Vista install fails after 1st restart

> Hi All
> I have just tried to install vista ultimate 32bit rtm on a pc that I was
> able to successfully in the past install all the previous betas of vista fine
> on.
> The only difference is that I've got a fresh 80gb sata drive in the machine
> and have removed the 200gb sata drive as it has media center 2005 on it which
> i dont want to loose yet :-p
> It starts the install fine booting off the cd, goes through the prompting of
> info like country ok.
> I then format the hard drive (its sees the 80gb drive fine)etc to do a clean
> install not an upgrade.
> It then starts installing, uncompressing files etc.
> Then it reboots once it finishes its install process but it doesn't boot
> from the hard drive. When it gets to booting off the hard drive on post it
> just sits there with a blank black screen...
> When it gets to the blank screen the keyboard seems to have locked up.
> Lights are still on the keyboard but ctrl,alt,del or even hitting the caps
> lock button doesn't light up.
> p5p800 asus mb, 3ghz intel cpu, 512mb ddr, geforce fx 5700, 80gb sata
> Any help you can give would be great - cheers :-D

> Am I having the exact same problem.
>
> "Matt" wrote:
>

>> Hi All
>> I have just tried to install vista ultimate 32bit rtm on a pc that I was
>> able to successfully in the past install all the previous betas of vista
>> fine
>> on.
>> The only difference is that I've got a fresh 80gb sata drive in the
>> machine
>> and have removed the 200gb sata drive as it has media center 2005 on it
>> which
>> i dont want to loose yet :-p
>> It starts the install fine booting off the cd, goes through the prompting
>> of
>> info like country ok.
>> I then format the hard drive (its sees the 80gb drive fine)etc to do a
>> clean
>> install not an upgrade.
>> It then starts installing, uncompressing files etc.
>> Then it reboots once it finishes its install process but it doesn't boot
>> from the hard drive. When it gets to booting off the hard drive on post
>> it
>> just sits there with a blank black screen...
>> When it gets to the blank screen the keyboard seems to have locked up.
>> Lights are still on the keyboard but ctrl,alt,del or even hitting the
>> caps
>> lock button doesn't light up.
>> p5p800 asus mb, 3ghz intel cpu, 512mb ddr, geforce fx 5700, 80gb sata
>> Any help you can give would be great - cheers :-D

> "Steven" <Steven@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>

> > Am I having the exact same problem.
> >
> > "Matt" wrote:
> >

> >> Hi All
> >> I have just tried to install vista ultimate 32bit rtm on a pc that I was
> >> able to successfully in the past install all the previous betas of vista
> >> fine
> >> on.
> >> The only difference is that I've got a fresh 80gb sata drive in the
> >> machine
> >> and have removed the 200gb sata drive as it has media center 2005 on it
> >> which
> >> i dont want to loose yet :-p
> >> It starts the install fine booting off the cd, goes through the prompting
> >> of
> >> info like country ok.
> >> I then format the hard drive (its sees the 80gb drive fine)etc to do a
> >> clean
> >> install not an upgrade.
> >> It then starts installing, uncompressing files etc.
> >> Then it reboots once it finishes its install process but it doesn't boot
> >> from the hard drive. When it gets to booting off the hard drive on post
> >> it
> >> just sits there with a blank black screen...
> >> When it gets to the blank screen the keyboard seems to have locked up.
> >> Lights are still on the keyboard but ctrl,alt,del or even hitting the
> >> caps
> >> lock button doesn't light up.
> >> p5p800 asus mb, 3ghz intel cpu, 512mb ddr, geforce fx 5700, 80gb sata
> >> Any help you can give would be great - cheers :-D

>
>
> Do you have the same motherboard, cpu, memory, and video card?
>
> If not then it's best not to post your issue as a reply to someone else's
> thread. Start a new post giving specifics on the computer configuration and
> what exactly happens.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

> Sorry about that, I have posted a section of my own.
> Titled, "Vista Installation Fails After First Reboot"
> If someone can come and help me out as well, that would be great.
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>

>> "Steven" <Steven@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>

>> > Am I having the exact same problem.
>> >
>> > "Matt" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi All
>> >> I have just tried to install vista ultimate 32bit rtm on a pc that I
>> >> was
>> >> able to successfully in the past install all the previous betas of
>> >> vista
>> >> fine
>> >> on.
>> >> The only difference is that I've got a fresh 80gb sata drive in the
>> >> machine
>> >> and have removed the 200gb sata drive as it has media center 2005 on
>> >> it
>> >> which
>> >> i dont want to loose yet :-p
>> >> It starts the install fine booting off the cd, goes through the
>> >> prompting
>> >> of
>> >> info like country ok.
>> >> I then format the hard drive (its sees the 80gb drive fine)etc to do a
>> >> clean
>> >> install not an upgrade.
>> >> It then starts installing, uncompressing files etc.
>> >> Then it reboots once it finishes its install process but it doesn't
>> >> boot
>> >> from the hard drive. When it gets to booting off the hard drive on
>> >> post
>> >> it
>> >> just sits there with a blank black screen...
>> >> When it gets to the blank screen the keyboard seems to have locked up.
>> >> Lights are still on the keyboard but ctrl,alt,del or even hitting the
>> >> caps
>> >> lock button doesn't light up.
>> >> p5p800 asus mb, 3ghz intel cpu, 512mb ddr, geforce fx 5700, 80gb sata
>> >> Any help you can give would be great - cheers :-D

>>
>>
>> Do you have the same motherboard, cpu, memory, and video card?
>>
>> If not then it's best not to post your issue as a reply to someone else's
>> thread. Start a new post giving specifics on the computer configuration
>> and
>> what exactly happens.