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Hi, first and foremostly I will post my system specs:

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprod … =MB-086-GI

CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz (1333FSB)
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprod … =CP-158-IN

Power Supply Unit - Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply Unit (CMPSU-620HXUK)
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprod … =CA-004-CS

Disk Drive - Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - OEM
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprod … =CD-044-PO

Harddrive - Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprod … =HD-034-HI

RAM - 2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR2 PC2-6400 memory module
2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR2 PC2-6400 upgrades for Giga-Byte GA-P35C-DS3R Motherboard, CT682824 from Crucial.com

Graphics Card - XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB DDR3 PCI-Express (PV-T80G-GHF9)


The problem/situation is: I tried to install the version of XP that came with my old PC, that didn't work as it froze while it was supposedly 'connecting to the network' (I believe thats what it said). I therefore bought a copy of Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit and tried to install it. It was running fine, although quite slowly, up until the end of the first stage (product verification maybe, sorry I can't remember what it was called), as soon as it should have started to install it froze, I left it for over 30minutes and still nothing ('Aero Glass' grey, cursor not moving). Now whenever I try and begin the installation process again it freezes around where you choose your language etc. It even froze on the logo screen for my Motherboard (where you choose to go into bios etc).

Other things that may be relevant are: when I dont press 'boot from CD' it goes back into the failed XP installation; I partitioned my hard drive as it said to do so in my Motherboard's manual however the smaller partition is called 'primary' and the other one .... sorry I can't remember exactly what, and the comp now freezes before this point , pretty sure it isn't 'secondary' ); my CPU is running at 60degrees+ during startup then went to 80 once when I was installing Vista (cool room, 2 120mm fans running at 1200rpm, intake-exhaust, cabling neat).

What can I do to fix this problem, please help!

Hi louis4321,
Welcome to PCHF .

Sorry about the delay in getting back to you.

We have a staff of techs who have a wide variety of skills and will be able to help you with your problem, this is not my area of expertise, one of the folks who can help you will be along shortly.

Thank you

Cart

Ok, no problem

anyone?

Hi louis, my apologies for the delay in getting back to you.
Can you please tell me - are those temperatures C or F?

Hi, this is my first post but I registered here in order to solve this exact problem.

I can get half way through the installation but when it requires the reboot it freezes on the loading screen. If I try to boot from the CD again, I just get put back to the beginning of the installation.

I'm trying to install on a 500GB IDE HDD and it is detected and formatted correctly. My PC specs are brand new and amazing so it can definitely take Vista.

Please someone respond and give me a hand, thanks!

Hi are you guys loading this driver during the setup process by pressing F6 it's an IDE driver

Intel ICH9R Driver (Preinstall driver, press F6 during Windows* setup to read from floppy)
O.S. : Windows XP,Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 32bit,Windows Vista x86 (32-bit)

download it here GIGABYTE - Support - Motherboard - Driver - GA-P35C-DS3R (rev. 1.x)