Re: 64 bit Vista installation issue

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Could you also please post the text from the BSOD?

That error when installing Vista is almost always hardware related. It is quite common with some motherboards when you have 4GB installed. As you only have 2GB that's probably not the cause in your case :-) The first thing I'd do is test the RAM. Even though you can run other OS's doesn't mean there isn't a problem with the RAM. Vista will sometimes fail with marginal RAM when XP works fine. I like memtest86+. You need to run it for at least four or five hours. I usually let it run overnight. If there are any errors or problems at all when running the test then you have bad RAM.

If you have any external devices connected remove them. Try to get the system to a state where you only have the bare minimum of devices hooked up, - one hard drive, one DVD drive (preferably IDE), one video card, and a PS/2 mouse and keyboard. If there is a driver available for your SATA controller install it during the Vista install. Some SATA controllers cause this error even though the drive is recognised on the screen where you pick where to install Vista. On that same screen there is a button to "Load Driver".

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
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"baldmonkey" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1484cfdad58a321da10d18ffdd93aa7c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I don't know if this helps, but here is the error message on the blue
screen that appears when I attempt to install.

STOP: 0x0000007e (0xffffffffc0000005, 0xfffff80009886ff1,
0xfffff980012149c8, 0xfffff980012143a0)


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baldmonkey

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