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Continued XP and Vista hang on install - MB issue?
I got up to 3 gigs, once i tried the 4th gig windows vista would attempt to boot and then my PC would restart. It did that every time so I might have to wait I built PCs before if the board says its good for PC2-6400 it should work, especially since when I go to the BIOS it reads the RAM fine but VISTA hangs.

M2N-SLI Deluxe hangs after Vista install
Linux distros do very well in that area, but Linux qua Linux does absolutely nothing -- it can't even boot without help from a bootloader (I prefer GRUB but making Linux a less-than-compelling case to switch to -- unless one has been bitten one too many times by Windows hangs, stop screens, strange pathnames,

Boot sector problem with Vista? Howto load Linux onto a clean ...
nicklezhang nicklezhang.2ze...@no-mx.forums.net microsoft public windows vista networking_sharing The right solution after you run windows update is simple: 1. Turn off the computer’s main power. 2. Plug out the power cable from the PSU. 3. Wait about 3 seconds. 4. Plug it back in. 5. Start up.

Hang on Vista boot - appears to be at crcdisk.sys
Tim Mintner \(MS\) mint...@msn.com microsoft public deployment desktop We perform several steps post Vista setup before the system reboots. It seems like one of those steps are failing. Can you boot back up into Windows PE after restarting the machine and copy off the bdd.log file?

New Atheros Ethernet Driver causes Windows to hang on boot
Alice R Ali...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista performance_maintenance Thanks, But I have a question. On reboot I believe that the necessary file saving which goes on normally on successful closing down must have been completed as the boot up is normal with no detection of a faulty

2940UW HD68<->DB50<->C50 UMAX Vista-S6E hangs on boot
When I boot I get a hang for a few minutes before "Timeout failure during SCSI Inquiry Command". [chomp] I'm running Linux. -Steve Maring smar...@gte-es.com GTE Enterprise Solutions There have been SEVERAL badly made adaptors for the 68/50 reduction. If you haven't already, I suggest that you get another 68 to 50

2940UW HD68<->DB50<->C50 UMAX Vista-S6E hangs on boot
crazye_star crazye_star.2nu...@no-mx.forums.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class {4d36e96b-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Keyboards) set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class {4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Sound, video and game

Vista will not boot with 3GB of RAM in the system
Vista simply will not boot, either from the default installation or from the CD. If I allow Vista to boot normally (or via the CD) it will only get to the initial black screen with the time line bar at the bottom, yet the bar will never show and the machine will just hang. If I boot the default installation in safe

WTF, GRUB cannot boot VISTA, HELP!!!
Still the same problem, So far i have uninstalled Office 2007 then reinstalled it, Created a new profile, all on top of a clean install of Vista Ultimate 64-bit, all other programs work fine, Photoshop CS3, Quicken 2007, and all the other office programs work fine??? While creating a new profile should have

Vista Ulimate Hangs
When I add 2 GB (2 sticks) of Kingston RAM (same specs as factory), Vista Ultimate (x64) hangs after 10 seconds or so. The screen flashes, becomes pixelated, then the machine restarts. I can boot and have Vista read all 4 GB in Safe Mode. XP Pro x64 boots and reads all 4 GB RAM. SuSE Linux 10.2 boots and reads all

Windbg Vista Hang on Boot (Several questions)
Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet on Asus P5B-E. Windows Vista 32bit I installed Atheros Driver and the computer hanged on startup I tried to restore the system, not knowing network card driver was the cause of the problem. Now I can't install older driver as windows says it can't load them (error 31) and hangs when

Vista Clean Install Hangs
bentsh...@gmail.com microsoft public windbg I am not running in VM and it is using plain old serial. I am glad they seem to be adding USB support but I have not tried it. I did not like 1394 since it seemed like breaking into a dead machine was a crap shoot.

Can no longer boot up after vista update.
Dan D...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Is there any way I can run those tests myself without booting into windows? Afterwards all I get is a blinking cursor in the upper left when I try to boot. I tried hitting F8 to get to safe mode but when I hit F8 it prompts me for which

Windows Vista Ultimate upgrade hangs on install
I can select the empty partition and copying the Vista files works, followed by the reboot. However, the PC hangs on the Expanding files section at 27%. Any ideas? I've also tried booting directly from the Vista Upgrade DVD and it hangs at the same place. Thanks, Jonathan Bad DVD? Been known to happen.

New Atheros Ethernet Driver causes Windows to hang on boot
There are stability concerns around the changes that could cause hangs and crashes. Adding or removing hardware would be another issue. both OS's would need It won't give you the dual-boot option on start-up. It'll go directly to the hibernating OS. At least, that's been my experience with a Vista Ultimate 64

Dual boot newsgroup?
Otherwise you may have to try a repair from the Vista DVD. Go to Help, enter 'startup repair tool' to learn more. That's about the only way to recover short of reinstalling if some files got corrupted. Anything in any Event Log? It could be a driver not installing. Have you tried telling Vista to make a boot log so

Chkdsk hangs
gmail.com> wrote: There's nothing in the event viewer, but that's not particularly surprising, usually on a hard hang like this, even if the software is designed to write an event, it never has an opportunity. I'm familiar with the boot log, but the issue actually happens when the system is done booting,

Vista hangs indefinitely on shutdown
Michel S. NoS...@msn.com microsoft public windows vista general Hello ! Chkdsk hangs while executed at boot time in step 5 of 5 (checking the free space). I restated the computer and performed another chkdsk (with /f /r), and it still hangs at the same cluster number.. Any ideas ? Suggestions ? Thanks.

can't re-boot
Fdecarlo fdeca...@aol.com comp periphs scsi Subject: Re: 2940UW HD68<->DB50<->C50 UMAX Vista-S6E hangs on boot From: "Phil Lee" <p...@orbis.net> Date: 6/18/98 10:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: <6mbip1$...@news.orbis.net> Hi Steve, I fully understand your frustration, I have gone thru *many* wars with scsi

Vista hangs on startup with blinking cursor
"Joseph Conway [MSFT]" jos...@online.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Boot into XP, open regedit, highlight HKLM, choose file-->load hive and then point it to the hive for Vista, find the service and set the start value to 4. Let me know if that doesnt make sense :) Joseph W. Conway,