Vista Help

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: inufaye
yes well i was hoping to dual boot with xp on one hdd and vista on the other, i will try installing those sata drivers in xp and see what i get this time.

Good luck Realize that you will need to supply the SATA drivers to Vista Setup during Setup, on a memory key or floppy diskette, not from within XP, using the steps loup garou outlined above.

 

[Astray]

A quick google, and a few microsoft published acrticles explains that this is a hardware problem and is unrelated to software on the current machine.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329284

Not exactly a vista article, but it explains the error in detail.

 

[inufaye]

alright well i disconnected my sata drive for the moment and vista installed, now the problem is that its not picking up my ethernet port.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: inufaye
alright well i disconnected my sata drive for the moment and vista installed, now the problem is that its not picking up my ethernet port.

I told you that would be a problem, download the drivers from nVidia in the link I supplied.

 

[inufaye]

i did download them but the problem after that is when i run that in vista i only get the option for either sound or sata controllers.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: inufaye
I am trying to install windows vista on a clean hard drive that i just formatted, but the problem comes when ever windows vista reboots after the first time, i see the slider bar go but then soon afterwards i get a blue screen that says machine check exemption error?

Any help?

Machine check exception is a hardware error reported to the OS.

If this was working fine under XP, check your bios vendor for firmware updates. If XP gets the same problem start running some memory diagnostincs and RMAing parts.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: Astray
A quick google, and a few microsoft published acrticles explains that this is a hardware problem and is unrelated to software on the current machine.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329284

Not exactly a vista article, but it explains the error in detail.

Had I read beyond the OP I would have spotted Astray's 100% correct answer here.

:thumbsup:


If disconnecting your sata drive is a workaround, definately check for system and controller bios updates.

 

[inufaye]

any ideas on how to get this installer to work?

 

[inufaye]

Still cant get anything out of the install it just locks up at the end in vista, and i only get 2 options with it
1 for Sata and 1 for Audio
Nothing for Lan.