Windows Vista SP1 compatable on Intel P35 motherboard?

[imported_Jack Daniels]

Hi all,
Looking for anyone with problems running Windows Vista SP1 32bit OS on a Intel DP35DP motherboard. I just got one but have seen some threads in Microsoft TechNet forum saying that there are some compatibility issues using just this mobo. Anyone have this board running Vista SP1 32bit and would like to share any problems or first time boot-up issues with a first time builder?

Thanks to all that reply!
Jack D.

 

[postmortemIA]

It works fine here, but on Vista x64 SP1.

What some end user wrote on some forum isn't necessarily truth.. there were lot of novices claiming XP can't be installed on this mobo.

 

[imported_Jack Daniels]

thanks for the reply! Did you need to update your BIOS after installing your x64 SP1? My thoughts are that when they shipped the board that the BIOS was a bit old and would make installation of Windows Vista SP1 a problem but after a BIOS update to the latest version might smooth things out (a little). I see from your post that you have 2 Intel boards. I'll be using 4gb of Kingston ValueRam PC2 6400 2x2gb. Can you boot-up for the first time using both sticks or use one stick and then add the other after the OS is installed?

 

[postmortemIA]

I have this board about a year with perhaps same RAM sticks in a same quantity - no problem whatsoever. So last year I did ran Vista 32 on it without problem.

The board requires normal DDR2 RAM, not some high-performance RAM running on different voltage.

Truth is this board is designed for Vista. Intel was great in releasing frequent BIOS updates. You should get latest BIOS anyway, but everything should work with whichever version you receive with board.

In other words, don't worry - board is super stable and well supported by Intel.

 

[imported_Jack Daniels]

postmortemIA
I just got my board today. Concern now is the BIOS that's on the board as it comes out of the box. My proc is the Intel E8400. So wondering if I just install the CPU will the board boot with the BIOS that's on the board? I know I'll need to update to the latest (0413) if I can get my OS Vista 64 SP1 on the HD and use either express BIOS or use a USB stick as a bootable device. How did you get yours going? Don't know if you can update the BIOS without a OS installed. (probably a noob question) My version of the board AA D81073-207. Already googled it but no real good info comes up unless I missed something. Any help about this would be appreciated.

 

[Scotteq]

Actually, the preferred way to update your Bios is NOT from within the OS. Using your existing computer, make a bootable disc/floppy. When you build the new comp, boot using that disc and run the Bios update. It can take a little bit on come computers, so feel free to go take a break. Interrupting a Bios update is a bad bad bad idea. Once it's finished, then install your OS.

If you're not familiar with the process, or even just want some good tools, check out

ULTIMATE BOOT CD You can download and burn for free.

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: Jack Daniels
postmortemIA
I just got my board today. Concern now is the BIOS that's on the board as it comes out of the box. My proc is the Intel E8400. So wondering if I just install the CPU will the board boot with the BIOS that's on the board? I know I'll need to update to the latest (0413) if I can get my OS Vista 64 SP1 on the HD and use either express BIOS or use a USB stick as a bootable device. How did you get yours going? Don't know if you can update the BIOS without a OS installed. (probably a noob question) My version of the board AA D81073-207. Already googled it but no real good info comes up unless I missed something. Any help about this would be appreciated.

intel provides ISO CD images for installing the BIOS updates. Just make the CD, and boot from CD - and that's it.

Later, when you have Vista up and running, and next BIOS update cames out, you can do it from Windows using installer from same link - option 4.

 

[imported_Jack Daniels]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: Jack Daniels
postmortemIA
I just got my board today. Concern now is the BIOS that's on the board as it comes out of the box. My proc is the Intel E8400. So wondering if I just install the CPU will the board boot with the BIOS that's on the board? I know I'll need to update to the latest (0413) if I can get my OS Vista 64 SP1 on the HD and use either express BIOS or use a USB stick as a bootable device. How did you get yours going? Don't know if you can update the BIOS without a OS installed. (probably a noob question) My version of the board AA D81073-207. Already googled it but no real good info comes up unless I missed something. Any help about this would be appreciated.

intel provides ISO CD images for installing the BIOS updates. Just make the CD, and boot from CD - and that's it.

Later, when you have Vista up and running, and next BIOS update cames out, you can do it from Windows using installer from same link - option 4.

thanks postmortemIA
I did make a .ISO CD disk. Do you need the CPU installed or can you boot to BIOS then BOOT screen without it?

 

[postmortemIA]

you need everything, PC can't boot without CPU or GPU or memory ...etc.

 

[imported_Jack Daniels]

I know I'll need the CD/DVD rom. And a keyboard (USB type). How about the HDD? Set the boot order for the CD drive to boot first with the .ISO bootfile, right?
Thanks for your help! You've been the only one coming back to answer my questions.

 

[postmortemIA]

you might need keyboard, you don't need hard drive , yes CD has to be 1st boot device if yu have HD with Windows on it; or you can press F10 and select to boot from CD.

you really don't need BIOS updatet o run vista sp1 on that board.

 

[imported_Jack Daniels]

Going to do most of the stuff today. I must need a keyboard otherwise I can't figure out how you would navigate through the BIOS to set up the boot order. My hard drive is new/empty with nothing on it. Have the Samsung SH 203n sata CD/DVD drive installed. 2x2GB of Kingston ValueRam PC800 5-5-5 @ 1.8v and I'll only install 1 stick at first then install the other one when I have the OS up and running.

<you really don't need BIOS updatet o run vista sp1 on that board.>

I'm just curious...did you update your BIOS first to something current when you installed your board (s)? So I can just assemble everything, start to install the OS, and it "should" just work with the processor I have? Found out from Intel rep over the landline that he thinks the BIOS version on my board is 0216 from 5/2007! That sounds scary.
But he also said that you just install your CPU and do the update thing. So that's what I'll do.

 

[imported_Jack Daniels]

Finally finished! Tested board first before installing it in the case. Board lit up, booted to BIOS screen, was able to navigate around BIOS. BIOS says my CPU (E8400 3.0GHz) is running at 2.0Ghz due to the BIOS that came with the board. Did the wire routing thing so everything is all tidy sort-of. Plugged in the CD/DVD drive and that works. Hard drive spins but I have no OS yet to load. Sooo now I figure I can load up Intel's ISO image BIOS update. Here's where I think I might have missed a step. When I load the CD disk that I made with the files on the disk, then boot with the disk in the CD drive (thinking I have the boot order right in the boot menu CD/DVD, hard drive, floppy, ethernet) the drive spins, then comes to the welcome to the intel desktop board bios upgrade cd/rom. Then real fast, I get this error message "can't open cd driver CDRCACH SHSUCDX Error: failure loading unable to find cd-rom drive. If you have mutiple cd rom drives remove them. disk maybe corrupt or cdrom driver does not support your system". Is it because I haven't installed the blue DVD disk you get with your motherboard that might contain drivers? My HD is non-formatted, nothing on it, so didn't even plug in the SATA cable only the power cable to see if it spins. That wouldn't cause the CD not to boot would it?

 

[postmortemIA]

you might need to play with AHCI/Legacy/RAID settings in BIOS for SATA devices, assuming your CD/DVD is SATA. If it is PATA, then you can install the windows and do the update from there.

or if you have USB flash disk, you can make it bootable and do the update from it. Board will treat flash drive formatted with FAT16 as a floppy.

 

[imported_Jack Daniels]

Hey postmortemIA,

Your suggestion worked! Went into the BIOS/Advanced Menu/Drive configuration/ATA IDE-set to NATIVE. Then went to Configure SATA AS and it was set to RAID so changed it over to IDE, exit and save. Inserted ISO cd, hit ENTER key and off to the races! Updated BIOS to 0413 showing my CPU at 3.0Ghz and RAM at 4GB (I only had one 2GB stick in before I did the BIOS upgrade so put in the other stick) Worked like its suppose to. Hope this will help anyone who has the same board and same issues. Now onward to loading Vista x64. Thanks to all

To be continued...
Jack Daniels - Old #7

 

[imported_Jack Daniels]

Ok...postmortemIA, what do you remember having your settings in the BIOS for your HD when you installed your OS? Mine was just as it was when I updated the BIOS> ATA IDE-set to NATIVE and the CONFIGURE SATA AS... IDE? will that work for the HD? I've heard that setting it to AHCI might cause some problems as that would enable things like NCQ and hot plug support and requires a HD with support for AHCI. My HD is that Seagate ES.2 250GB with support for SATA3.0. My thought would be just to leave it at IDE. Ordered Vista Home Premium x64 DVD OEM today. Any thoughts? Thanks again for all your helpful insite!

Jack