Error when installing vista beta 2

[blackinkpen]

I'm trying to install windows vista beta 2 32 bit from the HDD as a clean install on a new, windows formatted partition, and it will go well and restart for the first time, but when the setup loads it will only show the grey scrolling stripe after a while it will give me a page file in nonpage area blue screen.

Running an emachines computer with 1 gig of ram, 2 ghz amd processor 32 bit, 120 gig IDE hard drive, Nvidia geforce 4 card with geforce 2 chipsets. All RAM tests come back as having no bad ram.

I've also tried installing from the DVD and from an .iso using Daemon Tools with the same problem

Any ideas?

 

[Skitzer]

Possible bad download. Any errors at all during the install, (file transfer), with the DVD? Did you verify Checksum?

 

[blackinkpen]

I get no errors during download or during the first part of the install, until it restarts for the first time and then I get the BSOD.

I *think* I might have verified the checksum. Is that the same as an MD5? If so, everything matched as it should

 

[Skitzer]

How long does the BSOD stay and are there any error messages on it? If so what are they?

 

[blackinkpen]

The BSOD would stay until I restarted the computer and then it would ask me if I wanted to boot into XP or go into setup, I'd go into setup and it'd just do the same thing with the blue screen all over again unless I booted into XP.

As for error messages, it was something about a page fault in nonpaged area. Other than that I don't remember and I'd have to get back to you on it if that's what you need

 

[Skitzer]

If there is a page fault error (invalid page fault), the code can usually tell you what the problem is.

Write down the code and then Google it, you will probably find an answer.

 

[blackinkpen]

Okay here is what I get

Computer has detected an error, windows has been shut down to prevent further damage.

due to a page fault in nonpage area

Check software and hardware to see if installed correctly, blah blah blah.

Then at the bottom:

STOP
0x00000050
0x00000001
0x86310000
0x00000000

Any insight?

 

[Skitzer]

This is the closest I could find to your error code on the microsoft knowledge base,
Link
My guess would be either a memory problem or a device connected to your computer. Could also be a setting in your bios.
Wish I could be of more help but sometimes these errors are difficult to run down.