Boot Problems

> Hi all,
> I have been trying to install the public beta of 5382 for the past 2
> months
> or so since the released it. I have tried just about everything I can
> think
> of to install it. It will install just fine, unable to find some drivers,
> but that is expected. So when it boots up it will boot up to a blank
> screen,
> no BETA version on bottom right and screen, no bar going across at the
> bottom
> of the screen (I call it the Cylon eye). I can do a warm boot and it will
> boot into last known configuration (kinda defeats the purpose of
> installing
> updates and activating it, when the only configuration that works is the
> first one. I noticed that in the updates it won't install the microsoft
> atheros driver for wireless cards. Sorry if this seems to ramble, kinda
> tired today.
> I have onboard Soundblaster 24-bit on my motherboard (disabled in BIOS).
> My specs are in my sig.
> --
> MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI
> 1 GB corsair Value Ram (2X512)
> 2 Gigabyte PCIe 6600GT in SLI mode
> 160 Gb EIDE HD
> HP DVD w/Lightscribe

> See answer to the second post.
>
> "Pat Scully" <PatScully@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:228D4124-0AAB-4B7F-9D0B-1738819FA8D1@microsoft.com...

> > Hi all,
> > I have been trying to install the public beta of 5382 for the past 2
> > months
> > or so since the released it. I have tried just about everything I can
> > think
> > of to install it. It will install just fine, unable to find some drivers,
> > but that is expected. So when it boots up it will boot up to a blank
> > screen,
> > no BETA version on bottom right and screen, no bar going across at the
> > bottom
> > of the screen (I call it the Cylon eye). I can do a warm boot and it will
> > boot into last known configuration (kinda defeats the purpose of
> > installing
> > updates and activating it, when the only configuration that works is the
> > first one. I noticed that in the updates it won't install the microsoft
> > atheros driver for wireless cards. Sorry if this seems to ramble, kinda
> > tired today.
> > I have onboard Soundblaster 24-bit on my motherboard (disabled in BIOS).
> > My specs are in my sig.
> > --
> > MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI
> > 1 GB corsair Value Ram (2X512)
> > 2 Gigabyte PCIe 6600GT in SLI mode
> > 160 Gb EIDE HD
> > HP DVD w/Lightscribe

>
>
>

> thanx for the advice, I pulled out one of the cards and the damn thing
> works
> fine now. again thank you for the help
> pat
> --
> MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI
> 1 GB corsair Value Ram (2X512)
> 2 Gigabyte PCIe 6600GT in SLI mode
> 160 Gb EIDE HD
> HP DVD w/Lightscribe
> Windows XP Pro SP2
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>

>> See answer to the second post.
>>
>> "Pat Scully" <PatScully@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:228D4124-0AAB-4B7F-9D0B-1738819FA8D1@microsoft.com...

>> > Hi all,
>> > I have been trying to install the public beta of 5382 for the past 2
>> > months
>> > or so since the released it. I have tried just about everything I can
>> > think
>> > of to install it. It will install just fine, unable to find some
>> > drivers,
>> > but that is expected. So when it boots up it will boot up to a blank
>> > screen,
>> > no BETA version on bottom right and screen, no bar going across at the
>> > bottom
>> > of the screen (I call it the Cylon eye). I can do a warm boot and it
>> > will
>> > boot into last known configuration (kinda defeats the purpose of
>> > installing
>> > updates and activating it, when the only configuration that works is
>> > the
>> > first one. I noticed that in the updates it won't install the
>> > microsoft
>> > atheros driver for wireless cards. Sorry if this seems to ramble,
>> > kinda
>> > tired today.
>> > I have onboard Soundblaster 24-bit on my motherboard (disabled in
>> > BIOS).
>> > My specs are in my sig.
>> > --
>> > MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI
>> > 1 GB corsair Value Ram (2X512)
>> > 2 Gigabyte PCIe 6600GT in SLI mode
>> > 160 Gb EIDE HD
>> > HP DVD w/Lightscribe

>>
>>
>>