Re: Black Screen of Death During Vista Build 6000 Installation

Sam - had similar problem with a HP with Intel chipset. Install was
successful after installing chipset upgrade - another problem - computer
came with Intel duo-core processor which required downloading update to
permit processor to work with Duo-Core.

"Sam" <> wrote in message
news:5097058F-5369-407D-B812-...
> On a Dell 700M Laptop 2.1Ghz Pentium, 2 Gb RAM, > 30 Gb available disk
> space,
> Intel Graphics chipset, I got the black screen of death after all the
> basic
> files were copied.
>
> This was an upgrade type installation. I tried twice, once for an Ultimate
> upgrade, the other for a Business upgrade.
>
> I left the machine on overnight for the Vitsa Ultimate install but nothing
> happened after the black screen.
>
> In addition, powering off and back on again, then doing F8->Safe Mode
> immediately causes Vista to back out the installation (it says
> installation
> unsuccessful, restoring old operating system).
>
> Does anyone have any clues? This is my third upgrade-type failure on
> recent
> vintage, well equipped Dell laptops. This is bound to be an issue for more
> users.
>

Thanks AJR. unfortunately I don't think either one of the tips you mentioned
applies to the Dell 700m. It has the latest chipset drivers from the Dell
website at least and it doesn't have a duo processor.

But, thanks for suggesting the chipset - I'll check the INtel site for any
recent updates.

Bill Mers schrieb:
> I'm having the exact same problem on a desktop machine with a Radeon 9600
> and a motherboard with an nForce3 chipset. I feel that one of those two
> pieces of hardware is causing the issue, though I don't know which. ...

I vaguely remember complaints with respect to the R 9600 under
Vista... perhaps you may wish to google for this...

(I have a R 9800 Pro on a nForce3 250 chipset board and no probs with
Vista.)

Roy