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Answer» I'm at the point where I want to give up on this. If someone could help me troubleshoot this I'd greatly appreciate it.
I could install and run Windows XP Professional SP2 and Ubuntu 8.04 with no problems. I tried installing Vista through XP, but after it restarts for the first time the installer never continues. I tried installing Vista through a virtual machine, and it installs and runs fine through the VM, but when I try to use it natively it won't start. I tried testing the CPUs using StressCPU 2 and it didn't have any errors after a few hours (which I figured would be plenty of time to see if they were so bad that the Vista installer wouldn't even start) I tried testing the RAM with memtest86+ 1.7 and it returned no errors. I tried taking out one of the CPUs, all but one stick of RAM, and the DVD drive, and it still REFUSES to start. I tried both CPUs, both CPU sockets, two different DVD drives, a few different IDE cables, different sticks of RAM, different RAM slots, and two different installer DVDs (an original hologram CD, and one burned to a DVD-R at 1x) I tried changing a bunch of settings in the BIOS but the only one that made a difference was disabling the CPU cache, which obviously isn't a viable solution.
The installer will randomly seem to do one of three things: either just flat out refuse to start, leaving the computer hanged with a black screen, start to load files and hang once the progress bar moves by three units, or start to load files and hang after the progress bar moves more.
The only hardware I have hooked up right now is:
Motherboard: Supermicro P3TDDR
CPU: Pentium III-S SL5XL 1.4Ghz (133x10.5)
RAM: ATP 512MB PC2100 AB64L72A8S8B0S
DVD drive: Matshita DVD-RAM SW-9
If someone has any IDEA what the problem could be I'd love your help.The only hardware I have hooked up right now is:
Motherboard: Supermicro P3TDDR
CPU: Pentium III-S SL5XL 1.4Ghz (133x10.5)
RAM: ATP 512MB PC2100 AB64L72A8S8B0S
DVD drive: Matshita DVD-RAM SW-9
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Winvis........^.needs more than you have stated........^No it doesn't, it needs an 800Mhz CPU and 512MB RAM
I also have 4 sticks of RAM for a total of 2GB.
Plus, like I said, it runs fine in a virtual machine.
But that's not the issue, the installer won't even start.Its odd that you dont receive any on screen woes..Try dispart...on board winxp program..and try install it on another part of the hard-drive..
Quote it needs an 800Mhz CPU and 512MB RAM
In Micro$oft misinformation.
If you wanna run Vista, you NEED 2GB of RAM, and dual core processor.You don't need a Dual Core Processor but you need something fast.Look, the minimum requirements aren't an issue here... I already said it runs fine (albeit slowly) in a virtual machine, which has even worse stats than running it natively. I also said I have 2 CPUs, which Vista Ultimate will recognize and treat as a dual-core system.
I'm slow, I guess. What are you trying to do? Install Vista - how? By itself, multiple boot? Any error/informative messages from Vista?
Is this a legal copy of Vista provided by MS?I'm planning on installing Vista by itself, then installing Ubuntu after.
There's no error messages, it just hangs at this screen:
Sometimes it'll hang right away before any progress is made, sometimes it'll hang after the progress bar moves 3 units, sometimes it'll get farther before it hangs. And sometimes it won't even get that far and it'll hang on a blank screen.
It's a legal copy that I've gotten to work on a few different systems, but I've also tried making a copy and that doesn't work either.How long have you waited for Vista to finish? I've read cases where >2 hours were needed.
Have you run the Vista Upgrade Adviser? Looks like you are trying to install on some very old parts. There may well be incompatibilities preventing the install.
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