So, I had an unnerving experience trying to install Windows 7 the last couple of days. After the files where extracted from the dvd and the splash animation had run, the installation would hang, showing only the end of the splash animation with the frisky message "Starting Windows". It took me a total of 8 hours to figure it out. Many of the tips you will find on the Internet tells you to
- Jank out all USB devices and disable USB in the BIOS if possible
- Make sure that 1397 is disabled in the BIOS
- Disconnect everything in the computer that is not needed for the installation, including expansion cards and extra hard drives.
- Update the bios with the latest version from your vendor
- Reset the bios and make sure that APCI is enabled
None of these did the the trick for me. What made the installation process hang was the second 2GB memory module that I've installed in my system. By removing all memory modules except one, the installation could proceed. There does not seem to be any silver bullet for solving this issue, and it does seem to be different for each and every failed installation. It would be nice to get some kind of error message to ease troubleshooting. I wish you good luck if you have a similiar problem!
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XP is best said
Yes like you say it's try this and that and keep hopeing so maybe if i turn the light off in the room it would install.
facts is MS has become a total joke and what can we exspect even if we get win7 installed ?
i'm tired of back door bills bloatware that leaves the FBI in control of your machine and i'm no fan of Linux but i'll give it another go and use XP for now.
Kanna said
Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Yes,I recently bought the 2x2GB Kingston memory and inserted into my 2 memory slots.
It is accepting in BIOS, and i have updated BIOS version also recently.
Any ideas !
Kanna
Kanna said
Hi,
Thanks for yo
Mikael Lundin said
For me it was pretty clear after the installation that I hadn't inserted the memory module correctly. After putting all of my weigth behind it I managed to push the thing far enough into the slot for the computer to accept it. :) That is not something I would recommend. I won't have you break your computer because of me.
I would suggest that you find that motherboard manual and make sure that the memory module that you bought acctually is supported by your motherboard. Does BIOS accept it?
Kanna said
Hi,
Yes I tried by removal of one 2GB Ram. It begins successfully.
But, once installation completed , system hangs. So i tried to reboot the system but its hang at the same place.
Any ideas !
kanna