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Old 01-27-2008
Rick Rogers
 

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Re: Vista Home Premium 64 installation error
Hi,

Well, it's definitely a driver error, but more information would be needed
to determine if it's actually the video card. Is a dump (mini*.dmp) file
being created that we can analyze?

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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

"Alec Morris" <AlecMorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BDF92CD3-C0B4-4AED-99AF-532EC14E9DB1@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> It keeps changing, but the ones that are most frequent are
> IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and ntfs.exe
>
> I've installed an update because im using 4Gb RAM, but i after rooting
> around, i think that my graphics card may be incompatible: Asus EN-8800GT
> 512Mb.
>
> Im going to replace it, but just in case, this is what my system has:
> American Megatrends BIOS 0302 (25/07/2007)
> 2 x 2Gb OCZ DDR2 Ram
> 2 x LG DVD RW (Sata)
> 2 x Hitachi 500Gb HDD (Sata)
> 1 x 250Gb Hdd (ATA)
> Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 (2.4GHz)
> Vista Home Premium 64
>
> I would flash the BIOS, but i dont have an internet connection for my
> computer yet (im currently using wifi from elsewhere)
>
> Thanks for the help
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi Alec,
>>
>> What is the text of the stop error?
>>
>> --
>> 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
>>
>> "Alec Morris" <AlecMorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FBB81F8F-472C-4A6C-BFD2-DD0BAC29F5B6@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > After dismantling my conputer and reassembling it how it was, it
>> > decided
>> > to
>> > work this morning. I now have a new problem though. Every time i try to
>> > install drivers, or change my background, I get a bluescreen error and
>> > it
>> > restarts.
>> >
>> > Any ideas where the problem lies?
>> >
>> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Alec,
>> >>
>> >> First, if you have a 32-bit disk, try using it for install. This will
>> >> let
>> >> you know if it is a problem with a device driver in 64-bit mode. Also,
>> >> you
>> >> can try installing XP or a 'nix image. If they all fail, then it's
>> >> likely
>> >> either damaged hardware or a misconfiguration.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> 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
>> >>
>> >> "Alec Morris" <Alec Morris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:4F532A29-E483-44C6-A730-E453BF24DDC0@microsoft.com...
>> >> > After building my new computer, I have spent an entire day trying to
>> >> > install
>> >> > Vista Home 64bit.
>> >> >
>> >> > It appears to install fine, but when it restarts, it boots windows,
>> >> > and
>> >> > then
>> >> > restarts again repeatedly. I have tried re-installing it, and using
>> >> > startup
>> >> > repair as suggested by the software, but this does not work. (This
>> >> > is
>> >> > from
>> >> > a
>> >> > clean install, not an upgrade). The diagnostic states simply that
>> >> > the
>> >> > route
>> >> > cause is 'Failure while setup is in progress'
>> >> >
>> >> > The closest I found was that Kernel32.dll was missing on one of the
>> >> > attempts, but other than that, I do not know what is going wrong, or
>> >> > what
>> >> > to
>> >> > do about it.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can anybody help, or have I just got a bad install disk?
>> >>
>> >>

>>
>>


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