dbuttner

Hello having problems.
I have an Asus crosshair am2 n force 590. Cpu amd 6400. 2 vga 8800gtx 768.
I have 4 GB ramcorsair. Psu Tagan 1100 w% I have 3 Dvd rom drive. 2 blue rays 1 sata and one ide. the last one is ide. 2 ide all together. one sats. I have 3 sata hard drives. 2 500GB 1 is 150GB. The 150GB is the boot drive.
My question is and problem is I can not boot the system. It hangs and craches. On errors. I up dated the bios to the new version. I tryed different dvd rom and hard drives. Everything ran for a one day. Trying to install Window Vista 32 bit. I allso tryed to install xp pro. I want Vista. I know the hardware works in my other system for testing. I check for errors on the ram and the hard drive. Every thing is good. I can boot in DOS with the disk I mad with Western digital tool. When I try to boot from dvd and it stops and sometimes reboots. I took everything out what I don't need to see if I can boot that way. Does the same. I tred the different dvd roms drive. I tryed diffrent cd windows install disk. I can not load Windows any version. I have seen this be for. I try to install windows vista 64 bit. The sony blue ray does't support that version of windows. So I am trying to install vista 32 bit.
thanks any idea I try to give more info to you. thanks Dean

blackduck30

did you install the sata drivers at the first vista install screen or at the F6 prompt for XP

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dbuttner

Yes I tryed to install the sata driver in xp the crash with blue screen. I vista I can not get to that point. I need to boot first. it tryes to load driver but then fails

blackduck30

try loading with just 1 stick of ram in

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dbuttner

I tryed one stick of ram in win xp it just sit nothing happens black screen in vista it re boots itselt over and over

blackduck30

maybe just try stripping it down to bare essentials and seeing if it is one component that is causing it. So CPU, 1video card, 1 stick of ram 1 vista hard drive. If that works then add 1 item at a time until it fails

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dbuttner

I tryed that first I have just put the parts needed in just to get up and running. I have also tryed changing the parts and still does the same thing. The parts works I have tested it in an other system and works. It looks like it fails at when the disk tryes to boot the cd then the system stops. The post is ok. I do not get any errors. One thing I is that after it boots I have to hold down the enter key then It goes a little forther then stops.

dai

set it up out of the case on a piece of cardboard,where you can get a good look at it with
video
ram
cpu
speaker

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dbuttner

that was one of things I tryed evertyhing look ok and run ok. It does the same thing.
The hardware looks look good. I just can't boot the disk does the same stop when It tryes to run. Everthing run ok a one point. It look like it fails at the cd rom to load the next set then stop. It did the same thing when I tryed to install vista 64 bit. Is that the cd rom drive did not support that os. So I look it out of the loop. Then It work. I tryed a lot of things I just know where to start looking for problem. It seem like something is shutting thing off maybe.

dai

windows inicially loads to ram and hands over to the h/d on the first reboot
if you are installing on a sata drive
you may need to load a driver with f6 when it asks
or it may be a bios misconfiguration stopping it seeing the h/drive
vista has the sata driver but not the chipset driver usually and the sata needs to be set as ide in the bios

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dbuttner

I can not load drivers yet because I have not got to that point in winsows. When I put the disk in it tryes to load or boot but then stops the cd rom and hard drive not blinking.
At one point I get a little ferther in xp when i load the drivers then blue screen crach. I have change the bios setting one by one. I see the hard drive in the bios. I have also chage that ide in the bios. I also up dated to the new version. I throught the bios had crash so I up dated it. You are right vista has the sata driver. I have set the sata as ide
It does the same stops

dai

take out all but 1 stick of ram and make sure it is seated don't rely on the clips clicking over it is not always seated
stick with vista for now
clear the drive with dban before attempting the install and only have the hard drive you are you are loading to connected
http://dban.sourceforge.net/

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dbuttner

I took out all ram but one and it is seated. I have all so moved the ram in different bank.
I had change the board just to see if anything does the same thing. I made sure the drive is clear. I took everything but what I need to boot with still can not boot the disk.

dai

have you tried the disk on another computer to see if the disk is the problem

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dbuttner

Yes I have tryed the drive in another system work with no errors. I have also tried another drive it does the same. I do not think the drive, ram. vido. board or the power supply and dvd rom is bad. I tested everything again in another system works. And I replaced all of the thing above to see if anything would be diffrent. I see everythig in the bios. fine. The ony thing I can do is boot in dos or dos cd with WD tool for the drive and dban. so far that is it.

dai

i was refering to the windows disk has to if you checked in another computer that the actual disk is not the problem

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dbuttner

yes the disk works in my other system I can boot fine. I have other disk to can they have been tested to to work. I found the on microsoft web site. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928633. I am go to give that a try

dbuttner

I tryed the ide controler with the hard drive and still can not boot. The cd drive can read the disk when in ide. I get the set up. Then stops 10 sec later. thanks Dai and all of you for your help. Anything ideas?. I am waiting on a answer from asus.com.

dai

try for a firmware update on one of the dvd drives,you will probably have to put it in another computer to do it

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