Asus A8N-Deluxe SLI install fails

> Greetings,
>
> I'm not sure how to get around this. This problem started with Beta 2.
>
> I now cannot install Vista. I have tried upgrading from XP (MCE) by booting
> the DVD, or by booting to XP and then launching the installer. Every time I
> get through the process to where it's "completing the upgrade" (last line
> after "installing features") and the system hangs with the green bar about
> 75% complete. I've tried with SLI disabled in BIOS, enabled in BIOS, and
> with only one video card installed (nVidia 7800 series) (and the motherboard
> set to one video card). I've also attempted to install on this system to a
> fresh new hard drive (same hardware combinations as above) and have had no
> success. No devices are attached except for the monitor, mouse, and
> keyboard. I've also tried the latest production and latest beta BIOS.
>
> Any ideas what to do/try next would be appreciated, I'm out of ideas.
>
> Thanks,
> P

> Odd problem there Peter. I also use the A8N-SLI Deluxe, but vista installed
> flawlessly. You using onboard audio? I think it gets disabled by putting a
> sound card in, so maybe try that if you are.

>
>
> "Marauder" wrote:
>

> > Odd problem there Peter. I also use the A8N-SLI Deluxe, but vista installed
> > flawlessly. You using onboard audio? I think it gets disabled by putting a
> > sound card in, so maybe try that if you are.

>
> OK, this tip pointed me in the right direction. After disabling SLI and the
> sound it still crashed at the same place to a clean drive (at least for the
> betas it would be nice to have more specific information displayed on where
> the install is working - base, network, desktop, whatever?!) so I ended up
> playing with multiple combinations of disabled devices and finally came up
> with: Disable SLI, 1384, and Marvell LAN. I had already disabled the nVidia
> and Silicon RAID options since this box only has one hard drive. Now
> upgrades and installs work.
>
> Hopfully as more drivers are bundled into the distribution this kind of
> problem will go away....
>
> Luck all.
>

>
>
> "Marauder" wrote:
>

> > Odd problem there Peter. I also use the A8N-SLI Deluxe, but vista installed
> > flawlessly. You using onboard audio? I think it gets disabled by putting a
> > sound card in, so maybe try that if you are.

>
> OK, this tip pointed me in the right direction. After disabling SLI and the
> sound it still crashed at the same place to a clean drive (at least for the
> betas it would be nice to have more specific information displayed on where
> the install is working - base, network, desktop, whatever?!) so I ended up
> playing with multiple combinations of disabled devices and finally came up
> with: Disable SLI, 1384, and Marvell LAN. I had already disabled the nVidia
> and Silicon RAID options since this box only has one hard drive. Now
> upgrades and installs work.
>
> Hopfully as more drivers are bundled into the distribution this kind of
> problem will go away....
>
> Luck all.
>

>
>
> "Marauder" wrote:
>

> > Odd problem there Peter. I also use the A8N-SLI Deluxe, but vista installed
> > flawlessly. You using onboard audio? I think it gets disabled by putting a
> > sound card in, so maybe try that if you are.

>
> OK, this tip pointed me in the right direction. After disabling SLI and the
> sound it still crashed at the same place to a clean drive (at least for the
> betas it would be nice to have more specific information displayed on where
> the install is working - base, network, desktop, whatever?!) so I ended up
> playing with multiple combinations of disabled devices and finally came up
> with: Disable SLI, 1384, and Marvell LAN. I had already disabled the nVidia
> and Silicon RAID options since this box only has one hard drive. Now
> upgrades and installs work.
>
> Hopfully as more drivers are bundled into the distribution this kind of
> problem will go away....
>
> Luck all.
>

> I have the same motherboard and I am having the same issues that you were
> experiencing. What exactly is 1384?
>
> "PeterC" wrote:
>

> >
> >
> > "Marauder" wrote:
> >

> > > Odd problem there Peter. I also use the A8N-SLI Deluxe, but vista installed
> > > flawlessly. You using onboard audio? I think it gets disabled by putting a
> > > sound card in, so maybe try that if you are.

> >
> > OK, this tip pointed me in the right direction. After disabling SLI and the
> > sound it still crashed at the same place to a clean drive (at least for the
> > betas it would be nice to have more specific information displayed on where
> > the install is working - base, network, desktop, whatever?!) so I ended up
> > playing with multiple combinations of disabled devices and finally came up
> > with: Disable SLI, 1384, and Marvell LAN. I had already disabled the nVidia
> > and Silicon RAID options since this box only has one hard drive. Now
> > upgrades and installs work.
> >
> > Hopfully as more drivers are bundled into the distribution this kind of
> > problem will go away....
> >
> > Luck all.
> >