P6N diamond - Vista x64 install problem

Hey.
I’m the happy owner of a MSI P6N Diamond, but I have some problems when I try to install Vista.
My system as it is now:
CPU: E6600
GFX: 7900GT
RAM: 2x1gb Cell Shock PC6400
Running XP SP2 without problems on 2x36gb raptors in RAID0
Yesterday I decided to try Vista x64, because I have 2gb extra ram that I want to use. So I took one of my old IBM PATA 120gb HDDs, and tried to install vista x64, but then I ran into a problem. When I get to the point where it says "Completing Installation" and "Your Computer will restart several times during installation" It restarts but then nothing happens. The screen just went black (and the monitor is switching off), and I can hear the computer is still running (and there is still light in mouse and keyboard). If I try to restart, the the vista loading bar appears and then the same thing happens. Black screen and then nothing.
What to do?
I have tried disconnecting all my other drives and I have tried with only one memory block (1gb)
Hope somebody can help me
/Christian

Inside,
I had similar issues when I first installed Vista and I don't think it installed correctly as it is...
One thing I noticed was that the Memory in particular is undervolted with this board if the bios is set to auto. Make sure you manually set the voltage to your RAM manufacturers voltage. Do the same thing with the timings and speed...
I had everything set to auto at first and I couldn't even get Vista to unpack 100% until I manually set things...
I need to reinstall windows I think because my installation is still messed up as I didn't change the timings until I started getting BSOD on first boot... Try it let us know if it works.

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MOVED: P6N Diamond Vista SP1 install problems?

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Inside,
I had similar issues when I first installed Vista and I don't think it installed correctly as it is...
One thing I noticed was that the Memory in particular is undervolted with this board if the bios is set to auto. Make sure you manually set the voltage to your RAM manufacturers voltage. Do the same thing with the timings and speed...
I had everything set to auto at first and I couldn't even get Vista to unpack 100% until I manually set things...
I need to reinstall windows I think because my installation is still messed up as I didn't change the timings until I started getting BSOD on first boot... Try it let us know if it works.

P6N DIAMOND CAN'T INSTALL VISTA NO MASS DRIVE FOUND

Trying to install Vista and no drive found to install OS. Using Sata Samsung Optical Drive and tring to install to a single Sata WD 150 Raptor. I installed Nraid dirver when prompted using USB and Vista still won't find the hard drive to install. Looking for any ideas. I can access the c: drive through DOS prompt and I formatted there but the Hard Drive is not available in the Vista install screen.
P6N diamond
EVGA 7950
WD 150 ADFD
Samsung SATA optical drive
2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800
Seasonic M12 SS600

The HDD is on SATA 1 and the DVD is on SATA 4. The odd thing all this time it was showing in BIOS and I was able to access via command prompt. I did check the BIOS again and the on chip SATA mode was IDE. I had set the BIOS using the optimized defaults until the OS is loaded. I believe the OnChip SATA mode is IDE with that default, I checked it anyway and was set to IDE.
This AM I added the Floppy drive loaded the drivers on a floppy on another computer, booted into Vista and booted into Vista instal and the HDD was shown before I tried to load the drivers. What occurred to finally show up I have NO IDEA. Must be one of the unexplainable computer things. But I was finally able to install Vista and get it up and running!
Thanks for all the help and suggestions!

[Vista x64] Microphone problems with X-Fi and 2.15 drive

Hi guys,?I'm having a problem with the 2.5 drivers on my X-Fi Platinum card, under Vista x64. It seems the microphone inputs (both on the card and on the breakout box) have problems, any recordings stutter and pop rapidly, making any recordings (or voice chat)?quite useless. This issue doesn't occur with the 2.3 drivers. Is there any known solution to this problem yet?My system: e6600 CPU, Asus P5W-DH motherboard (975X chipset), 4GB RAM, 8800GTX, X-Fi Platinum. Thanks.

hey Darkman,
since I never had this problem with installing this software, I cant really tell whats wrong, but you dont need it anyway to use the x-fi.
but you may want to try one thing, since it crashes at 27% something may still be in use, so check your task manager and close everything that has CT in its name. then try reinstalling again. If that still doesnt work, try to empty your temp folder, its located in documents and settings/user you are/local settings/temp
if that still doesnt work, try maybe something stupid, wait a bit longer than usual and keep the install window in the front to watch the process, maybe your pc is just a bit slowed down by other software so it may take longer than normal

P6N Diamond - Vista - Battlefield 2 = No X-Fi ?

Hi,
I am the happy owner of a brand new MSI P6N Diamond.
I got it because of the X-Fi & Vista Certified logo ( Am I a fool ? )
Well. I have all the latest X-Fi drivers installed from MSI´s driver download section.
Battlefield 2 just tells me that my hardware does not support X-Fi
Help ???
Anyone got any advice before I return the board ?
Thanks
WizZerD

Quote from: WizZerD on 10-June-07, 05:33:47
Yeah I noticed that..
In Vista, the MSI X-Fi drivers do a silent install.
but these drivers really suck as there is no interface for tuning & adjustment.
Also, with these drivers, you can not playback what is comming in through the Mike of Line in.
It says that the X-Fi card inbuilt on the motherboard is an X-Fi Extreme Audio card, but the creative drivers for the X-Fi Extreme Audio do not recognise it.
Lucky my card is not old.. I'll be returning it next week if I don't sort this out.
you can try forced install, extract self archive to desired folder(you will need winrar installed, right click on the executable file downloaded from creative and extract it, then from device manager update the sound card driver manually and point to the extracted folder)

P6N Diamond - Vista/XP won't install.

I have Vista Home Premium x64 and I went to install for testing before I registered it. I then see I can install any version of Vista, so I decide to try Vista Ultimate to see how different it is from Home Premium. Anyway, the trial period for Ultimate expired and I can't seem to install Winodws at all now, not even XP. Vista just sits at the device screen and shows no drives at all and I try to load drivers and still nothing. I even tried turning on RAID with no help. I have used the drivers from MSI's website as well as nvidia's and nothing.
When I try XP though, it BSOD and locks up completely just as it goes into the first page of installation after setup has loaded drivers and such. I ran chkdsk /f and reset BIOS and nothing helps. I can still log into my expired Vista install just fine and vista see it there and all is fine in the BIOS as well. I even grabbed another HD with same issues.
I find it very strange Windows boots up on the drive, but won't install to it?
I just looked at MSI's website and 3.1 is still the current BIOS. Did MSI completely dumps this board? It's been almost a full year since the last BIOS was released and nvidia has released several fixes to the BIOS since, so I know there are available patches to install. I sure hope they plan to provide support for this flagship motherboard when it was released, I mean they provided like 3-4 months of support and then dump it?
Thanks for any help on getting this drive to work on Windows.
-=Mark=-
ps. I just finished installing ubuntu on it with no problems at all.

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format c: at the DOS prompt
Yeah just re-install it from scratch, it would be easier.
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Anyway, the trial period for Ultimate expired and I can't seem to install Winodws at all now, not even XP. Vista just sits at the device screen and shows no drives at all and I try to load drivers and still nothing.
I find it very strange Windows boots up on the drive, but won't install to it?
Gee, maybe another of M$'s tricks. They want you to buy the full version of Vista Ultimate?

Xboard 61 and Vista x64 driver problems

I cannot install the driver for my Xboard 61 without this happening. I've done the following:
-run as administrator
-changed the integrity setting to "ON" using BCDEDIT
-run driver setup in an unpacked driver application folder
-checked to see that emuumidi.sys is installed in system32 folder
-re-checked to see that the same Xboard works on my extant XP x32 system (and it does)
I'm at a loss for what to do. Emu has email support now and its hasn't provided any answers.
Here is a copy of what happens to my system. Any suggestions are welcome.
"Creative Device Driver Installation Program has stopped working."
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: ctzapxx.exe
Application Version: 0.81.2.256
Application Timestamp: 45f79285
Fault Module Name: StackHash_0e2d
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386
Fault Module Timestamp: 4549d372
Exception Code: c0000374
Exception Offset: 00000000000c87b7
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.2
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0e2d
Additional Information 2: 543715ab55e3b1a278bfe6a23c62098f
Additional Information 3: 714e
Additional Information 4: 4310375efff8b83f31abee24c8585510

Do you have vista service pack 1 installed? That will do it, I think. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C21C3978-3B7D-4D64-873B-3C9D26982D7A&displa...
If the link doesn't work, search the microsoft site for update KB936330 (x64 version).
I had many driver problems with all kinds of hardware on my computer with vista x32. I downloaded SP1 (but for x32 version) and all those problems were solved.

Vista x64 Sleep Problem (no sleep, blank screen)

Just after installing the PCI-E X-Fi Fatalty card, my computer is now unable to go to sleep. It just hangs there at a blank screen with everything still working. Once I reinstalled the X-Fi driver in the device manager and that fixed it for a minute but the sleep problem still came back when I switched from Game Mode (default setting) to Audio Creation Mode. Now even if I reinstall the driver completely and not touch anything, the problem is still there. Maybe its the way Vista detects and assigns the memory space to the card I would like to get this resolved, my system specs are below.
OS Name Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model EP43-DS3L
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz, 3000 Mhz, 4 Core(s)
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F8, 9/22/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6002.8005"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 4.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 2.7 GB
Total Virtual Memory 8.20 GB
Available Virtual Memory 6.75 GB
Page File Space 4.29 GB

I have replaced the power supply now and there is no change. I see a flash of the backlight when I initially power the system on, then the post beeps and nothing displayed.
To recap, initially the system would not post. I attributed this, correctly, to a failed video card. Replaced it and I'm reasonably certain I could boot into Windows though I couldn't see anything. There was appropriate POST beeps and hard drive activity light consistent with Windows booting. When I waited for the hard drive activity light to stop, I could then press the power button and there would be hard drive activity consistent with Windows shutting down and the system would power off.
I replaced the inverter, but I lost track of which power leads were connected where on the inverter board. (IF anyone knows where the pink and blue leads connect for certain PLEASE let me know). Anyway, no change.
I replaced the LCD. No change.
I replaced the motherboard. No change.
I replaced the CMOS battery with a new one. No change.
I cleared the BIOS config, now I can't boot into Windows but otherwise, no change.
Finally, I bought a power supply, as recommended, and replaced it and you guessed it, no change.
So I guess, besides maybe getting the inverter connected incorrectly, I have tried replacing every part that I could even remotely imagine could cause my issue. I have devoted a lot of time to figuring this out and I almost always solve a system problem. Help!?!

MOVED: MSI P35 Platinum + Vista x64, weird problems (random lockups) + unable to update

This topic has been moved to Vista problems.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=111652.0

Quote from: AaronYuri on 22-November-07, 03:28:52
Well it's simple. Use the BIOS that works best for you. Anyone here will tell you that.
Yeah, I didn't think on that...
Quote from: AaronYuri on 22-November-07, 03:28:52
This is a User-to-user Forum. You will find no MSI employees here.
It's really a shame, because the domain is from MSI, the forum use official MSI brand, the host is payed by MSI, so any moderator here is representing indirectly the company and MSI is responsible of all the forum content and his representatives.
Quote from: AaronYuri on 22-November-07, 03:28:52
EDIT: Just so you know, MSI don't go for bleeding edge. MSI go for the server and OEM market, where there is more money to be had. Asus, Gigabyte and DFI target the ethusiast market. But as ethusiasts only make up <5% of the market, your opinion won't sway that many.
Yes, you're right! Like any customer here I'm no one and nobody gives a about my opnion and my money wasted on a MSI product because the company only gives a on OEM market!
Wonderful tought! God bless you soul and from MSI.
I'll need it because only money it's the important, the company image not. Isn't that right?
Quote from: AaronYuri on 22-November-07, 03:28:52
But as for the rest, it's down to your opinion. I recommend all my customers MSI hardware, because you get quality support (this forum) and a fast & friendly RMA service.
A company is as good as it's support.
Wonderful support.
I imagine if I am a president of a big brazilian PC manufacturer, because the sells of computers in Brazil in that year beats any market in world, and then I see all this bullshit happening from MSI side, then I turn my attention on Gigabyte or Asus (they too act on OEM market and give more attention to your customers).

Solaris 10 x64 instalation problems

Hi,
I install solaris on Tyan S2882 ( dual opteron ) mainboard
with Adaptec 39320A-R SCSI card and two SCSI HDD:
40 GB Seagate and
1,25 TB EonStor A12U-G1410 RAID matrix.
When I install system from DVD, solaris boot only in 32 bit
mode and dont properly detect big disk (disk is too large in 32 bit mode).
I can't force solaris to boot in 64 bit mode.
When I install solaris in 32 bit mode and later modify "boot-file"
to "kernel/amd64/unix". kernel start in 64 bit mode.
Unfortunatly wnen I run "format" to add big disk manualy
format finish with core dump file.
How force solaris to start installation from DVD in 64 bit mode.
How add disk greater than 1 TB to system.
Regards,
-Piotr Galecki
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Hi,
I install solaris on Tyan S2882 ( dual opteron )
mainboard
with Adaptec 39320A-R SCSI card and two SCSI HDD:
40 GB Seagate and
1,25 TB EonStor A12U-G1410 RAID matrix.
When I install system from DVD, solaris boot only in
32 bit
mode and dont properly detect big disk (disk is too
large in 32 bit mode).
I can't force solaris to boot in 64 bit mode.That is correct since the miniroot is a 32 bit kernel. There are couple of
options. First, since you mention that its a RAID device, are there tools to partition that RAID disk into smaller chunks ? Typically this is feasible and then that RAID device will appear as 2 disks to the kernel. If you have another disk to install to and you want the entire device to be visible under Solaris, format is is the right way to do it. You need add an GPT (EFI label). If format is core dumping then please file a bug or check if you need a patch to address it.
>
When I install solaris in 32 bit mode and later
modify "boot-file"
to "kernel/amd64/unix". kernel start in 64 bit mode.
Unfortunatly wnen I run "format" to add big disk
manualy
format finish with core dump file.
How force solaris to start installation from DVD in
64 bit mode.
How add disk greater than 1 TB to system.
Regards,
-Piotr Galecki

Vista x64 Acrobat window won't maximize or restore properly

I have tried a couple times to run Windows Vista Ultimate x64, but there have been enough problems that I've decided to go back to 32-bit. One of these problems is with Acrobat 8.1.2 Pro.
Whenever I open a PDF in Acrobat, if the window opens fully maximized and I try to restore it to a smaller window, the PDF document does not resize accordingly. It is still zoomed in to the same size as when it was maximized and as a result, I can't see the scroll bar because it's off the window. If I open the PDF in a window that is a smaller restored window and then maximize it, the PDF document again does not resize and remains the same small size that it was in the restored window with the scroll bar in the middle of the now maximized window with just a bunch of useless gray area where the document should have expanded to. The same problem occurs when the window is manually resized as well.
The only workaround I've found is to close the document and reopen it so that the window starts off either maximized, restored, or the new size that you changed it to. This is a real pain, especially when you're in the middle of doing something in the middle of the document.

So I narrowed the problem down to Logitech's SetPoint software. I started from a clean install of Windows Vista x64, installed Acrobat first, and tested it after installing each driver or program. The problem started after installing SetPoint and would stop after closing it. I also found a post on Logitech's forum describing the problem with screen shots: http://forums.logitech.com/logitech/board/message?board.id=software_mice&message.id=10402 . So I thought I'd found the source of the problem, until I had my computer completely up and running except for the SetPoint software and discovered Acrobat was having the same problem! I have basically every program that I use regularly installed, so it won't be as easy to narrow it down this time. I tried stopping services and testing Acrobat with them stopped, but never got the problem to go away. Hopefully a solution will be found soon.

Losing serial numbers under Vista x64/Boot Camp

I have Vista x64 installed under Leopard 10.5.2 under Bootcamp (running fine). I installed a 64-bit version of an animation program that required that I enter a bunch of serial numbers for its various modules. The app ran fine after I finished. But when I exited out to Mac OS and later came back into Vista, all the serials were gone and I had to enter them again. This is repeatable. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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Problems Installing CS3 Web Premium on Windows Vista x64

I was (key word) having problems with my installation of CS3 on my brand new (3 days old) computer with Windows Vista x64. Finally after two days of installing and uninstalling, I called Adobe support. I was pleasantly surprised with how quickly they solved my problem (if only I had called sooner).
Having worked on this for 2 days I have seen and tried everything except of course the cure. So I wanted to put this out there for any one else that is having problems.
The symptoms:
- Everything seemed to install correctly (except acrobat which is another story. you can find lots of post about that.). No errors during installation. And when it finally completed installing, all that was left was to click "finish" which indicated to me that installation was successful.
- Open Photoshop. PS would open and immediately stop working. Vista said it was not responding.
- Open any of the other programs and the little vista circle would spin for 5 to 10 seconds then nothing. Program did not start to open. Just nothing.
The problem: Unbeknown to me (never saw an error message) "Licensing for this product had stopped working". When I described above symptoms tech support went straight to this.
The solution: Download the Licensing Service Update and run it. http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401528
Once I ran this, Photoshop opened and let me enter serial number and activate CS3.
If after your installation, Photoshop or any of the other programs seem to get stuck or you never get the dialog box to enter serial number, the Licensing Service Update should fix things for you.

wow...thank you so much for this posting. I just got home & followed your steps and now I have CS3 up & running. After 4 days of stressing out, finally someone was able to assist. Why can't the Adobe Experts & Employees on these forums supply this much needed information?????
I seriously understand why people want to get crack versions of this software rather than paying hundreds of dollars like us and avoid all this BS and get no support whatsoever!
Thank you again!!

P6N Diamond problems and questions

OK first here is the set up
P6N Diamond
Q6600
4GB OCZ DDR2 800
Raptor X 150GB C drive
Raptor 74GB D drive
250GB WD SATA
GF 8800GTS 640MB
Coolermax 850W PS 412 volt rails 28a on two of the rails
Windows Vista ultimate 64
I loaded windows on the bare Raptor and it installed Reboot after install and loaded drivers from CD for chipset. Reboot and installed other drives. Now the fun begins...
I was able to install the Video driver downloaded from nVidia's website. But the system hangs constantly It doesn't matter what your doing driver install, windows update or just looking into drives. It starts the operation then it sits with just the fan running for about 5 or more min. then it starts working again. I haven't found any posts here with a similar problem so it must be something I did. My local store did advise a windows reinstall.
Second problem the RAM is seen by the board as 677 not 800. The manual is very unclear on how to change that. I did pick up some Corsair XMS RAM to use instead of the OCZ to make sure it's not a RAM problem. I also tried 1 stick of RAM as well.
Is there a BIOS setting guide for this board anywhere? Also do I need to update BIOS?
Thanks for any help in advance.

Snowfalcon,
You can go to MSI's website, look in "downloads" and download a complete owners manual in PDF format for the P6N Diamond. It contains a bios guide. As far as the memory..you will probably have to increase the memory voltage in order for the bios to run it at the rated frequency, on my OCZ Platinum 6400s I run it at 2.1 volts to get the 800mhz rating. You may not be able to run all 4 gigs, I recommend using no more than 2 sticks in slots 1 & 3 until you get the OS loaded and running stable. Oh, and dont "enable" the onboard audio until after all other drivers are loaded up. Then you can load the Creative X-Fi drivers and software. These suggestions work for WinXP..there are other threads in this forum concerning/specific to Vista installs. Good luck.
Paul

P6N Diamond: Problems, Issues, or just trials & tribulations?

P6N Diamond: Problems, Issues, or just trials & tribulations?
I've had some issues with my new pc (see my sig). I initially finished it about a month ago. It was running just fine
until 10 days ago. On 11/10, I finished the evening by adding 2 gb of material to Oblivion & then defragging w/Diskeeper 2k7
(the 3rd defrag that week). The next morning I turned the pc on & it posted normally but then the screen went blank,
except for the words "missing operating system". I restarted the pc a couple of times, which didn't help, I then checked
the bios, & the drive was properly listed. Next, I tried to repair the boot record w/Vista's Recovery Console (RC), however the
RC didn't see an OS, even after loading sata drivers. While pointing the RC to the drivers, I tried to access the C:, the RC
said that drive needed to be formatted. I took that to mean the drive was toast, so I ordered the Seagate (still tried to
fix the boot record through the command prompt using Dos repair commands-no luck), which arrived on 11/15.
That evening I loaded the new hdd & then Vista, after which came the vista updates, drivers, then some of my other basic
programs (diskeeper, firefox, foxit, etc.) & then I defragged. One thing that seemed odd to me about this new install was
that the 'bubbles' screensaver seemed sluggish, that is, less energetic than the first time through. After defragging I was
going to shutdown when another vista upgrade popped up, checked to see if it was important or recommended-it was important.
I clicked to install & it started to install & then the pc got hung up. I tried C-A-D, but it didn't work so I hit the reset
button, got back to the windows desktop, everything looked fine, so I decided to put the pc to bed & do the rest the next
day, the pc turned off gracefully.
11/16. I turned on the pc & it posted properly, but then went to a blue screen. I don't remember what the message was, something
about windows being unable to start, I think. I then hit C-A-D & then loaded the RC. The RC was able to see an OS this time,
so I clicked on it & the repair started. After a couple of minutes the repair finished & asked to restart, which I did. The
pc posted just fine again, but then went to another blue screen, but with a different message, as I recall. I did the RC thing
again, though this time after the repair was going for a few seconds, I was asked if I wanted go to an earlier restore point,
which I did. I was asked to restart again, I did & the pc booted all the to the desktop. I spent the rest of the day checking
out data corruption & diskeeper 2k7, I did find some forums where that was discussed. Though there was also mention of bad
memory causing data corruption as well-more to think about. The pc shutdown gracefully at bed time.
11/17. When I turned on the pc this day I didn't pay close attention, since I figured my pc problems were over, however when
I looked the screen it was black, no messages or anything. A point to the good was that the fans were running & the stylized
light on the XiFi card was lit. Still, a big '' was bouncing about in head. It seemed the pc didn't post. What was wrong:
the motherboard; the videocard; the ram; or, maybe the new hdd? So, I thought about the situation for while. Should I go to
a pro? Should I test my other, unused, ram stick? And, where did I put that damn diagnostic bracket that came with the mobo?
After a couple of hours, I decided to start the fixing process by hitting the reset button. Perhaps the pc did post earlier,
or at least partially, because the pc performed a partial post this time, with the message 'checksum bad' under the partial
component list. At the bottom of the screen was 'press f1 to setup.' I pressed f1 & got into the bios. In the bios, I
noticed several differences, particularly the sata controller being disabled & the boot list was messed up. I corrected
those & saved & exited. I then loaded the RC to see if any more repairs were needed, but none were. I restarted the pc &
it booted & loaded into vista quickly & cleanly. The pc has continued to boot cleanly the past three days while I've been
watching for hardware problems, mainly ram or cmos battery errors.
11/20. So, now what? I'm seriously considering reinstalling vista once more. I think my hardware is alright, I suspect
Saturday's problem was a conflict between the restore point & the bios. I'm ambivalent about diskeeper, I've bought it,
but I didn't buy it to beat myself over the head with.
If you've read this far would you do me the additional favor of telling me your opinion? I've noticed a fair amount of wisdom in this
forum & I think I could use a little extra input. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you all,
tryggvi

...The saga continues...
11/24. PC posted & went right to vista. I decided to test a different set of vid drivers so I installed th geforce 169.12 betas to see if that would eliminate the screensaver sluggishness I mentioned above-it did, the driver has been stable but I haven't pushed them either. PC ran fine all day & it shut down normally at the end of the day.
11/25. PC posted & went right to vista. I installed several programs (including auslogics defragger) & attached 3 sata (1 optical & 2 ext.hdds). Defragged in the middle of the afternoon & pc ran fine the rest of the day & shut down normally that night.
11/26. PC posted but the I got the "missing operating message." Damn! So, now I'm thinking defrag corruption, bad sata controller, or failing cmos battery. I tried to fix the vista install w/recovery console, but it couldn't even find an os. I also checked the bios during this time, everything was fine except that the time was off by a couple of hours. I did a clean install of vista again on a lean machine & then some basic programs. I turned of the pc a couple hours later and added 2 sata drives, the pc posted & loaded vista just fine.The pc shut down normally at the end of the day.
11/27. No apparent post. I hit the restart button, the pc then posted w/a 'checksum bad' message at the bottom. I got into the bios & found the following entries changed: time & date; full screen logo display; boot sequence; on board sata controller; and, boot from other devices. I reset these entries & saved & exited. The pc booted into vista just fine & ran normally the rest of the day, shutting down normally as well.
11/28. No apparent post again. Repeated the immediate above, the same entries were changed, so I reset them & the pc posted & vista loaded just fine. With the same changes happening 2 days in a row, & all the bad things happening after the pc being off over night, the problem seems fairly certainly to be a bad or failing cmos battery, especially since I haven't tried to flash the bios or shut down the pc improperly. In my research of cmos battery problems, it was recommended that you try to recharge the battery by leaving the pc on 24-48 hours before replacing the problem, so I'll leave the pc on until the evening of the 30th.
11/29. 36 hours plus & the pc is doing fine. Sorry for the journal, but it helps me think & gives others a clearer idea about what's been going on. Does anyone have any other ideas? My cmos battery is a 'KTS lithium cr2032', if need be can I replace this w/any other cr2032? Especially since I can't find a KTS one.
Thanks all,
tryggvi

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