Can't install Vista Premium 64bit

[newbies13]

Just put my computer together, everything booted up nice my bios is detecting all my hardware and everything seems to be checking out nicely. I went to install my OS however and at the end of the windows is loading files screen BAM !

Black screen: With text something to the following.
Windows has a problem, new hardware or software may be the cause contact insert your windows install CD. Contact your admin if you don't have it.

After some research I found something about ACIP ? It's under bios and needs to be enabled apparently, so I did that. Windows started to run, I got the windows loading screen with the scrolling bar. BAM !

Blue screen of death.
Windows stopped itself before the computer was damaged if this is . . .
I am at work right now so I don't have the error code in front of me, so I will update that later today.

So I can't figure it out from here and decide to see if it's something REALLY wrong with my computer. I try to install vista home 32bit, it loads the first time and installs. I am now officially at a loss for what to try.

HARDWARE:
EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i FTW SLI ATX - Mobo
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - CPU
(8gigs) 2 X CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) - RAM
MSI NX8800GT 512M OC GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express - GPU

Not sure if any of the other stuff is really relevant to problems I may be having.

 

[newbies13]

the biggest problem really is that vista 32bit installs fine, 64 bit crashes before I even get to choose a language. And can't for the life of me figure out what would be causing it.

 

[johngalt]

Remove one of your DDR RAM DIMMs and remove all nonessential hardware (like hubs and such) and try - a lot of people reported issues with having more than a single 2 GB DIMM of RAM installed when trying to install Vista x64.

 

[newbies13]

Ok I removed all my ram but 2gigs and got windows to install. I updated all the drivers I could find etc. and reinstalled my other 6 gigs. Booted and it worked fine.

HOWEVER

I had forgot to install my driver for my sound card, so I installed that restarted and got the same blue screen again. Retried, same thing. So I brought the ram back down to 2gigs. Everything booted up fine, I shut down, reinstalled all my ram. And it booted fine. . .

It seems to keep doing it as well on system changes. I updated a patch for windows it required a restart. Apon restart crash, bring it to two gigs reboot fine. Shut back down, reinstall ram, boots fine. . .

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Sounds like a bad stick of RAM, just because it's new doesn't mean it's 'good'!
Run Memtest86 on that stick.













Later Ted

 

[newbies13]

I am at work currently and unable to perform the test but will do so later on in the day. Wouldn't a bad stick not register in the system, and or not work at all ?

I have never had a bad stick of ram before so I don't know, but the fact that a set routine of boot with 2 gigs, shutdown, install with all 8 gigs leads me to believe that the amount of memory is the problem more then the ram itself being bad. That may be inexpierence talking though ha.

As stated either way when I get home I will run memtest86 on each stick.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

HARDWARE:
EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i FTW SLI ATX - Mobo
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - CPU
CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) - RAM
MSI NX8800GT 512M OC GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express - GPU

Do you have 4GB or 8GB, no matter test each stick individually and run at least one full pass on each.

Edit: Some have had problems installing 64-bit Vista with 8GB in, depends on theMoBo I think.



Later Ted

 

[newbies13]

oh sorry I do have 8 gigs, 2 sets of the same 4 gig pairs.

 

[Fumz]

Have you checked with your motherboard maker to see if they've released a bios update which solves the install with 4GB problem? To my knowledge, most have as this was a fairly common and annoying issue.

After reading your post here: http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=484750 Is there a way for you to get SP1 on a disk so you can install it right after you install Vista? Seems you're always going through a Windows update process which may be messing up your install?

I'd run 2GB's, disconnect from the internet, install Vista, install SP1, install chipset drivers and see if that works?

 

[newbies13]

I have updated my bios, would chipset drivers be in a different location then bios ? This is my first time running into an issue of this nature.

I have read in a few places that SP1 is supposed to fix some of the problems I have run into, I "think" SP1 has been installed on my computer though. The disc I used to install vista originally had SP1 as part of it, and the 50+ auto updates would have included sp1 I would think. However I have yet to see a single place on my PC that specifies I am using SP1, on my other windows computers it will usually say the service pack number next to the operating system. But on this newest install it doesn't, weather by design or it simply not being there I am not sure.

On my list of fixes to try when I get home from work:
1. Reinstall SP1 (unless some one can explain to me where I can look to make sure it's already in there / or isn't )
2. Check each stick of memory with memtest86
3. Prayer

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello newbies13.

To check which version of Vista, type "winver" in the "Start Search" box in the "Start Menu".











Later Ted

 

[Fumz]

Right click on Computer, select properties. If SP1 is installed, it will say so. You were looking in the right place, you just don't have SP1 installed. Is it possible to dl and burn a copy of SP1 at work, like right now, so you could bring it home with you?

I looked for a new bios on the eVGA site for your board; I couldn't find one either. However, I did see a new bios on the eVGA forums: EVGA 750i SLI FTW - SZ1G BIOS Released

 

[newbies13]

Thanks ted, didn't know that.

Fumz: Ya I figured it would be right there.
I have 2 computers at home besides the problematic one so burning won't be a problem. also if I boot up with 2 gigs on the problem computer I have full internet access etc. so downloading SP1 specifically shouldn't be a problem either. And yes SZ1G from the sticky in the forum is the one I just recently updated with.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello!

32-bit Vista SP1


64-bit Vista SP1








Later Ted

 

[Adrian Wainer]

Obvious question really but just to get out of the way to eliminate it from the equation, is the motherboard you are using certificated to run with 8 Gigabytes of RAM. Hi disregard that question in the sense that, I looked it up on the manufacturer's site and that board is qualified for 8 Gigs,sorry about the initial question there as EVGA is known for Graphics cards not motherboards in my part of the World and that kind of threw me. If it is any help I have an Asus A-8N SLI deluxe with 4 Gigabytes of DDR RAM and Windows Vista 64 ultimate, I started initially with two 1 Gigabyte sticks and later on added another two 1 Gigabyte sticks. The Vista has been totally reliable though I have not used it that much untill recently as I have Windows XP 64 Professional and Windows XP 32 Professional Installed on the same machine [ all operating systems are physically seperate as they boot independently and are installed on mobile racks ], I never had a problem with the Vista till I installed Service Pack 1, after which I got a couple of blue screens of death, so I have un-installed SP1. Another point is that unless you have 64 bit application software, there is no benefit to be had from installing more than 4 Gigabytes on your motherboard.

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=148&model=375&modelmenu=1

EVGA | Products

Best and Warm Regards
Adrian Wainer

 

[Fumz]

Another question, did you install the nVidia SATA driver along with the rest of your chipset drivers?

If no, then cool; however, if you did, that might also be causing some problems? Seems Windows Update updates to an earlier non-working version of the nVidia SATA driver. SP1 is supposed to have fixed this, but in any event, if you did install that driver, I would suggest uninstalling it.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I have un-installed SP1.

Hello Adrian and welcome to Vista forums!

As I'm sure you're aware, this is not a very good idea.

Start a thread on this and the people here will be glad to assist you in sorting this.







Later Ted

 

[newbies13]

I have not installed any sata drivers to my knowledge.

I have installed vista, then used auto update for 50+ patches.
I have installed my drivers that came with my mobo, and updated the bios via the forums link from above.
I have installed my graphics card drivers via the disc it came with.
I have installed my sound card drivers the same.

 

[newbies13]

Final Update:

Installed SP1 with 2 gigs of ram. Shut down, installed all 8 gigs and booted back up.

NO problems since.


Not sure why sp1 was not installed with my initial install since it says it's on the disc.

Things to try if you are having simliar problems:

• If your motherboard has an APIC option in bios make sure it's enabled.
• Make sure your lan/wan is enabled in your motherboard settings as well, this was off by default for me and denied internet for a while.
• Install vista with 2 gigs of ram, I didn't have a single crash the whole time with only 2 gigs.
• Once installed update to SP1 if you haven't already.
• Update Bios.
• Update your video drivers, this seemed to stop a certain black screen crash.

Thanks to everyone who helped, computer has been running with no issues so far. I have a 5.9 windows rating and run crysis like it's 16bit duke nukem :D