Yep, I've tried Safe Mode, with Networking, with Command Prompt, Last Known
Good Config, and Normal. All no dice.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
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> Did you try Last known Good Configuration?
> --
> Andre
> Blog: [url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com[/url]
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> [url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry[/url]
> "ncontorno" <ncontorno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:72EDCC44-04FA-4F7C-958F-D9967B1468B3@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > So I had Vista Ultimate 32-bit installed and it worked fine on my
> > home-built
> > PC. My vid card got fried and I decided to do some other hardware
> > upgrades
> > with it. After putting it all together, Vista won't boot at all even into
> > safe mode. Each time I never get to the loading bar and it restarts. No
> > error message, just the message that a recent hardware or software change
> > prevented Windows from loading. Startup repair fails and system restore
> > doesn't do anything.
> >
> > I've tried unplugging everything but the essentials, tweaking settings in
> > the BIOS, disabling firewire/USB, moving around the RAM and cards, memtest
> > and chkdsk. Nothing. I really don't want to have to reinstall Vista. I
> > was
> > just getting used to it!
> >
> > Here's the specs:
> >
> > GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 Mobo
> > 500 Watt Ultra PSU
> > AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 gHz
> > EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT
> > CORSAIR 2 x 1GB DDR2 SDRAM
> > 80GB Maxtor (PATA)
> > 250GB WD Caviar (PATA)
> > LG DVD Burner (SATA)
> > No-name DVD Burner (SATA)
> > Floppy (why?)
> > PCI modem (why?)
> > 4-port USB PCI card
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Nick[/color]
>
>
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