I'm going crazy, help me pls

[Hans Voralberg]

This is the story: Just got a brand new DFI NF4 Ultra, a Winnie 3000, a FX5900 PCIE, a pair of G.Skill 1G PC4000, 2 Maxtor 160G SATA, 1 Samsung SpinPoint 160G ATA133, 1 Hitachi 7K250 160G ATA133 (as Master). Optical : 1 Artec DVD-rom, one Nec 3500a. Bios 1/25/2005 (cannot update atm)

I try to install windows on the Hitachi first, boot from CD, EVERY time the line at the bottom comes to "Starting up Windows" it go BSOD. i tried with every other drive, same thing.



Ram was checked, 8h memtest86. CPU and mobo burn-in tested 6h, no prob. Scan every hard drive, still no error. (all was done using UBCD 3.1). Different memory pattern, different Bios setting was tried as well.

Anyone got an idea of wat maybe the cause? ATM i thinking of the mobo, cause can't really test it, if anyone in Cambridge have a Winny and willing to help me out it's great.

[zhenboy]

have you tried to install OS with only one stick of 1G ram? still get the error message?

[Hans Voralberg]

Yep, tried already, just the same error message.

[Hans Voralberg]

Anyone?? Ideas ?? For a personal reason i really can't go RMA atm, so pls help.

[Thorsson]

Try it with only PATA drive. If that works it's the old NF4/SATA shuffle.

[Hans Voralberg]

Tried, that's the first thing i think of. Tried with Sata only too. Now wat's should I RMA, i don't know wat went wrong.

[speedy_s]

try putting the memory on a differnt slot.

[Hans Voralberg]

Tested each of the 4, one by one

[Thorsson]

Send back the FX5900. It's crap anyway...

[nimbu]

Well my first suggestion would be strip the machine down bare, disable all the on board stuff, ie lan sound, raid, put in just one HDD and one stick of mem, and a optical device. If you manage to install windows, turn on each on board thing one at a time until u hit a problem. If windows dont go on, then id try getting the memory replaced first, as imo thats most likely to be the issue.

[Hans Voralberg]

Sorted out, thanks guys. it turned out to be the Windows CD doens't play well with my NEC 3500a, which is absolutely stupid. Have to pay 90£ on ebay for another CD

[Agent]

Sorted out, thanks guys. it turned out to be the Windows CD doens't play well with my NEC 3500a, which is absolutely stupid. Have to pay 90£ on ebay for another CD

If you own a legal copy of windows, with a licence, just copy the CD and use that one.