and I need to upgrade? Or is this a known
>> > >> > bug
>> > >> > with
>> > >> > vista?
>> > >> >
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> >
>> >

I'm basicly getting the same problem [Beta 2]. Except it installs a bunch of
stuff, finishes and then restarts. When it restarts it loads, and just when
it is ready to give me a real screen, I get a BSOD. error 9C, or a machine
check expection.

Chris J.

"DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B8776DF6-585B-4522-A974-0EAC179DA054@microsoft.com...
> Hi having a bit of a problem trying to install the latest vista 5384.4
> 32bit
> version
>
> My specs:
> Asus P4R800-V deluxe motherboard
> Pentium 4 3.4GHZ CPU hyperthreading is on
> 1 gig RAM
> ATI X800 video card
> 300 gig hard drive
>
> When I try to boot to dvd to install vista it appears that files are
> loading
> and then you get the moving bar screen after that my screen goes black and
> doesn't change. Looking at the computer I see no hard drive activity leds
> or
> dvd-rom drive leds on. I have left the computer sitting for over an hour
> to
> see if anything starts happening and I get nothing. Am I to accept that my
> specs aren't compatable and I need to upgrade? Or is this a known bug with
> vista?
>

I have the latest bios that asus supplies for this motherboard. Drive isn't
raw just one big partition when I formatted it. My feelings are my
motherboard is the cause of these headaches and I either need to give up or
upgrade. Upgrading now just doesn't seem smart with new and better hardware
comming out by the end of the year that should be certified to work with
vista.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Are you installing on the entire 300 GB or a dedicated partition? Vista
> might have some issues with RAW disk, try installing on a dedicated
> partition. Also, you might need to do a BIOS update.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6FA42DE4-F46E-47DD-9BA1-A7E70E3D113E@microsoft.com...
> > Can't edit my last post but anyways I removed all unneccessary peripherals
> > and am left with just the basics. I formatted the drive I am installing
> > to
> > and tried to install from within windows as boot to the dvd still goes to
> > the
> > black screen. From within windows setup seems to run alot faster this
> > time
> > but at 49% an error screen pops up stating setup cannot continue and gives
> > error code # 80070001. I searched and am unable to locate any description
> > to
> > this error code. Is there a way to find out what it means?
> >
> > "DragonsLee" wrote:
> >
> >> Ok I left my printer attached so I will remove it and see if that was the
> >> problem.
> >>
> >> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
> >>
> >> > If there are any unnecessary peripherals attached, try removing them
> >> > (this
> >> > includes USB based devices), Vista might be trying to detect which is
> >> > causing the install problem.
> >> > --
> >> > --
> >> > Andre
> >> > Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> >> > Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> >> > Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> >> > http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> >> >
> >> > "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news69B31BB-17AE-4EEE-9AFA-C174C00C29F2@microsoft.com...
> >> > > Thanks I tried to install from within windows from the dvd and trying
> >> > > your
> >> > > methods which I tried out this morning as suggested from a friend of
> >> > > mine,
> >> > > everything goes fine really slowing while copy windows files took
> >> > > about 90
> >> > > minutes and then the computer restarts and goes to that black screen
> >> > > again
> >> > > and does nothing. waited 30 minutes still nothing. I hit restart on
> >> > > my
> >> > > tower
> >> > > and after initial boot up for an instant it flashed a screen that
> >> > > said
> >> > > something about errors while trying to install. Then restore
> >> > > settings or
> >> > > something like that was selected along with another option that I
> >> > > didn't
> >> > > catch. Then the computer screen went black the hard drive started
> >> > > spinning
> >> > > and then the computer restarted again and went into XP with no sign
> >> > > of
> >> > > vista
> >> > > being installed on my second hard drive. Which I selected during the
> >> > > initial
> >> > > setup. Is this possibly a motherboard conflict? I wish it were
> >> > > possible
> >> > > to
> >> > > see what was happening during the install so I know what is causing
> >> > > the
> >> > > hangup or were it is erroring out at
> >> > >
> >> > > "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >> Try installing from Windows instead - also try copying the contents
> >> > >> of
> >> > >> the
> >> > >> DVD to a folder on the Desktop then running the setup from there.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> If that fails, use Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc) to mount the
> >> > >> image
> >> > >> virtually and install from there.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> --
> >> > >> Zack Whittaker
> >> > >> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> >> > >> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> >> > >> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> >> > >> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers
> >> > >> no
> >> > >> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so,
> >> > >> and
> >> > >> not
> >> > >> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
> >> > >> cleared
> >> > >> that up!
> >> > >>
> >> > >> --: Original message follows :--
> >> > >> "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > >> news:B8776DF6-585B-4522-A974-0EAC179DA054@microsoft.com...
> >> > >> > Hi having a bit of a problem trying to install the latest vista
> >> > >> > 5384.4
> >> > >> > 32bit
> >> > >> > version
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > My specs:
> >> > >> > Asus P4R800-V deluxe motherboard
> >> > >> > Pentium 4 3.4GHZ CPU hyperthreading is on
> >> > >> > 1 gig RAM
> >> > >> > ATI X800 video card
> >> > >> > 300 gig hard drive
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > When I try to boot to dvd to install vista it appears that files
> >> > >> > are
> >> > >> > loading
> >> > >> > and then you get the moving bar screen after that my screen goes
> >> > >> > black
> >> > >> > and
> >> > >> > doesn't change. Looking at the computer I see no hard drive
> >> > >> > activity
> >> > >> > leds
> >> > >> > or
> >> > >> > dvd-rom drive leds on. I have left the computer sitting for over
> >> > >> > an
> >> > >> > hour
> >> > >> > to
> >> > >> > see if anything starts happening and I get nothing. Am I to accept
> >> > >> > that
> >> > >> > my
> >> > >> > specs aren't compatable and I need to upgrade? Or is this a known
> >> > >> > bug
> >> > >> > with
> >> > >> > vista?
> >> > >> >
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
>
>
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"DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:66B886D9-0D30-4C4B-B78A-55B6722030ED@microsoft.com...
>I have the latest bios that asus supplies for this motherboard. Drive
>isn't
> raw just one big partition when I formatted it. My feelings are my
> motherboard is the cause of these headaches and I either need to give up
> or
> upgrade. Upgrading now just doesn't seem smart with new and better
> hardware
> comming out by the end of the year that should be certified to work with
> vista.
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>
>> Are you installing on the entire 300 GB or a dedicated partition? Vista
>> might have some issues with RAW disk, try installing on a dedicated
>> partition. Also, you might need to do a BIOS update.
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
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>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
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>>
>> "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6FA42DE4-F46E-47DD-9BA1-A7E70E3D113E@microsoft.com...
>> > Can't edit my last post but anyways I removed all unneccessary
>> > peripherals
>> > and am left with just the basics. I formatted the drive I am
>> > installing
>> > to
>> > and tried to install from within windows as boot to the dvd still goes
>> > to
>> > the
>> > black screen. From within windows setup seems to run alot faster this
>> > time
>> > but at 49% an error screen pops up stating setup cannot continue and
>> > gives
>> > error code # 80070001. I searched and am unable to locate any
>> > description
>> > to
>> > this error code. Is there a way to find out what it means?
>> >
>> > "DragonsLee" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Ok I left my printer attached so I will remove it and see if that was
>> >> the
>> >> problem.
>> >>
>> >> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > If there are any unnecessary peripherals attached, try removing them
>> >> > (this
>> >> > includes USB based devices), Vista might be trying to detect which
>> >> > is
>> >> > causing the install problem.
>> >> > --
>> >> > --
>> >> > Andre
>> >> > Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> >> > Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
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>> >> > http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> >> >
>> >> > "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news69B31BB-17AE-4EEE-9AFA-C174C00C29F2@microsoft.com...
>> >> > > Thanks I tried to install from within windows from the dvd and
>> >> > > trying
>> >> > > your
>> >> > > methods which I tried out this morning as suggested from a friend
>> >> > > of
>> >> > > mine,
>> >> > > everything goes fine really slowing while copy windows files took
>> >> > > about 90
>> >> > > minutes and then the computer restarts and goes to that black
>> >> > > screen
>> >> > > again
>> >> > > and does nothing. waited 30 minutes still nothing. I hit restart
>> >> > > on
>> >> > > my
>> >> > > tower
>> >> > > and after initial boot up for an instant it flashed a screen that
>> >> > > said
>> >> > > something about errors while trying to install. Then restore
>> >> > > settings or
>> >> > > something like that was selected along with another option that I
>> >> > > didn't
>> >> > > catch. Then the computer screen went black the hard drive started
>> >> > > spinning
>> >> > > and then the computer restarted again and went into XP with no
>> >> > > sign
>> >> > > of
>> >> > > vista
>> >> > > being installed on my second hard drive. Which I selected during
>> >> > > the
>> >> > > initial
>> >> > > setup. Is this possibly a motherboard conflict? I wish it were
>> >> > > possible
>> >> > > to
>> >> > > see what was happening during the install so I know what is
>> >> > > causing
>> >> > > the
>> >> > > hangup or were it is erroring out at
>> >> > >
>> >> > > "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >> Try installing from Windows instead - also try copying the
>> >> > >> contents
>> >> > >> of
>> >> > >> the
>> >> > >> DVD to a folder on the Desktop then running the setup from there.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> If that fails, use Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc) to mount
>> >> > >> the
>> >> > >> image
>> >> > >> virtually and install from there.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> --
>> >> > >> Zack Whittaker
>> >> > >> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>> >> > >> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>> >> > >> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>> >> > >> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and
>> >> > >> confers
>> >> > >> no
>> >> > >> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated
>> >> > >> so,
>> >> > >> and
>> >> > >> not
>> >> > >> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>> >> > >> cleared
>> >> > >> that up!
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> --: Original message follows :--
>> >> > >> "DragonsLee" <DragonsLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> > >> message
>> >> > >> news:B8776DF6-585B-4522-A974-0EAC179DA054@microsoft.com...
>> >> > >> > Hi having a bit of a problem trying to install the latest vista
>> >> > >> > 5384.4
>> >> > >> > 32bit
>> >> > >> > version
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > My specs:
>> >> > >> > Asus P4R800-V deluxe motherboard
>> >> > >> > Pentium 4 3.4GHZ CPU hyperthreading is on
>> >> > >> > 1 gig RAM
>> >> > >> > ATI X800 video card
>> >> > >> > 300 gig hard drive
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > When I try to boot to dvd to install vista it appears that
>> >> > >> > files
>> >> > >> > are
>> >> > >> > loading
>> >> > >> > and then you get the moving bar screen after that my screen
>> >> > >> > goes
>> >> > >> > black
>> >> > >> > and
>> >> > >> > doesn't change. Looking at the computer I see no hard drive
>> >> > >> > activity
>> >> > >> > leds
>> >> > >> > or
>> >> > >> > dvd-rom drive leds on. I have left the computer sitting for
>> >> > >> > over
>> >> > >> > an
>> >> > >> > hour
>> >> > >> > to
>> >> > >> > see if anything starts happening and I get nothing. Am I to
>> >> > >> > accept
>> >> > >> > that
>> >> > >> > my
>> >> > >> > specs aren't compatable and I need to upgrade? Or is this a
>> >> > >> > known
>> >> > >> > bug
>> >> > >> > with
>> >> > >> > vista?
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>>
>>
>>