Screen goes blank after first reboot during Vista installation

islandhoppers · 16 Dec 2007 at 12:49

Trying to install a new installation of Vista Ultimate, on a new computer and after the first reboot during the setup, the screen goes blank and hard drive activity ceases. Have attempted to install it from Windows XP, downloaded the Microsoft updates (trying to create a dual boot) same problem, have removed 2GB of ram in case there was a problem with installing on 4GB memory, hard to believe but you never know. Attempted to install on one hard drive, not the Raptor, still no good.

The XP installation runs fine and the machine is not overclocked. Any advice would be appreciated.

Q6600
OcUK 8800GTX
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
Ccrucial Ballistix 4x1GB 6400C4 800Mhz
Corsair HX 620W
WD Raptor 150 and WD 250

chaparral · 16 Dec 2007 at 12:54

Have you tryed pressing F8 on bootup and choosing to load up in VGA mode ??

islandhoppers · 16 Dec 2007 at 13:13

Will try.

islandhoppers · 16 Dec 2007 at 13:41

Didn't work.

GraemeUK · 16 Dec 2007 at 13:49

Happened on my brothers. When the screen has been black for a while and theres no hard drive activity, restart your pc. Let it boot and it will finish the installation.

The problem is that its trying itself to restart the pc but for whatever reason it can't/wont.

islandhoppers · 16 Dec 2007 at 16:55

Sometimes the screen goes blank just after the first reboot and there is no hard drive activity, at other times the computer resets itself. Either way, once it's rebooted a Vista error message comes up saying that due to an unexpected shutdown, Vista has failed to install click OK the re-start installation process. Going to try with an upgrade Business Vista 64bit version. Probably get the same thing. It wouldn't be the 8800GTX graphics card would it? I read they can cause problems in Vista but not in XP.

islandhoppers · 18 Dec 2007 at 10:18

Thank you for the replies. This is what I found on Overclocker's website, it suggested that the following items in the mobo BIOS are set to disabled from the default enabled: CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E), CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2), CPU EIST Function.

Once this was done Vista installed no problem.

If I enable just one of them the screen goes blank, and hard drive activity stops in Vista. Reset it to disabled, Vista runs fine. Only problem now is, the CPU runs slightly hotter then before using a stock Intel Cooler. Zalman 9700NT?