Re: AMD and 2003 SP1
- From: "Derek Martin" <dmj2195@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:53:33 -0500
Hmmmmmmm - my guess would be that you'd be in a pickle if you disbaled RAID.
I am not saying that this IS your problem, however, it was for me. My first
thought would be to have you contact your motherboard manufacturer and see
if maybe they can get you fixed up.
Derek
"Mike Brearley" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hmm.. I'm using the onboard raid controller and that was part of the
> issue that caused me to reboot after I had it running again after the SP1
> uninstall. The motherboard is a Tyan S2882 and I'm using the onboard raid
> to mirror the system drives. I'm using an separate Raid5 card for the
> main data drives.
>
> What would happen to the system if I disabled the raid? Seeing as the
> drives are mirrored and should be the same, would it still boot to one of
> them or would the boot records be screwed up?
>
> Thanks...
>
> --
> Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
> were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
> lack of caffeine.
>
> Mike Brearley
>
> "Derek Martin" <dmj2195@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uIKVBysaFHA.2996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I fought my SP1 upgrade on an AMD for almost a month - check your BIOS and
>>turn off anything 'extra' that your motherboard might have running - for
>>me, there was a little onboard RAID controller that turned out to be the
>>culprit :-)
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> derek
>>
>> "Mike Brearley" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23X3TyqsaFHA.740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Anyone else having issues installing SP1 on an AMD machine? I've
>>> installed it on a dozen Intel systems and it even showed up right away
>>> as an update when visiting Windows update site. On my one and only AMD
>>> machine, it just recently showed up as an available update, but upon
>>> installing and rebooting, the system receives the dreadful BSoD (Blue
>>> Screen of Death) just before the GUI interface should start up.
>>>
>>> I had actually downloaded and attempted to install SP1 back a month
>>> after it came out and had the same result. I figured there must be
>>> issues with AMD and that's why MS wasn't releasing it as an available
>>> update on that machine.
>>>
>>> Right now I am very frustrated because this time after un-installing SP1
>>> from within safe mode, it rebooted and was working, but I noticed that
>>> it wasn't quite acting right, seemed very slugish. I restarted it and
>>> now it's BSoD'ing on me even when attempting Safe Mode. :-(
>>>
>>> --
>>> Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
>>> were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or
>>> my lack of caffeine.
>>>
>>> Mike Brearley
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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