Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup reboots on MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+...

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1

All:

I’m trying to set up a new target based on an MSI K9VGM-V motherboard
with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processor with Server 2008 (6001-x64-FRE)
and thing proceed normally enough until the status bar fills completely,
at which point, the DVD kicks in, and then the system reboots. I’ve
tried this with Vista (6000-x64-FRE), Longhorn (6001-x64-CHK), and the
one already mentioned, and the result is always the same - reboot at
exactly the same point. The only other hardware in the system is a hard
drive, the external USB DVD, and a PCI 1394 card that has not caused
problems anywhere else. I will try installation again, without the
1394, but I was wondering if anyone has run across this or something
similar. There is some information out there of a reboot problem on AMD
Athlon 64 systems, but in these cases the problem occurs after
installation is complete.

Thanks,

mm

2

The memory is 4 GB (2 DIMM) of Kingston PC2 5300 DDR2 CL4 240 Pin 667
(KVR667D2N5/2G).

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Martin O’Brien
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 22:12
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup reboots on
MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

All:

I’m trying to set up a new target based on an MSI K9VGM-V motherboard
with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processor with Server 2008 (6001-x64-FRE)
and thing proceed normally enough until the status bar fills completely,
at which point, the DVD kicks in, and then the system reboots. I’ve
tried this with Vista (6000-x64-FRE), Longhorn (6001-x64-CHK), and the
one already mentioned, and the result is always the same - reboot at
exactly the same point. The only other hardware in the system is a hard
drive, the external USB DVD, and a PCI 1394 card that has not caused
problems anywhere else. I will try installation again, without the
1394, but I was wondering if anyone has run across this or something
similar. There is some information out there of a reboot problem on AMD
Athlon 64 systems, but in these cases the problem occurs after
installation is complete.

Thanks,

mm

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3

I think I found my problem. It is either truly bad memory or quality of
memory, and I think it is the latter.

mm

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Martin O’Brien
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 22:19
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup reboots
on MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

The memory is 4 GB (2 DIMM) of Kingston PC2 5300 DDR2 CL4 240 Pin 667
(KVR667D2N5/2G).

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Martin O’Brien
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 22:12
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup reboots on
MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

All:

I’m trying to set up a new target based on an MSI K9VGM-V motherboard
with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processor with Server 2008 (6001-x64-FRE)
and thing proceed normally enough until the status bar fills completely,
at which point, the DVD kicks in, and then the system reboots. I’ve
tried this with Vista (6000-x64-FRE), Longhorn (6001-x64-CHK), and the
one already mentioned, and the result is always the same - reboot at
exactly the same point. The only other hardware in the system is a hard
drive, the external USB DVD, and a PCI 1394 card that has not caused
problems anywhere else. I will try installation again, without the
1394, but I was wondering if anyone has run across this or something
similar. There is some information out there of a reboot problem on AMD
Athlon 64 systems, but in these cases the problem occurs after
installation is complete.

Thanks,

mm

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4

There’s a utility out there called Memx86. You boot it from a CD and it tests your memory. When I bought my current HP 64-bit machine some time ago I had intermittent booting problems, and someone here at Ntdev (sorry, I forgot who, but thanks anyway!) pointed me to that program. I ran it, and I quickly found that one of my 1Gb simms (ouch…) was defective.

You will have no trouble finding it if you Google for “memx86”.

Alberto.

----- Original Message -----
From: Martin O’Brien
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 12:51 AM
Subject: RE: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup reboots on MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

I think I found my problem. It is either truly bad memory or quality of memory, and I think it is the latter.

mm

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Martin O’Brien
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 22:19
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup reboots on MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

The memory is 4 GB (2 DIMM) of Kingston PC2 5300 DDR2 CL4 240 Pin 667 (KVR667D2N5/2G).

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Martin O’Brien
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 22:12
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup reboots on MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

All:

I’m trying to set up a new target based on an MSI K9VGM-V motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processor with Server 2008 (6001-x64-FRE) and thing proceed normally enough until the status bar fills completely, at which point, the DVD kicks in, and then the system reboots. I’ve tried this with Vista (6000-x64-FRE), Longhorn (6001-x64-CHK), and the one already mentioned, and the result is always the same - reboot at exactly the same point. The only other hardware in the system is a hard drive, the external USB DVD, and a PCI 1394 card that has not caused problems anywhere else. I will try installation again, without the 1394, but I was wondering if anyone has run across this or something similar. There is some information out there of a reboot problem on AMD Athlon 64 systems, but in these cases the problem occurs after installation is complete.

Thanks,

mm

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5

Alberto:

Thanks very much. I remembered something about memory testers being
discussed on ntdev, but couldn’t for the life of come up with the name
“memx86.” I googled, but got more hits than I felt like dealing with
last night. Thanks to you, I don’t have to do it this morning.
Although the target has been running for maybe ten hours since one of
the DIMM’s was removed, I am still going to run memx86, because I
curious as to why three DIMMs I tried failed.

Thanks again,

mm

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Alberto Moreira
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 07:42
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: Re: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup reboots
on MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

There’s a utility out there called Memx86. You boot it from a CD and it
tests your memory. When I bought my current HP 64-bit machine some time
ago I had intermittent booting problems, and someone here at Ntdev
(sorry, I forgot who, but thanks anyway!) pointed me to that program. I
ran it, and I quickly found that one of my 1Gb simms (ouch…) was
defective.

You will have no trouble finding it if you Google for “memx86”.

Alberto.

----- Original Message -----

From: Martin O’Brien mailto:xxxxx

To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
mailto:xxxxx

Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 12:51 AM

Subject: RE: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup
reboots on MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

I think I found my problem. It is either truly bad memory or
quality of memory, and I think it is the latter.

mm



From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Martin O’Brien
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 22:19
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup
reboots on MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

The memory is 4 GB (2 DIMM) of Kingston PC2 5300 DDR2 CL4 240
Pin 667 (KVR667D2N5/2G).



From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Martin O’Brien
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 22:12
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup
reboots on MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

All:

I’m trying to set up a new target based on an MSI K9VGM-V
motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processor with Server 2008
(6001-x64-FRE) and thing proceed normally enough until the status bar
fills completely, at which point, the DVD kicks in, and then the system
reboots. I’ve tried this with Vista (6000-x64-FRE), Longhorn
(6001-x64-CHK), and the one already mentioned, and the result is always
the same - reboot at exactly the same point. The only other hardware in
the system is a hard drive, the external USB DVD, and a PCI 1394 card
that has not caused problems anywhere else. I will try installation
again, without the 1394, but I was wondering if anyone has run across
this or something similar. There is some information out there of a
reboot problem on AMD Athlon 64 systems, but in these cases the problem
occurs after installation is complete.

Thanks,

mm

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6

Do you mean memtest86+ (http://www.memtest.org/)?

Alberto Moreira wrote:

There’s a utility out there called Memx86.

7

Vista has embedded boot-mode MEMTEST, loaded by the Windows loader
instead of the kernel.

–
Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
xxxxx@storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com

“Alberto Moreira” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
There’s a utility out there called Memx86. You boot it from a CD and it tests
your memory. When I bought my current HP 64-bit machine some time ago I had
intermittent booting problems, and someone here at Ntdev (sorry, I forgot who,
but thanks anyway!) pointed me to that program. I ran it, and I quickly found
that one of my 1Gb simms (ouch…) was defective.

You will have no trouble finding it if you Google for “memx86”.

Alberto.

----- Original Message -----
From: Martin O’Brien
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 12:51 AM
Subject: RE: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup reboots on
MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

I think I found my problem. It is either truly bad memory or quality of
memory, and I think it is the latter.

mm

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From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Martin O’Brien
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 22:19
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup reboots on
MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

The memory is 4 GB (2 DIMM) of Kingston PC2 5300 DDR2 CL4 240 Pin 667
(KVR667D2N5/2G).

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Martin O’Brien
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 22:12
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup reboots on MSI
K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

All:

I’m trying to set up a new target based on an MSI K9VGM-V motherboard with an
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processor with Server 2008 (6001-x64-FRE) and thing
proceed normally enough until the status bar fills completely, at which point,
the DVD kicks in, and then the system reboots. I’ve tried this with Vista
(6000-x64-FRE), Longhorn (6001-x64-CHK), and the one already mentioned, and the
result is always the same - reboot at exactly the same point. The only other
hardware in the system is a hard drive, the external USB DVD, and a PCI 1394
card that has not caused problems anywhere else. I will try installation
again, without the 1394, but I was wondering if anyone has run across this or
something similar. There is some information out there of a reboot problem on
AMD Athlon 64 systems, but in these cases the problem occurs after installation
is complete.

Thanks,

mm

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8

Yes, I believe that’s it. One caveat, though, I don’t know if it works on
AMD64. However, read Max Shatskih’s email, apparently Vista has a built-in
test too.

Alberto.

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Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 8:24 AM
Subject: RE:[ntdev] Vista/Longhorn/Server 2008 text mode setup reboots on
MSI K9VGM-V/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+…

> Do you mean memtest86+ (http://www.memtest.org/)?
>
> Alberto Moreira wrote:
>> There’s a utility out there called Memx86.
>
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>
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