vista!

[Makaze]

Ok, I just upgraded my computer, got a new motherboard (ASUS M2N-e, non sli, 570 chipset), processor (AMD X2 4800+), RAM (2GB kingston DDR2 PC2 3800), and hard drive (300gb maxtor i think). Well, my problem is Vista. Its giving me sooo many problems. I used vista before I upgraded, and it worked perfectly. Now, everything locks the computer up. Stuff (firefox, IE, windows updater, etc) randomly crash, and the only way to do anything is to reboot the computer. I FINALLY got my windows updates installed, hoping that would help, but no. I try to install the nforce drivers, and even if the install finishes, when I boot back up, I get a blue screen of death, and have to repair. My BIOS is the latest version. I dont know what else to try... Any suggestions?

Oh yea, I do have XP Pro to install IF I cant get it working... But one of the reasons I upgraded was for better Vista Performance.

[Snowknight26]

What does the BSOD say?

[Makaze]

Just that there was a memory violation pretty much. That and its doing a physical memory dump.

[Devek]

If you want better performance install windows 2000.

[Makaze]

Right now I'm looking more for stability... ><

[Sigi]

If you want stability, Windows 2000/ Server 2003...
If you want hardcore stability, Linux.

[Snowknight26]

Just that there was a memory violation pretty much. That and its doing a physical memory dump.

No kidding.


Give filenames, errors, memory addresses, etc.

[Makaze]

Heh, heh... I figured out the BSOD.. had to do with royal.sys and my "activation" of vista. Reinstalled, now trying to see if that was causing everything else too.

[Snowknight26]

If that doesn't help:

The BSOD error is caused by the Update from Microsoft named
Nforce4 PCI-Express Root Port (also included in Nvidia drivers).

This is a guide to solve the problem:


1. If you got the BSOD, find a way (safemode or dualboot)
to rename the file in \windows\system32\drivers\royal.sys to royal2.sys

2. Your should not get the BSOD the next time you restart.
Go to Control panel -> Device Manager.

3. Under System Devices you should see the Nforce4 PCI-Express Root Port.

4. Right-click and choose Properties.

5. Under the Driver tab choose Roll Back Driver.

6. BEFORE you restart rename \windows\system32\drivers\royal2.sys back to royal.sys

7. Restart now and it should be activated!

[guartz]

Ok, I just upgraded my computer, got a new motherboard (ASUS M2N-e, non sli, 570 chipset), processor (AMD X2 4800+), RAM (2GB kingston DDR2 PC2 3800), and hard drive (300gb maxtor i think). Well, my problem is Vista. Its giving me sooo many problems. I used vista before I upgraded, and it worked perfectly. Now, everything locks the computer up. Stuff (firefox, IE, windows updater, etc) randomly crash, and the only way to do anything is to reboot the computer. I FINALLY got my windows updates installed, hoping that would help, but no. I try to install the nforce drivers, and even if the install finishes, when I boot back up, I get a blue screen of death, and have to repair. My BIOS is the latest version. I dont know what else to try... Any suggestions?

Oh yea, I do have XP Pro to install IF I cant get it working... But one of the reasons I upgraded was for better Vista Performance.

err, it could be that your video card is not supported by vista, directx 10 and such.

I had a similar problem with a friend's pc, the culprit was a unsupported nic card running vista. Would crash the computer constantly. Had to downgrade to xp.

[Shuemue]

I had a similar problem with a friend's pc, the culprit was a unsupported nic card running vista. Would crash the computer constantly. Had to upgrade to xp.

Fixed!