Vista keeps on crashing...

yantorsen · 21 Oct 2007 at 11:15

I know why I can't see it, it's under my 8800gtx according to my mb manual.

yantorsen · 21 Oct 2007 at 12:04

d.chatten said:
Yes, R: is the drive letter that will be assigned to the first optical drive.

my odd is set as the d drive, so do I use d: or r:?

d.chatten · 21 Oct 2007 at 12:07

yantorsen said:
doesn't the optical drive usually default as the D drive though?

This is only if you have no hard drives connected or you only have NTFS formated hard drives, the CD that i have supplied sets the first CD ROM drives letter to R: so the drive letter is always the same, even if you have FAT formated hard drives connected.

d.chatten · 21 Oct 2007 at 12:09

yantorsen said:
my odd is set as the d drive, so do I use d: or r:?

When you boot from the BIOS CD your first ODD will have the drive letter R:

yantorsen · 21 Oct 2007 at 13:20

is this ok so far? is this what it's supposed to do?

d.chatten · 21 Oct 2007 at 13:47

Yes this is fine so far, just keep hitting any key when prompted until you get to the A> prompt, at the A> prompt type r: then enter, at the R> type runme.bat and press enter.

EDIT: i have just noticed from your pic that no ODD's have been detected, is your ODD an IDE or SATA drive? is your ODD connected to the Intel IDE or SATA port, if it's connected to the SATA port then go into the bios and see if there is an option to configure the SATA as IDE or compatible mode and try again.

yantorsen · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:10

right I've got to the bit where you type in r:, I typed it in, and it says "invalid drive specified". Why is it saying this?

d.chatten · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:14

yantorsen said:
right I've got to the bit where you type in r:, I typed it in, and it says "invalid drive specified". Why is it saying this?

Look at my post above this one and take note of the edit.

yantorsen · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:16

d.chatten said:
Yes this is fine so far, just keep hitting any key when prompted until you get to the A> prompt, at the A> prompt type r: then enter, at the R> type runme.bat and press enter.

EDIT: i have just noticed from your pic that no ODD's have been detected, is your ODD an IDE or SATA drive? is your ODD connected to the Intel IDE or SATA port, if it's connected to the SATA port then go into the bios and see if there is an option to configure the SATA as IDE or compatible mode and try again.

it's a SATA drive, connected to a SATA port.

and what do you mean by configure the SATA as IDE or compatible mode?

cheers.

d.chatten · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:21

There should be an option in the bios to configure the SATA ports as IDE or to change them to comatibility mode so thay will work in DOS, if you find this option set it to IDE and compatibility mode and try to update the bios again.

yantorsen · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:29

I can't find this option anywhere in the bios, which section of the bios is it likely to be under?

d.chatten · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:33

I'm not shure where it will be in your bios, but, in my bios it is under the main menu, it my be easier if you have an old IDE ODD to connect so you can update the bios.

yantorsen · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:41

d.chatten said:
I'm not shure where it will be in your bios, but, in my bios it is under the main menu, it my be easier if you have an old IDE ODD to connect so you can update the bios.

yeah I do have an old ide odd, i'll have to take it out my old pc.

d.chatten · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:50

I have found the option in the manual, goto the "Inergated Peripherals" section and try enabling or disabling these two options, the oposite to what they are set to now, "SATA Port0-3 Native Mode"
"SATA Port0-1 Native Mode" you should then be able to update the bios with your SATA ODD.

yantorsen · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:55

d.chatten said:
I have found the option in the manual, goto the "Inergated Peripherals" section and disable these two options, "SATA Port0-3 Native Mode"
"SATA Port0-1 Native Mode" you should then be able to update the bios with your SATA ODD.

ok i'll try that.

I just tryed doing it with my IDE odd and it still says invalid drive specified.

yantorsen · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:05

sataport0-3 native mode I've switched to enabled, but i can't find sataport0-1 native mode option. is it on the same menu?

d.chatten · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:07

I have just dowloaded the ISO file that i made for you and it works perfectly on my system, so it must be a IDE/SATA ODD configuration issue.

d.chatten · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:07

yantorsen said:
sataport0-3 native mode I've switched to enabled, but i can't find sataport0-1 native mode option. is it on the same menu?

According to the manual yes it is, if it's not there then connect your ODD to SATA 0-3, it may work.

EDIT: if you connect the ODD to SATA 0-3 then try changing the settings again, also try disabling AHCI mode.

yantorsen · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:11

d.chatten said:
According to the manual yes it is, if it's not there then connect your ODD to SATA 0-3, it may work.

SATA 0-3? I don't know what that is, is it one of the sata ports on the mobo? I'm a little bit confused now sorry.

SkeeterUK · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:15

Easier to use a old ide drive less complications that way and can be installed in minuites.

0-3 i think means ports 0 1 2 3 so if u have 4 sata ports and u ticked to enabled native they all should be compatible in dos yeah? Just save and exit and try flashing again.