My PC Configuration Intel Core2Duo,Intel D945GCNL Motherboard,1Gb Memmory,160Gb SATA HDD...... at first all seems to go ok during installation, but in the last step, finishing installation just before the first Vista sesion... I get a horrible blue screen of death I can't see what says the blue screen because it only appears for less than a second and after the system reboots. I have tryed to install four times, and always get the same... Someone can help please??

Try to remove all unnecessary peripherals from the PC before starting to install Vista and reseat RAM modules and other cards inside the PC case. You may have to disable onboard soundcard, if your motherboard has one, before attempting to install Vista. You may have to set BIOS to failsafe defaults. Hope the above helps. Regards SuatCINI

Right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced tab, Settings button (Startup and Recovery), uncheck Automatically Restart. Also make sure that you select the option for Windows to create a minidump file Then the next time you get a blue screen, write down the code numbers and post them here or do a Google search. You can also go to Event Viewer to learn more about the error message, or use a program like BlueScreenView: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_s...

suatcini - since most of the hardware from the specs is onboard (video and sound) the only devices that can be disconnected are the drives. I have not encountered an instance in the shop where a system would not install with the onboard sound enabled. It is a possibility to test the install, but in the end if sound is needed the board needs to be enabled. kx5m2q - Since the system is still doing an initial startup as part of the install none of your suggestions will work. So far the system has never completed the steps to get to a desktop. Lets start with some basics. Has this system ever had a Vista install? If it did what happened that you are installing Vista again? Have you downloaded memtest +86 and a hard drive tester on another system, burned them to cd and tested the hardware? What setting in BIOS is the hard drive mode set to (Vista is normally set to AHCI mode if the board has that option)? Please respond so specific suggestions can be presented. Richard

rich1949: You're certainly correct-I didn't read the post carefully. As you suggested, the OP should look at the sata mode for the HDD in the bios. I think that the default setting for many boards is ide-and the bios doesn't know that Vista is installed. If it's currently ahci, I would change to ide.

kc5m2q Vista installs need the AHCI if the BIOS supports it. The install will not complete if IDE is selected. The reverse is true for XP, most new systemboards come with AHCI set and when I build an XP system I have to select IDE to finish that install. The only exception is a pre-built using a recovery disk set. An XP recovery will run no matter what the BIOS is set to, any OEM or retail cd/dvd installs need checked. Since the Intel 945 series has been out of production for a couple of years that is why I asked for data on what was installed and whether Vista was ever on the system. Richard

"Vista installs need the AHCI if the BIOS supports it. The install will not complete if IDE is selected. " I don't see why. Do you mean if AHCI is selected ? I've installed Vista on machines where the BIOS supports AHCI. As long as IDE mode is selected, I don't believe it should ever be a problem.