This problem is pretty old and I have been thinking about deleting this partition.
Vista Enterprise x64 was installed as part of a triboot system and was the first os installed. When I installed it, I had a Gigabyte mobo with an ATI chipset. The mobo worked unreliabily (had a short) so about 7 months ago I got another that would work with my existing hardware. Problem was that the Gigabyte was not available. So, I got an Asus mobo that had a NVidia chipset.
Niether my other 2 os had trouble transitioning (server 2008 r2 or 7 ult). They each booted enough for me to change the chipset drivers.
Vista, on the other hand, didn't. It found most of the necessary drivers, except usb. There are no problem icons in device manager, but no usb device is recognised - including mouse or keyboard, thus making it unusable.
With a ps2 keyboard, I managed to do some simple navigation, but that was it.
I tried a repair install which seemed to have no effect. So, I know that I'd probably have to sacrifice this Vista. If there is something else to try, I'd be open to it.
Vista Enterprise x64 was installed as part of a triboot system and was the first os installed. When I installed it, I had a Gigabyte mobo with an ATI chipset. The mobo worked unreliabily (had a short) so about 7 months ago I got another that would work with my existing hardware. Problem was that the Gigabyte was not available. So, I got an Asus mobo that had a NVidia chipset.
Niether my other 2 os had trouble transitioning (server 2008 r2 or 7 ult). They each booted enough for me to change the chipset drivers.
Vista, on the other hand, didn't. It found most of the necessary drivers, except usb. There are no problem icons in device manager, but no usb device is recognised - including mouse or keyboard, thus making it unusable.
With a ps2 keyboard, I managed to do some simple navigation, but that was it.
I tried a repair install which seemed to have no effect. So, I know that I'd probably have to sacrifice this Vista. If there is something else to try, I'd be open to it.
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My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom mATX
- CPU
- AMD Athlon X2 5600+ Brisbane 2.9Ghz (dual core)
- Motherboard
- Asus M3N78-VM Green
- Memory
- Kingston 8 GB DDR2 PC-6400
- Graphics card(s)
- PNY NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT 512MB PCIe
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung 22", Samsung 24"
- Hard Drives
- WD RE3 320GB (WD3202ABYS), Samsung SPINPOINT F1 640GB (HD642JJ) External Drives: WD MyBook Essentials 500GB, WD 120GB, an old Maxtor 80GB. Portables: Simpletech 160GB, WD Passport 250GB.
- PSU
- Corsair 620W modular
- Case
- CoolerMaster Elite 341 mATX
- Cooling
- Thermaltake TR2-R1
- Mouse
- Microsoft Laser & Logitech Marble
- Keyboard
- HP Elite Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- Cable
- Other Info
- Printers: HP Photosmart C7280, Oki-Data 3400n, HP Officejet 4300