Vista - Possible Solution To Vista Problem

*SOLUTION*: - See “Solution:” -(Yes I know this is a bit late, but it
might help some one).-
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Computer: DUAL BOOT: XP PRO, VISTA
OS MAIN: Windows XP Pro
SP: Service Pack 2
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c

Motherboard: CPU: AMD Athlon 64, 2700 MHz [OVERCLOCKED]
MB Name: Asus K8V-X
MB Chipset: VIA VT8383 Apollo K8T800, AMD Hammer
Memory: 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type: AMI (08/03/04)

Display: Video Adapter: Radeon X1600 Series Secondary (512 MB)
Video Adapter: Radeon X1600 Series (512 MB)
3D Accelerator: ATI RV530 Pro

Multimedia: Audio Adapter: VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage: Disk Drive: Maxtor, 200 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133

Partitions: C: (NTFS) [PRIMARY] 100GB - XPPRO
M: (NTFS) [LOGICAL] 95GB - VISTA
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Well at least I hope this helps you as it helped me, for a start I was
having all the same problems mentioned in the
"*_black_screen_of_death_*" threads throughout this site and others:
This should help those with ATI cards and possibly those with other
graphics cards and similar problems.

For me, Vista installed in about 30 minutes, and did numerous restarts,
until it would reach the time for its first run, upon which the screen
would stay black for about 2 minutes, followed by a forced restart due
to an error, followed by the blue screen listing the error
("*_Attempt_to_reset_display_driver_and_recover_from_timeout_has_failed_*"
etc).

Solution: - (What I Did)
• To start, I downloaded:
• “*_7-6_vista_xcode_48645.exe_*” and
“*_7-6_vista32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_48645.exe_*”
• NOT “*_catalyst_8-31-100-3-2-1_vista32-64_rtm.exe_*” (This causes
problems).
• I stored the “*_vista_xcode_*” and “*_ccc_wdm_*” directly on my XPPRO
partition in a folder named vista *_(C:\VISTA)_*. “You should download
specific vista drivers for your card, use Google to find them”.
• Following this, I used “Partition Magic” to redo the partition for
vista. -(Not always necessary)-.
• The vista partition was set as a logical partition, and left
UNFORMATTED.
• I then restarted the computer, and went into the BIOS, were I
disabled hyperthreading and underclocked the RAM -(or just reset your
BIOS settings to default, usually by pressing F6 or F7 and disable
hyperthreading).-
• Then I booted back up into XP, were I mounted the vista disk image
and initiated the install *(from within XP)*, I chose the custom
install, and set it to install on the logical partition I created
earlier.
• NOTE: I also allowed the updates from the internet to be downloaded
by the setup. *-(use the “Windows+D” keys to get back to the desktop if
needed)-*
• I allowed the setup to continue through its processes and the
necessary restarting until a particular point.
• Just BEFORE the “*_Completing_Installation_*” process was reached, I
waited for the machine to restart upon which I began tapping F8, and
chose the “*Safe Mode*” option.
• Next I received an error message, saying “*setup cannot continue in
safe mode*”, *IGNORE THIS*, but *DON’T* press OK. Just leave it there,
and press “*Shift+F10*” then type “*devmgmt.msc*” and press enter,
minimise the screen that appears and type “*explorer*” and press
enter.
• This gives you two basic options to start the install of the vista
drivers, you can either go to where the default video drivers are
located and choose to update them by selecting where you new files are,
or do as I did and locate where you stored the .exe files mentioned
earlier (in my case I stored them in “C:\VISTA”).
• *_NOTE:_* Folder windows, did not open for me while in safe mode, so
I had to locate the files by using the “*RUN*” command - Press the
“*Windows Key*” and the “*R Key*” together to open the “*RUN*” dialog
box, and type in the location of the file - In my case
“*_C:\VISTA\7-6_vista_xcode_48645.exe_*” then pressing enter to run the
setup, and “*_C:\VISTA\7-6_vista32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_48645.exe_*” followed
by pressing enter and running setup.
• *BEFORE INSTALLING THE NEEDED APPLICATIONS*: Check that the location
they are to be extracted to is on the correct drive letter (-*It will
try to default extract to “C:\*-” change the drive letter to wherever
you have installed vista.
• Next restart the machine and continue to tap “*F8*” - This time,
choose the “*-Disable Driver Signing Enforcement-*”.
• Upon the next stage, the vista setup says “*-Completing
Installation-*”, this time you should again press “*Shift+F10*” but
only type “*explorer*” this time, followed by pressing enter.
• You should see a small dialog box appear at the top left of the
screen saying it is preparing your account, about 5 minutes later setup
will again restart for the final time.
• Vista should now work straight away, and the “*Rollback*” option
should have _*disappeared*_ from the start-ups options.

I hope this helps -(even if it is a bit late)-; it worked for me first
time - If it doesn’t, check you did everything correctly, if you are
sure you did then post any questions and I may check back within the
following weeks.


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