errandwolfe Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Trying to install Vista 5342 on the hardware listed below. The install starts and does the copy of all the files from the DVD. When Vista then reboots, I get the starting Windows screen, and then my monitor just flashes for lack of a better turn. It LOOKS like the screen is powering off and on, but the power light doesn't flicker in the least. Any thoughts on this? Intel 848 chipset motherboard Celeron D 3.06 Ghz 1 Gb PC400 RAM 2 hard drives, both ATA/133 -Drive 1: Windows XP SP2 -Drive 2: Windows Vista Radeon 9600 Pro 8x AGP Video Card Using BIOS to select my boot drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13613-problem-installing-5342/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Circuit Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 how long did you wait? when i installed it, it copied files, started to flash, restarted, and then took like 5 minutes to start up completely. i read somewhere that the initial boot of 5342 was alot slower than the rest. try it again and see what happens Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13613-problem-installing-5342/#findComment-87402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 Waited over an hour. Hard drive light occasionally flashed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13613-problem-installing-5342/#findComment-87506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
warmcola Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 i had the same problem with 5308 on my inspiron 8600 pentium m 1.8ghz 1024 mb ram 40 gb hd i know its been said a hundred times over but i find it quite funny that osx runs much better on my system than vista does Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13613-problem-installing-5342/#findComment-88821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 I was able to fix the problem, hope this helps others. My video card in this system was an 8x AGP Mad Dog Radeon 9550. I had flashed this to a 9600 Pro BIOS. As a last ditch effort I relashed back to the original BIOS. Sure enough, didn't even have to try a re-install. As soon as booting began on Vista, there were a few flashes lasting under 15 seconds total and the intsallation completed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13613-problem-installing-5342/#findComment-88842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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