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Name: Southy Date: March 14, 2008 at 13:26:07 Pacific OS: Vista CPU/Ram: duo e6850 Product: Ultimate 64bit
Comment:
So in a s much detail as possible considering i dont know much about this sort of thing, i have built a new comp, on startup it boots into a screen with header pci device listing. As my vista disk is already inserted it comes up with press any key to boot from CD, now i get all the way through the Vista installation at which point it needs to restart and as it restarts it boots back into the PCI device listing screen instead of vista installation.
I understand this may not be a very good description but if anyone can help feel free.
Name: brillser Date: March 14, 2008 at 14:52:40 Pacific
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did you tacking the CD out before rebooting?
The limits of my language are the limits of my world.
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Response Number 2
Name: kx5m2g Date: March 14, 2008 at 14:55:26 Pacific
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First, make sure that you do not hit enter again when Vista reboots. You don't want to boot from the CD a second time. Second, is your hard drive listed in the BIOS and connected to the motherboard ?
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Response Number 3
Name: Southy Date: March 14, 2008 at 15:58:45 Pacific
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brillser - i have tried multiple different methods on when to put the CD, non being successful. kx5m2g - Yes my hard drive is listed in bios and is connected to my motherboard.
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Response Number 4
Name: kx5m2g Date: March 14, 2008 at 16:21:37 Pacific
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Is it an SATA HD, and what mode is SATA listed as ? You really don't have to take the CD out before rebooting, as long as you don't hit enter again to boot from the CD.
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Response Number 5
Name: Southy Date: March 14, 2008 at 16:28:21 Pacific
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kx5 - how would i go about checking that information?
thanks!
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Response Number 6
Name: Southy Date: March 14, 2008 at 16:30:24 Pacific
Name: kx5m2g Date: March 14, 2008 at 16:31:01 Pacific
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You can check the mode for SATA in the BIOS. You would know if the HD is SATA if you built the computer-you would have used an SATA cable.
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Response Number 8
Name: Southy Date: March 14, 2008 at 16:34:14 Pacific
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i had a little help with the building process :P. Ill check the mode now for you.
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Response Number 9
Name: Southy Date: March 14, 2008 at 16:39:39 Pacific
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Ok it is listed as IDE channel 0 Master
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Response Number 10
Name: kx5m2g Date: March 14, 2008 at 16:50:44 Pacific
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That should be OK. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with your problem, but is there a video card installed, and is it PCI, PCI express, or AGP ?
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Response Number 11
Name: Southy Date: March 14, 2008 at 16:52:26 Pacific
Name: Alex2002 Date: March 15, 2008 at 08:53:01 Pacific
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Looks to me like it's trying to boot off the network - are you sure network boot isn't enabled?
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Response Number 18
Name: Southy Date: March 15, 2008 at 11:51:34 Pacific
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Alex - If your basing that off of the 'Nvidia Boot Agent' at the bottom i think this is just due to the fact i didnt have vista CD in when i took this pic. But anyhow heres the boot priority in bios - http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs225&d=08116...
Thanks for the help thus far!
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Response Number 19
Name: kx5m2g Date: March 15, 2008 at 12:15:05 Pacific
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Hit enter on Hard Disk Boot Priority and see what it brings up.
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Response Number 20
Name: Southy Date: March 15, 2008 at 12:27:11 Pacific
Name: kx5m2g Date: March 15, 2008 at 12:31:08 Pacific
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That looks OK, so it must be something else.
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Response Number 22
Name: Southy Date: March 15, 2008 at 16:36:15 Pacific
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any other ideas?
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Response Number 23
Name: Sabertooth Date: March 15, 2008 at 18:09:44 Pacific
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When a system halts during POST, a hardware is usually to blame....
I would suggest the following in your process of elimination:
- Reset the CMOS from the BIOS & if needed via the "Clear CMOS" jumper on the motherboard.
- Power OFF the machine.
- Disconnect all peripherals & pullout all discrete cards other than the video card.
- Make sure your HDD is connected & configured correctly before powering the machine back ON.
Oh & BTW, how many HDDs are in this machine?
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Response Number 24
Name: Southy Date: March 16, 2008 at 03:36:52 Pacific
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sabertooth - ill try that and i have 1 HDD.
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Response Number 25
Name: Carl Arthur Date: March 23, 2008 at 04:50:46 Pacific
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I have Acer laptop 5310. windows vista home basic is installed and I wanted to change into XP Pro Edition... Can anyone help me co'z i tried it but won't work. It appears ( drive cannot found due to manufacture setting ).
Carl
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Response Number 26
Name: kx5m2g Date: March 23, 2008 at 08:24:31 Pacific
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Carl: You should start a new thread with your post. Then someone will try to help you.
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