Windows Help... (RESOLVED!!!)
Posted: 08 Mar 2008, 06:46
Thank's to Stereo for your help...
Okay... I've just about given up trying to make this thing work... (another freakin' Windows Vista error...)
The good news: Got my new computer parts!
The bad news: None of them freakin' work... >.<*
Part List:
ABiT AW9D-MAX MoBo
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
2GB (2x1GB) OCZ Platinum (DDR800)
BFG 7600GT (<-- My Suspect)
Maxtor 80GB Sata HDD (Temporary...)
Windows Vista Home Premium
These things have been a dog from installation to current, hell, even getting them out of the box was messed up!
For the sake of not typing a crap load, I'm gonna skip the old stuff, and go on to my current problem...
VISTA WON'T F****** INSTALL!
It's constantly freezing, not so much to begin with, but on the final step, after everything has been copied to the hard drive. It will either (A) freeze on the loading screen that says (c)Microsoft Corporation, (B) freeze where it says "Windows is preparing to start for the first time......" or (C), after the installation comes back up, it will appear to work for about a minute, then freeze again. I think that, since I can boot into safe mode just fine, it is a driver error. My thought, the video card.I've tried booting into Safe Mode and bypassing the error saying "Windows cannot finish installing in safe mode, please restart the computer" by pressing SHIFT+F10 (or F7, don't remember which - lol.) Anyway... tried loading the Generic VGA Driver, (Microsoft's recommendation,) and also the WDDM 7600GT driver... both come up with a Code1 error, (Device is not configured.) Downloaded the latest forceware and burned it to a CD... opened the setup file from the command prompt... it runs long enough to copy the drivers to the HDD then will give me an error saying there is another installation panel open... (I'm guessing, Window's Installation...) anyway... the new drivers are already copied onto the hard drive, open device manager again, try to install these, same problem... I've thought about installing XP then upgrading from that, but I don't know where my old disks went, and most are broken...
I've tried EVERY setting in the BIOS I can think of... I honestly have NO IDEA how to fix this. If someone can help me, I'd be GREATLY appreciative...
Thanks, Carcrazy.
--EDIT-- I just tried uninstalling the graphics card completely, like, as in clean out of the case... I'll let it run for an hour, but I think it's frozen... I don't see the HDD LED doing anthing...
Okay... I've just about given up trying to make this thing work... (another freakin' Windows Vista error...)
The good news: Got my new computer parts!
The bad news: None of them freakin' work... >.<*
Part List:
ABiT AW9D-MAX MoBo
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
2GB (2x1GB) OCZ Platinum (DDR800)
BFG 7600GT (<-- My Suspect)
Maxtor 80GB Sata HDD (Temporary...)
Windows Vista Home Premium
These things have been a dog from installation to current, hell, even getting them out of the box was messed up!
For the sake of not typing a crap load, I'm gonna skip the old stuff, and go on to my current problem...
VISTA WON'T F****** INSTALL!
It's constantly freezing, not so much to begin with, but on the final step, after everything has been copied to the hard drive. It will either (A) freeze on the loading screen that says (c)Microsoft Corporation, (B) freeze where it says "Windows is preparing to start for the first time......" or (C), after the installation comes back up, it will appear to work for about a minute, then freeze again. I think that, since I can boot into safe mode just fine, it is a driver error. My thought, the video card.I've tried booting into Safe Mode and bypassing the error saying "Windows cannot finish installing in safe mode, please restart the computer" by pressing SHIFT+F10 (or F7, don't remember which - lol.) Anyway... tried loading the Generic VGA Driver, (Microsoft's recommendation,) and also the WDDM 7600GT driver... both come up with a Code1 error, (Device is not configured.) Downloaded the latest forceware and burned it to a CD... opened the setup file from the command prompt... it runs long enough to copy the drivers to the HDD then will give me an error saying there is another installation panel open... (I'm guessing, Window's Installation...) anyway... the new drivers are already copied onto the hard drive, open device manager again, try to install these, same problem... I've thought about installing XP then upgrading from that, but I don't know where my old disks went, and most are broken...
I've tried EVERY setting in the BIOS I can think of... I honestly have NO IDEA how to fix this. If someone can help me, I'd be GREATLY appreciative...
Thanks, Carcrazy.
--EDIT-- I just tried uninstalling the graphics card completely, like, as in clean out of the case... I'll let it run for an hour, but I think it's frozen... I don't see the HDD LED doing anthing...