mossmanfly
Established Member
Just installing a new PC and I get a BSOD on the install of Vista Ultimate 32 after I run through the initial setup stage (before you get to chose HDD location), but once I reboot it goes through fine and then I can load up Ultimate 32 without any issues.
The problem occurs when I try to install Ultimate 64 on either a 2nd partition, a 2nd drive or even as the the only OS. It will do the same as the Ultimate 32 in terms of BSOD once under the initial install, but when it finally finishes installing to the specific location it reboots as normal, but it will the BSOD very quickly once past the Vista loading screen and reboot. So it doesnt actually go through the performance checks and the setting up of username, computer name etc.
I have done a little research and it seems theres and issue if you have over 3GB of memory, which I do as I have 8GB, and also 3 768MB video cards, so im hoping this is the issue. But the thing that concerns me as that Ultimate 32 gets past this problem and once its BSOD once its fine. Yet the 64 version cant finish the install at all, considering the 64bit version is there to handle more memory its a bit ironic that if the above is the case, that to install the 64bit version I need to remove RAM.
I will try again tomorrow with removing 3 sticks of 2GB and just install with 2GB, hoping I dont have to remove the 2 of the video cards aswell to make it install.
Any ideas?
The problem occurs when I try to install Ultimate 64 on either a 2nd partition, a 2nd drive or even as the the only OS. It will do the same as the Ultimate 32 in terms of BSOD once under the initial install, but when it finally finishes installing to the specific location it reboots as normal, but it will the BSOD very quickly once past the Vista loading screen and reboot. So it doesnt actually go through the performance checks and the setting up of username, computer name etc.
I have done a little research and it seems theres and issue if you have over 3GB of memory, which I do as I have 8GB, and also 3 768MB video cards, so im hoping this is the issue. But the thing that concerns me as that Ultimate 32 gets past this problem and once its BSOD once its fine. Yet the 64 version cant finish the install at all, considering the 64bit version is there to handle more memory its a bit ironic that if the above is the case, that to install the 64bit version I need to remove RAM.
I will try again tomorrow with removing 3 sticks of 2GB and just install with 2GB, hoping I dont have to remove the 2 of the video cards aswell to make it install.
Any ideas?