Ultimate 64bit

Only have the keyboard and mouse connected until after Vista is installed and
working.

"ato_zee@hotmail.com" wrote:

>
> On 19-Oct-2007, =?Utf-8?B?TUpU?= <MJT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

> > I'm on my third clean install and have disabled the
> > on board Audio. Suggestions please or 400 bucks down the drain?

>
> Try an old PCI graphics card out of the junk box. Millennium II 4MB
> or similar. If it gets things up and running, you can swap the
> graphics card out, and hope new hardware detected, recognises
> the card.
> Millennium card shoul be detected as VGA apapter.
>

Problem isolated and workaround in place! Okay, anybody using the LITEON
LH-20A1L DVD/Lightscribe drive: It will work for installing 64-bit apps BUT
UNPLUG it after the setup restarts for finalization. Once all updates were
installed (OS) I thought I would give the drive another chance. Any takers
on what happened? It blue screened again. I think it has something to do
with the drive being picked up as a DVD-RAM drive but am unable to confirm
this. I can confirm that all works well without the drive connected. So the
workaround ~ map your other computers DVD drive and don't go to the movies
for a couple weeks as discipline for believing the LH-20A1L claim of working
with Vista (it does, just not the 64-bit version). Any suggestions on a
proving SATA DVD/Lightscribe burner for Ultimate 64?

WOW!!!! I can't beleive this.

I've been having *exactly* the same problem with Vista Business 64. I
just made the decision to upgrade this week and hit the same wall. XP64
and Vista32 have been running fine and I figured that the V64 patches
and drivers were now mature enough to try that again. To make a long
story short...blue screen at final reboot and then the install is
flagged as foobed and it's unrecoverable.

Sure enough, it's the Lite-on. I thought it was the SATA, so I've been
farting around with slipstreaming different drivers into the install.
But your posting just saved me from a LOT of additional frustration.

<uploading your choice of beer or cookies in thanks>


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jbenfield

KB929777 apparently fixes the problem and lets you use the Lite-on drive
in X64. I'm going to slipstream the patch and see what happens.

I'll let you know.


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jbenfield