installing windows 7 gives strange problem

[Laurens]

Hello everybody. This Dutchy is going crazy. My problem is the following:

I try to install windows 7 64bit on my pc. It starts installing fine, but when im at the finishing mode of installing(i think its the end). I get the following message. ( i didnt get to selecting area, time and filling out my key)

attempt to reset the display driver and recover from time out failed. stop: 0x00000116 (0xFFFFFA8005F914E0, 0xFFFFFF880047026C), 0X000000000000, 0x0000000000002).

I dont know if i got the last 2 series of numbers correct. I cant start windows 7 in safe mode, i only get the messeage that windows 7 is going to install further ( nothing happens by the way, waited 30 min). Or i get the same message.

Is there anyone who can translate this into something i can understand? Thank you so much.

 

[torrentg]

Search the forum. There is a way by hitting a special key on the keyboard or something similar to disable video driver installation while installing Windows.

This will help you succeed with Windows installation when you start over and try again.

Good luck.

Or alternatively, remove video card from system and use integrated video on motherboard to install Windows. Place video card back in after Windows is installed and machine is off. Then boot to Windows and install driver for it.

 

[wallyinnc]

Hi Laurens and welkom op de Forums! And thanks for filling in most of your system specs

I suspect of two possibilities, initially:

- you need to install the drivers for your graphics card during installation. You can find them here. Please check this tutorial, item #7 for an example of what I am talking about. Notice the "Load Driver" button (not the link highlighted). Sorry, I am not at my Win7 machine, can't take a better snip

- Are you using the DVI or the D-Sub (VGA) connection to your monitor. Please use D-Sub, DVI is known for causing installation problems

 

[Laurens]

Thank you. Both off you. I will try this when i get home (different timezone, europe ). I will also let everybody know iff it worked. Thank you so far.

 

[Laurens]

hello,

Nothing worked so far. I have used my D-sub connection and DVI. With them connected, i have the sme problem. I have disconnected my graphics card, same. I tried to install my graphics card drivers, i get the message that W7 cant install them, i used a usb stick, the dvd with the win7 x64 drivers on them, and my xternal hard drive. The only thing i get now i get a prompt in the upper left corner of my screen. The screen itself is black. Then nothing happens. Just installed xp again to write this message. Hope you can help me again. thx..

 

[torrentg]

Try installing latest bios update first.

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Use a different monitor too, to try, if you have one available like from another pc. Disable onboard integrated video in bios after update. Leave video card in machine installed.

If you follow these steps, Windows will install well for you.

 

[Laurens]

hi,

when i go to my BIOS i go to:

onboard device confi => Primary Display adapter => then i have 3 choices pci slot
onchip VGA
PCIEX ( thats where its on now)

Or do you mean something else. Im an average computer user, so my knowledge has its limits :huh:.

thx

 

[torrentg]

That's something different. You want to try to look for a setting that completely disables onchip VGA.

Primary display adapter should be PCI-e.

 

[torrentg]

Set plug and play OS to yes or on.

 

[Laurens]

i updated my bios. And set play os to yes. but i cant find no function wich can disables my onboard vga chip set. Is there naything else i can do?

 

[torrentg]

No. I looked at your motherboard's manual and I couldn't find anything either. If plug and play was previously set to no and you changed it to yes, then you have an excellent chance of completing install now.

Give it a try.

 

[Laurens]

To the both of you who replied. the updating of my bios and setting my os plug and play to yes worked. Thx alot again and i hope somebody benefits from the solution. As im writing this i have tears in my eyes and the biggest smile ever. ..

 

[torrentg]

I'm very glad for you. It's the reason I try to help.

 

[Dave76]

Great work torrentg,

I've found with Asus boards that the usual answer is to update BIOS,
then turn off 'Cool & Quite',
then next try change DVI cable and use VGA,
then try remove all but one RAM card.

One of these will usually work, first time I've seen the Plug and Play switch to yes.

Will add that to my Asus list.

 

[ezmac]

DVI messed it up

I was having difficulty installing Windows 7 Pro 64bit from Windows XP. The problem I encountered was that my monitor would go blank when Windows 7 was trying to start up for the first time. I spent 10+ hours upgrading and downgrading my BIOS, then trying to change the settings. Turns out the DVI on my card was messing things up. My ATI Radeon 4850 only had two DVI ports, but it came with a DVI to D-Sub connector, so I connected it and I was good to go. I hope this helps someone. I can't believe the DVI would cause the blank screen but it did. I got the idea to change the cables from this thread. Thx for the help.

 

[wallyinnc]

Tks ezmac for the input. Welcome to the forums