Clean Install Fails

Troy

New build will not install Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition. Errors vary.

System is an Intel Q9450 quad core, with Intel DX48BT2 motherboard with OCZ
matched pair 4gig ram (2x2gig) IDE DVD drive, and 1 SATA HDD. saphire
radeon HD 3870 w/512mb ram... video

Hard drive, formatted and run install - first attempt reboots at 65% file
expanding and bootmgr doesn't exist... tried various suggested fixed. no
success.

Reformatted drive, turned off all boot from USB and other unnecessary
options ... tried install again -- got to 95% before reboot... now windows
tries to boot to complete install but fails at the F8 option screen stating
registry corrupt or missing.

Mother board and processor obviously vista-ready -- video vista ready or
certified...
yet cannot complete installation 100% before it randomly reboots.... I
assume a hardware or driver conflist when trying to detect... but no way to
tell as there are no error messages.

suggestions please? getting frustrated - and I normally do this for a
living...

Rick Rogers

Hi,

There is a known issue with installing x64 when 4GB of ram is installed.
Reduce it to 2GB, install Vista, then reinsert the other 2GB of memory.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Troy" <Troy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:11EB163B-E01A-461F-85AA-1A5A8D90F1DF@microsoft.com...
> New build will not install Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition. Errors vary.
>
> System is an Intel Q9450 quad core, with Intel DX48BT2 motherboard with
> OCZ
> matched pair 4gig ram (2x2gig) IDE DVD drive, and 1 SATA HDD. saphire
> radeon HD 3870 w/512mb ram... video
>
> Hard drive, formatted and run install - first attempt reboots at 65% file
> expanding and bootmgr doesn't exist... tried various suggested fixed. no
> success.
>
> Reformatted drive, turned off all boot from USB and other unnecessary
> options ... tried install again -- got to 95% before reboot... now windows
> tries to boot to complete install but fails at the F8 option screen
> stating
> registry corrupt or missing.
>
> Mother board and processor obviously vista-ready -- video vista ready or
> certified...
> yet cannot complete installation 100% before it randomly reboots.... I
> assume a hardware or driver conflist when trying to detect... but no way
> to
> tell as there are no error messages.
>
> suggestions please? getting frustrated - and I normally do this for a
> living...

Troy

Going to 2 gig did not work - same problems...
noticed the BIOS has an update available -- going to try that next -- need
to find a bootable USB drive utility or burn cd first. will post back if it
works.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There is a known issue with installing x64 when 4GB of ram is installed.
> Reduce it to 2GB, install Vista, then reinsert the other 2GB of memory.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Troy" <Troy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:11EB163B-E01A-461F-85AA-1A5A8D90F1DF@microsoft.com...
> > New build will not install Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition. Errors vary.
> >
> > System is an Intel Q9450 quad core, with Intel DX48BT2 motherboard with
> > OCZ
> > matched pair 4gig ram (2x2gig) IDE DVD drive, and 1 SATA HDD. saphire
> > radeon HD 3870 w/512mb ram... video
> >
> > Hard drive, formatted and run install - first attempt reboots at 65% file
> > expanding and bootmgr doesn't exist... tried various suggested fixed. no
> > success.
> >
> > Reformatted drive, turned off all boot from USB and other unnecessary
> > options ... tried install again -- got to 95% before reboot... now windows
> > tries to boot to complete install but fails at the F8 option screen
> > stating
> > registry corrupt or missing.
> >
> > Mother board and processor obviously vista-ready -- video vista ready or
> > certified...
> > yet cannot complete installation 100% before it randomly reboots.... I
> > assume a hardware or driver conflist when trying to detect... but no way
> > to
> > tell as there are no error messages.
> >
> > suggestions please? getting frustrated - and I normally do this for a
> > living...
>
>