0x0000007B BSOD after first reboot Vista RTM

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Hello guys,

I'm trying to install Windows Vista RTM on my computer. But I get a BSOD
after the first reboot and safe mode won't work either. I noticed this
problem quite a lot at these groups but I decided to start a new topic
because I couldn't find my exact problem with my specs in here.

I'm trying to install Vista 32 bit on a Samsung SP2504C SATA2 disk on a
ASROCK 939DUal-SATA2 motherboard. I've provided Vista setup with the JMicron
driver for the SATA2 connection. Installation works flawless but after the
first reboot I receive the following STOP BSOD:

STOP 0x0000007B (0x80603BA0, 0X00000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

Nothing more.

Because the 0x..7B error could mean lots of things I'm in a bit of a doubt.
I guess it has something to do with the SATA driver that is nowhere to be
found?

Starting up in Safe Mode doesn't work either, it hangs after "crcdisk.sys"
and reboots without any notice or BSOD.

I've tried serveral installation methods, clean and upgrade from XP SP2. The
same results over and over.

Any thougts?
 
Can you set the BIOS to emulate PATA on the SATA drive? If so your problems
are gone, if not you have to let it load the driver at setup (menu Advanced
after first boot (from DVD) and Load drivers ) .
You have to let it seek the needed driver either from disk or USB stick or
the MB cd.

Ko.
 
I can set the SATA to IDE mode yes. But that doesn't help. Or do I need to
install Vista over again?

A second option is to put in the DVD, load the driver and dan reboot
normally? Or do I understand that incorrectly?
 
I guess the problem is solved. I reinstalled Vista in IDE mode. And that
worked. He is finishing the installation as we speak. So I hope everything
else works as well.

Thanks again.
Frank
 
This is almost exactly the same setup I have.. I feel like I am trying to
install linux.. not a $400AUD premium product that has had extensive
development and testing... Anyway, I will try this IDE mode thing you have
suggested and get back to you if it fixes the problem for me too.. if I can
find IDE mode ofcourse.. The only difference is I have a Gigabyte M/B that is
apparently Windows Vista compliant.. oh well.. glad I have some idea what the
BIOS is.. I pity those people who don't.
 
Ok so I messed around with the most obvious BIOS settings in regards to
SATA/IDE but I found that it was already set to work in IDE mode, I tried
putting it on Legacy IDE rather than Native IDE and that didn't work either.
Should I update my BIOS?

I have a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (Rev 1.001) and this is the blurb from the
manufactuer's page concerning Vista:

Windows Vista Premium Logo Certified
Windows Vista Premium promises to deliver a streamlined computing experience
designed to fundamentally change how users view, find and organize their
digital information. With P965/G965/946/945 solutions all enabling support
for Vista Premium, GIGABYTE offers a fresh and unique desktop experience that
will be more informative, intuitive and completely new.

I have run the lengthy CHKDSK on my main/boot drive that I am attempting to
upgrade on to and got no errors (it's only 4 months old). Also did the
lengthy memory test in Extended test mode on my Geil high-performance 2GB of
ram.. still no errors.

I have 3 Seagate 320gb SATAII hard drives installed amd Windows XP sees them
as: SATA ST 3320620A SCSI Disk Device.

I'd really like to know what to do next... updating the BIOS doesn't seem
like it would fix it if it is more to do with Windows Setup not installing
the drivers for the SATA drive..
 
Ok.. so I decided to try something a little different. I changed the boot
order of my drives, moved everything off the new boot drive to one of the
other 320gb drives, reset the partition and quick formatted it. Then I did a
boot from DVD and did a clean install on to the new boot drive. Everything
worked perfectly, with no errors or BSODs, and I have been using Vista for
hours now without trouble. I am slowly restroing all of the programs I had on
Windows XP Home but I still have the old Windows XP setup on the other drive,
so if I really need to, I can always switch the boot drive back to the old
one and run XP.. I think I will leave it this way for a little while till I
am a little more confident with Vista. There's a lot of things Vista doesn't
do that XP Home did automatically, such as things to do with dual screens and
so forth, making the Windows Media Centre virtually useless.. but that is
another story..

I think the problem was fixed because the boot disk during the installation
was the DVD which had the disk.sys file to cope with the SATAII drive and all
drivers and controllers required were contained on the DVD. I had the same
problem installing Linux a few months ago... Vista is certainly a completely
new beast and the O/S is clearly no longer based on DOS... at least it feels
a lot like that.
 
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