installing windows xp 64bit - tearing my hair out.

[atrull]

I install xp 64bit

It boots - no network card driver so I put in the cd which came with my motherboard (abit k8n ultra)

I install the 64bit drivers for my motherboard.

I reboot.

bluescreen at startup.

Is there some order I should be approaching this in ?

[5lab]

restart in safe mode (or last best known config thingy), try again?

[atrull]

tried that - it boots into safe mode perfectly, but I still can't get onto the net.

[5lab]

try getting different drivers onto a cd or something?

[autopilot]

Unhelpful advice; Who cares about XP64? Waste of time and effort. Wait for vista to arrive. Hardware vendors will actually give a crap then.

Slightly more helpful advice; What BIOS version does your AN8 have? They have all sorts of BIOS issues. Might not help, but try updating that. I remember reading about some issues on thier forums which might have been related to your problems. But XP64 driver support in very poor.

[atrull]

aha, managed to get around it.

I installed only the network driver - it immediately crashed, I rebooted into safe mode, uninstalled the driver, rebooted normaly, re-installed the driver when it refound the network adapter.. and it works fine now.

[Michael]

When is Vista due?

[Agent]

Slightly more helpful advice; What BIOS version does your AN8 have? They have all sorts of BIOS issues.

Like what ?

[atrull]

I've got the most recent kn8 bios - it did solve alot of issues.