Vista - Please help, black screen at start of RTM install with 7950gx2

hi when i try installing vista RTM mine wont get past the very first
part of the install (where the loading bar appears, just a very faint
loading bar is frozen on screen). this is apparently due to my graphics
card (7950gx2) i thought it could also be a prob with my motherboard
(P5WD2-E) so i updated my BIOS, but it didnt help.

does anyone else have this problem? i kno there is a work around by
using an older nVidia GC to install then update drivers then swap, but
i dont have any spare PCI-express GPUs please help. been dying to
use the new release

also i have tested disk and it works fine on a spare computer, i tried
installing the GPU drivers on that and then swapping the HDD back to my
PC, but it couldnt install the new nVidia drivers (GPU was to old)


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"Noobist" <Noobist.2hcibe@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> hi when i try installing vista RTM mine wont get past the very first
> part of the install (where the loading bar appears, just a very faint
> loading bar is frozen on screen). this is apparently due to my graphics
> card (7950gx2) i thought it could also be a prob with my motherboard
> (P5WD2-E) so i updated my BIOS, but it didnt help.
>
> does anyone else have this problem? i kno there is a work around by
> using an older nVidia GC to install then update drivers then swap, but
> i dont have any spare PCI-express GPUs please help. been dying to
> use the new release
>
> also i have tested disk and it works fine on a spare computer, i tried
> installing the GPU drivers on that and then swapping the HDD back to my
> PC, but it couldnt install the new nVidia drivers (GPU was to old)
>
>
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Post this question on the website where you obtained the download.

Oh! They don't offer support? Too bad.

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"Noobist" <Noobist.2hcibe@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> hi when i try installing vista RTM mine wont get past the very first
> part of the install (where the loading bar appears, just a very faint
> loading bar is frozen on screen). this is apparently due to my graphics
> card (7950gx2) i thought it could also be a prob with my motherboard
> (P5WD2-E) so i updated my BIOS, but it didnt help.
>
> does anyone else have this problem? i kno there is a work around by
> using an older nVidia GC to install then update drivers then swap, but
> i dont have any spare PCI-express GPUs please help. been dying to
> use the new release
>
> also i have tested disk and it works fine on a spare computer, i tried
> installing the GPU drivers on that and then swapping the HDD back to my
> PC, but it couldnt install the new nVidia drivers (GPU was to old)
>
>
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correction :s srry i actually have RC2 (public release), RTM isn't
released to public is it? i just assumed the one i downloaded was the
latest. not sure if this problem would even occur with the RTM


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"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Post this question on the website where you obtained the download.
>
> Oh! They don't offer support? Too bad.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "Noobist" <Noobist.2hcibe@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
> news:Noobist.2hcibe@DoNotSpam.com...
> >
> > hi when i try installing vista RTM mine wont get past the very first
> > part of the install (where the loading bar appears, just a very faint
> > loading bar is frozen on screen). this is apparently due to my graphics
> > card (7950gx2) i thought it could also be a prob with my motherboard
> > (P5WD2-E) so i updated my BIOS, but it didnt help.
> >
> > does anyone else have this problem? i kno there is a work around by
> > using an older nVidia GC to install then update drivers then swap, but
> > i dont have any spare PCI-express GPUs please help. been dying to
> > use the new release
> >
> > also i have tested disk and it works fine on a spare computer, i tried
> > installing the GPU drivers on that and then swapping the HDD back to my
> > PC, but it couldnt install the new nVidia drivers (GPU was to old)
> >
> >
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