Vista installation problems

[hennethannun]

When trying to install vista I always hang at the 'splash screen' (it's mostly blank, with an MS copyright notice and a progress scroll (just like the XP splash screen). But there is nohard drive activity and I left things running over night (8+ hours) with no change at all.

So the process is:

1) boot from Vista DVD
2) select vista installation mode (x86 or x64)
3) gray progess bar fills from left to right
4) screen fades to splash screen where the progress scroller just runs indefinitely


My Specs:
s939 X2 4400+ (@2.4ghz)
2x1GB DDR400 OCZ RAM (2-3-2-5)
2x 7800 GTX 256MB (should i disable sli in bios before installing?)
Asus A8N-SLI premium
On-board audio (until X-fi prices drop quite a bit)
ATI theater 650 tv-tuner card


I have had the same problem with x64 and x32 from an ultimate retail DVD, and I also had the same problem with x32 Vista (from an OEM ultimate disc) when i started the installation inside XP (i entered the product key and selected the harddrive, and then rebooted and had the same problem).

I'm sorry if this is a really simply and common problem, and I just couldn't find the answer, but I would really appreciate any suggestions that anyone could give me

Thanks

 

[hennethannun]

bump. anyone?

 

[Mem]

I read one guy had to update his BIOS on his Asus board then it installed ok,you could try minimal hardware setup ie take out one video card for now and try installing with minimal hardware to see if it does install.

 

[hennethannun]

as far as i can tell I have the latest bios version for my board (1009 i think) and I have seen reports of other people with my motherboard who claim to have vista working properly.

But I will definitely try the install with SLI disabled tonight.

 

[hennethannun]

bump back to the front page

 

[merk]

I believe vista creates some folders on the drive when it starts the install process, and there should be a log file in there some where. You might want to see if you can find that, and see what the last few lines are. That should tell you what it was doing when it hangs. Maybe you just need to disable some bit of hardware during the install.

 

[oldman420]

this may sound silly but insure the memory is good ie run memtest and insure your dvd drive is working properly and the disk is clean
good luck.

 

[hennethannun]

memory is working fine according to memtest. same results with SLI off. Tonight i will strip some hardware out of my machine (tv tuner, 2nd video card etc) and see if stuff works then. But i would still appreciate any advice that people might have...