What OS were you running with this configuration before you've
tried to install Vista?

In this case it might be BIOS, as sometimes the latest is not the best...-;)


"Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3768FAB-EC0B-4136-B402-E7BFF26E857D@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> I'm attempting to install Wndows Vista RC1 on a system with the following
> hardware:
>
> Motherboard - MSI K9NGM (NVIDIA MCP51G chipset)
> Bios - AMI 3.10 (latest version)
> CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
> Memory - 2 x 1 Gig Corsair DDR2
> Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
> Hard Drive - Maxtor 7V250F0 SATA
> DVD Drive - Samsung SH-S182DB
>
> However, once the installation process gets as far as (c) Microsoft with
> the
> moving green bar the PC blue screens with the following message:
>
> STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error}
> The initial session process or system process terminated unexpectedly with
> a
> status of 0x00000000 (0xc0000001 0x001003b4).
> The system has been shut down.
>
> So far I've tried:
> * Clean install with 32-bit Vista
> * Clean install with 64-bit Vista
> * Upgrade from 32-bit XP to 32-bit Vista
> * Disabling all motherboard peripherals except for primary IDE channel
> (DVD
> drive is on this)
> * Configuring memory as Dual-channel, configuring memory as
> Single-channel,
> removing 2nd DIMM
>
> Does anyone have any other suggestions?
>
> Has anyone managed to install Vista on an MSI K9NGM mother board or on a
> motherboard with an NVIDIA MCP51G chipset?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom.[/color]