Vista - 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

Some help or advice please?

Anyone?

See what happens when you are going into the boot that crashes, use F8 and
boot into safe mode.
You could also try adding your video driver during the install portion at
the load drivers and select where to install. Get the latest driver for
your card.
Let me know what the results are.

"jack56" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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Thanks John for trying to help me... however I got it to work... sort of:

The fix? (that I didn't see anywhere here) I went into BIOS and selected "Load Optimized Defaults" and "Bingo" it worked fine. Anybody hear of this one before?

I got the latest driver for the 2 9800gt's I'm running and they work fine, everything was smooth, untill I put in the second 2GB memory card... then I got the BSOD again... removed the stick, and Vista works fine. So I have some kind of memory problem?

Probably. Swap the sticks of memory to see if that one stick will work. If
it does, you probably have a BIOS change to make. If you are installing
Vista pre SP1 which needs a hotfix for 4 gig of RAM. If so, using one
stick, install SP1, then reinstall your other one.

"jack56" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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Also while you have it running, turn off Automatically Restart in System
Properties/Advanced/Startup...

"jack56" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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I did everything you suggested already. I'm stumped.

So, it runs fine with one 2 gig stick (both installed one at a time), but
not 2? You have installed SP1. You still have the BIOS reset to default.
Correct?
Have you tried using the other 2 memory slots (also try running 1 at a time
if necessary), assuming you are running dual channel? Have you updated your
BIOS to the latest?

"jack56" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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DUH! ... I feel really, really stupid. I discovered the problem. I had assumed the CD I had was Vista Ultimate 64 bit w/Sp1 as it said so on the CD and on the case. Anyways I "assumed" it was and never checked. After going through all the steps you guys advised, it was sure pointing to not having SP1. Soooooo, this morning I did the simple check, right click on "computer/properties" and lo-behold, no SP1 listed!!! So I looked in system info, sure enough... no SP1 there either. Wouldn't updates pick up on that? Anyways the memory is working fine now.

The memory shows and works at the default settings 5, 5, 5, 18, 2T w/1.9volts& the recommended settings: 4-4-4-12 2.10volts.

What settings should I use?

Thanks everyone for your help.