Vista - installation bsod...

System Specs:
Asus M2N-E MB
AMD XP 6000+ 64 CPU
4gb Patriot DDR 2 (two 2gb sticks)
Geforce 8500gt 512mb DDR 2 VGA
2 case fans, 1 graphics card pci vent fan,
500w PS with sata connections (even though non are needed just yet)
dvd rom (samsung 18x)
cd burner (cant remember specs right now)
no floppy drive
500 gb seagate barracude hdd


Brand new system just built it. Trying to get past hte last hurdle.

Problem :
after installing vista and foramting the new drive wich only had windows me, then xp on it before (all fresh installs) vista loads and on the last reboot vista goes to start for hte first time and it hangs up gives the bsod real quick does a memory dump real fast and reboots. just does it over and over again.

I tried booting from the vista dvd and using the repair feature to no avail. just reports a "failure during setup" and offered no codes or other reasons. As it is a new fresh system I can not print screen the message. a couple of things that happened prior were

the HDD registered 500gb with windows ME then my sick for windows xp came in the mail so I installed that and the HDD now read at 372gb so then i learned xp doesnt support 4gb ram so i bought vista and decided i might as well build my dream computer while i had the time and money. so in comes vista premium 64 i load it still only read the HDD at 372gb but it loaded correctly read the memory fine everything was good except the HDD not reading correctly. so I reload xp thinking i should format the drive again and maybe it would see the remaining space but to no avail i reloaded vista and now im getting the error mentioned above. Did I fry the HDD? It doesnt seem to be the VGA at least to me it seems uncharacteristic but I could be wrong...any ideas?

did you make sure that your bios is reading that big a hard drive..did you
check for something like that..ever,,vista is a bloated operating
system..needs space on the hard drive..i have had cd roms get old and
wouldnt spin the disk and read the disk..vista dont like old stuff.i had to
go out and buy a new dvd burner with vista approved software...

"Puncrawq" wrote:

Tell your boyfriend about your DVD; we don't want to know about it, you clown!

AND, more misleading information from you!!!!!

You asked him to check his Bios to see if it would recognise his large hard
drive.

You did not READ his post!

He had already had Operating Systems installed on that Hard Drive with that
motherboard!

I rest my case; you are an ignorant cockhead!

And Mick Murphy is my real name. I don't hide under an alais like you do!

"wheelman" wrote:

did you use the soft ware disc that came with that drive..maybe formatt it
though that software...that came with the hard drive..i cant tell whats going
on..it was reading it at first..know one has come on here..yet that can help
you..this sicky guy comes on the ost and just attaks people..i dont know why
they dont ban him from the site..but the post is still going so..maybe some
one on here..like one of the mvp,s will come on and give you some info..hope
so any way

"Mick Murphy" wrote:

Hi Puncrawq,

Just a few things for you to check. Make sure that your hard disk is on the
primary channel and is set to 'Master'. Your optical drives should be on the
secondary channel. In your BIOS, check the boot order - CD/DVD then Hard
Disk. Make sure that the time and date are setup correctly. Also make sure
that all speed settings are set to 'Auto'. When you have done this, insert
either your ME or XP disk into your machine and restart. This may seem
strange, but don't worry. What you are going to do is to use the setup
program from either of these disks to delete your hard drive partition(s),
thus leaving you with a drive with no partitions on it (as is the case with
brand new drives). Once you have deleted the partition(s), remove your ME or
XP disk from your machine and insert your Vista disk. Restart your machine
and follow the instructions from the disk.

"Puncrawq" wrote: