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Vista Problems (Controller, Dual Core, Hibernation)

Asked by: Rodge71

I have a couple of problems with Windows Vista Ultimate. Maybe someone can share his experience to help me solve them.

1) I have a motherboard with Intel 955 chipset (Asus P5WD2 Premium) with onboard ICH7R RAID controller. I have a RAID with 4 harddrives. If I try to install Vista (either by Updating XP or by booting from CD and installing a fresh copy), it automatically finds a driver for the controller, can see the partitions, let me chose where to install. But after first reboot system is hanging with a black screen, right after the BIOS post screen.

Thats why I installed Vista on a 5th harddisk connected to another onboard controller (Silicon Image) now to get along. Now I have several other problems:
2) I have a dual core CPU Intel Pentium D 945. Windows is only using one of it's cores!

3) The system doesn't wakeup from Hibernation. It's hanging with a blinking cursor on top left on a black screen after resuming.


Thanks for your hints and suggestions!

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by: younghvPosted on 2007-02-07 at 04:16:30ID: 18484158

Hi Rodge71,
I tried building a Vista box last Summer using an ASUS motherboard and ended up having to swap it out for a 'Gigabyte'.
Nothing I tried would load Vista (Ultimate) on the ASUS.

Have you checked for any ASUS updates from their website?

Post back when you can.
Vic

 

by: BradGrouxPosted on 2007-02-07 at 07:45:39ID: 18485718

You need to find the correct RAID Controller drivers for the motherboard, I am in the same boat as you right now. I have a new Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 motherboard that I use with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Socket AM2 2.6 GHz CPU, well anyway the board has the nForce4 chipset on it and I'm trying to run a mirrored raid during installation of Windows Vista Ultimate x64 but I can't seem to get the right driver installed... and when I choose the hard disk I want the OS installed on I receive the error message which restarts the install process. I was able to install and update the OS flawlessly when I chose not to setup a raid... grrr!

I have found a great forum topic on the nforcershq.com about the topic I just haven't figured out the right combination of drivers.
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/1-vt66299.html?postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0

On a slightly comedic note the website at Gigabyte for my motherboard claims "NVIDIA nForce® motherboards and GeForce® GPUs, world renowned for innovation, stability, and award-winning performance, are the choice of reviewers and consumers worldwide. Together, they are essential ingredients for the best Windows Vista experience" haha... riiight.

 

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