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I Just built a new system:
Asus A8V-E deluxe
AMD X64 x2
2 250gb Maxtor SATA II config: SPAN
ATI 850xt
2 gb ram

I just built this new system and after some trouble I got windows to start
installing the installation appeared to go fine. Then the system rebooted
and brought me to that screen
Safemode
safemode with networking

Normal (last know working config)

I selected normal and the system immeaditly reboots, and brings me back to
that screen, safemode same thing happens. Can anyone help?
With the x64 version of windows I bought it camewith an OEM preinstallation
disc. I put it in before regular disc, it brought me to a GUI and a cmd
prompt didn't know what to type so took out the disc and put in the regular
disc. Could this be part of the problem?
Jeff

You do NOT want to use the OEM Pre-Installation disk, but the regular disk.
And you need to use updated SATA drivers. (Use the VIA controlled SATA
connectors, NOT the Promise ones.) You'll have to copy the drivers onto a
floppy and install them with F6 during initial boot

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Charlie.
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Jeff wrote:
> I Just built a new system:
> Asus A8V-E deluxe
> AMD X64 x2
> 2 250gb Maxtor SATA II config: SPAN
> ATI 850xt
> 2 gb ram
>
> I just built this new system and after some trouble I got windows to
> start installing the installation appeared to go fine. Then the
> system rebooted and brought me to that screen
> Safemode
> safemode with networking
>
> Normal (last know working config)
>
> I selected normal and the system immeaditly reboots, and brings me
> back to that screen, safemode same thing happens. Can anyone help?
> With the x64 version of windows I bought it camewith an OEM
> preinstallation disc. I put it in before regular disc, it brought me
> to a GUI and a cmd prompt didn't know what to type so took out the
> disc and put in the regular disc. Could this be part of the problem?
> Jeff

HI Charlie,

I've got the same problem below & I am using the promise raid hardware not
the VIA one. What can I do ???

It will be a nightmare for me to rebuild the machine on the via controller.
DO anyone knows what can be done to overcome this issue & have the 64bit
installed on my promise controller ???

Please help, it is driving me nuts here.

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> You do NOT want to use the OEM Pre-Installation disk, but the regular disk.
> And you need to use updated SATA drivers. (Use the VIA controlled SATA
> connectors, NOT the Promise ones.) You'll have to copy the drivers onto a
> floppy and install them with F6 during initial boot
>
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> Please, all replies to the newsgroup.
> ======================
> Charlie.
> http://www.msmvps.com/xperts64/
>
>
> Jeff wrote:
> > I Just built a new system:
> > Asus A8V-E deluxe
> > AMD X64 x2
> > 2 250gb Maxtor SATA II config: SPAN
> > ATI 850xt
> > 2 gb ram
> >
> > I just built this new system and after some trouble I got windows to
> > start installing the installation appeared to go fine. Then the
> > system rebooted and brought me to that screen
> > Safemode
> > safemode with networking
> >
> > Normal (last know working config)
> >
> > I selected normal and the system immeaditly reboots, and brings me
> > back to that screen, safemode same thing happens. Can anyone help?
> > With the x64 version of windows I bought it camewith an OEM
> > preinstallation disc. I put it in before regular disc, it brought me
> > to a GUI and a cmd prompt didn't know what to type so took out the
> > disc and put in the regular disc. Could this be part of the problem?
> > Jeff
>
>
>

Get Promise to write drivers. Otherwise, no, nothing will change. There's no
magic here. Promise has been seriously late to the game with acceptible
drivers. VIA, for all they're supposedly "budget", have been providing
excellent support all through the beta process and now have full WHQL drivers
that support their hardware.

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Mazen wrote:
> HI Charlie,
>
> I've got the same problem below & I am using the promise raid
> hardware not the VIA one. What can I do ???
>
> It will be a nightmare for me to rebuild the machine on the via
> controller. DO anyone knows what can be done to overcome this issue &
> have the 64bit installed on my promise controller ???
>
> Please help, it is driving me nuts here.
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>
>> You do NOT want to use the OEM Pre-Installation disk, but the
>> regular disk. And you need to use updated SATA drivers. (Use the VIA
>> controlled SATA connectors, NOT the Promise ones.) You'll have to
>> copy the drivers onto a floppy and install them with F6 during
>> initial boot
>>
>> --
>> Please, all replies to the newsgroup.
>> ======================
>> Charlie.
>> http://www.msmvps.com/xperts64/
>>
>>
>> Jeff wrote:
>>> I Just built a new system:
>>> Asus A8V-E deluxe
>>> AMD X64 x2
>>> 2 250gb Maxtor SATA II config: SPAN
>>> ATI 850xt
>>> 2 gb ram
>>>
>>> I just built this new system and after some trouble I got windows to
>>> start installing the installation appeared to go fine. Then the
>>> system rebooted and brought me to that screen
>>> Safemode
>>> safemode with networking
>>>
>>> Normal (last know working config)
>>>
>>> I selected normal and the system immeaditly reboots, and brings me
>>> back to that screen, safemode same thing happens. Can anyone help?
>>> With the x64 version of windows I bought it camewith an OEM
>>> preinstallation disc. I put it in before regular disc, it brought
>>> me to a GUI and a cmd prompt didn't know what to type so took out
>>> the disc and put in the regular disc. Could this be part of the
>>> problem? Jeff