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I also have tried to install a technet version of Windows 7. This failed.
My rig is as follows:
Pentium D945PSN with Pentium D 2.8GHz
Gigabyte Nvidia 9800 GTX+
4GB RAM
Dual monitor setup
I have attempted to upgrade from Vista 64 bit, and upon failure, I have tried clean installs thereafter.
The upgrade and every fresh install gets to the "Completing installation..." phase, goes about 30 seconds to a minute, the screen then flashes to black, and the setup crashes. Upon a restart, the setup reads an error message stating that setup encountered an error and must be restarted.
I had a copy of windows 7 beta (v7.0), and proceeded to install that. It worked perfectly. Installed in a half hour.
Versions of Windows 7 RTM attempted and downloaded multiple times, burned with different burners as well:
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (two different copies)
Windows 7 Ultimate x86 (two different copies)
Windows 7 Professional x64
Windows 7 Home Edition x64
Windows 7 Home Edition x86
I have tried updates, clean installs, and those clean installs varied in adding a full 1TB partition vs two 500MB partitions.
The rig was fully working with Vista x64, with no errors, and is currently running with the beta.
Any advice?
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The video card needed a BIOS update.
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Last edited by deeve682; 27 Sep 2009 at 02:29.