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> ...but it must be more than just 2 sticks of
> memory...[/color]

Yes,that's what I mentioned. The combination chipset,bios memory. I'll
bet this never happens with an ASUS mobo ..
The fact of the matter is : This thing occurs while having Vista !
Booting with livedvd bartpe didn't give any problem.


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> ...I've done a couple of clean installs and upgrades of vista OS on a
> couple of machines...[/color]

My point exactly ... I've done numerous installs in all sorts of OS's
(linux,unix,windoze,...) on all sorts of hardware ,but the pain this
install gave me was to such extend ,that I had to share it with the
world ...


Anyway ,if people encounter the same thing as me ,feel free to confirm
in this forum thread.


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ktheking
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