Unsolved
This post is more than 5 years old
65 Posts
0
70753
I Hate Vista
Is it possible to downgrade to XP through Dell as I wish I had chosen that option now. Vista is more trouble than Its worth. It wont run FS2004 without big issues not to mention other games. Its security drives me potty and it seems I spend my time tweeking and experimenting with this OS rather than getting on with what I I would rather be doing.
Maturecheese
65 Posts
0
May 31st, 2008 18:00
Ignore last post it failed. I have solved it now though. I slipstreamed this file
Maturecheese
65 Posts
0
June 1st, 2008 06:00
Another update I keep getting BSOD. Not sure if theres a hardware fault or xp upgrade incapability problem. Consider this topic unsolved. Also my C: drive is now I: drive.
I did not debug before using seagate disk wizard to wipe the HDD. Could this be the reason for the odd behaviour and bsod's
Boyd B
552 Posts
0
June 1st, 2008 15:00
Boyd B
552 Posts
0
June 1st, 2008 15:00
Maturecheese
65 Posts
0
June 1st, 2008 15:00
Maturecheese
65 Posts
0
June 1st, 2008 16:00
Boyd B
552 Posts
0
June 1st, 2008 16:00
Maturecheese
65 Posts
0
June 1st, 2008 19:00
The problem I have with using a floppy is that the file I mentioned earlier(R176216.exe) for sata drivers is too big for a floppy. Im sure it can be trimmed down to the minimum needed to fit on a floppy but I would need to know exactly what files to put on and I don't . Asking chris M appears to be a waste of time as its probably against Dell policy.
I think when R176216.exe unzipped its IDE/Winxp/sata_ide the files in this folder. It could be IDE/Winxp/sataraid.
It would be nice if someone could confirm which folder to use, Please:smileyhappy:
Boyd B
552 Posts
0
June 1st, 2008 19:00
Maturecheese
65 Posts
0
June 3rd, 2008 14:00
Boyd thanks for your help. I have given up. First of all I couldn't get a floppy to work, then I noticed two pins missing on the FDD interface and thought this was unusual so I rang Dell. 3/4 of a hour later they decide to send an engineer out the next day, promising me they would ring between 9and 11 to arrange a time. At 9:10am the engineer turns up out of the blue with a replacement m/b only for it to turn out that the fdd interface is supposed to have two pins missing. Tech support are an Indian JOKE.
Anyway got the floppy working by enabling it in the bios, got XP loaded only for it to start blue screening ,looping and occasionly loading the desktop for a second or two.
All this could be sorted if Dell had the decency to send me a resources and drivers cd for xp but when I asked they told me more or less to get lost.
they have succeeded in loosing another customer because If this is the after sales service the provide they can take a run and jump. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DELL PC!
Boyd B
552 Posts
0
June 3rd, 2008 15:00
I understand your frustration. There has to be something else going on here. Did you use an original copy of XP and not a download or slipstreamed version? Were you able to actually get XP to load and get to the desktop? If you are not experiencing some hardware issue, XP should install with the floppy F6 procedure normally. You then should be able to update all the other drivers. Have you checked your memory because this acts just like a classic memory issue? You can download Memtest and put it on a floppy disk and boot to it and it will check the memory for errors. Don't rely on Dell's memory test. I never give up. I have been working on computers nearly 30 years now and have never had one I could not get to work as it should and so can you. Dealing with Dell though, is another matter. Dell has never helped me with an issue other than sending me parts that were needed under warranty and usually they were the wrong ones. I recall working on one system for 48 straight hours before I was successful, but in the end I prevailed and you can too. Try the Memtest and at least confirm the memory to be without errors or confirm it to be faulty. Keep us posted.
Boyd B
552 Posts
0
June 3rd, 2008 16:00
Maturecheese
65 Posts
0
June 3rd, 2008 16:00
Maturecheese
65 Posts
0
June 4th, 2008 10:00
Right heres the latest. I have ruled out a faulty disk as I used my older XP Home sp1 and it installed ok to the same point, although Amazon are replacing it anyway now.
I insert the OS disk press F6 load up Nvidia Raid controller and Sata Controller and have no problems installing XP. The trouble starts when I try to install other necessary drivers Like NIC and the time before this Chipset drivers. After doing this I get the BSOD and looping. Here is the BSOD from this time.
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL ( This is a generic message which could cover a load of things)
STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x000001AC,0x00000006,0x00000001,0xF74A84C0
nvgts.sys Address F74A84C0 base at F7496000,datestamp 472236eb
I am installing the correct(according to Dell) drivers for XP. the previous time I completely wiped the HDD before trying to install XP and this time I did an overnight Long format before trying to install XP.
I am wondering if my system might be incompatable with ATI 3870 HD cards running XP and maybe should have GT 8800 instead as "nvgts.sys" seems to be croping up regularly.
By the way I have installed any drivers from the Dell Drivers disk which it turns out has XP drivers as well. I did this to rule out faulty online drivers or corrupted downloaded drivers.
I am pretty much at a dead end now as there does not appear to be a solution and Dell wont help.
Boyd B
552 Posts
0
June 4th, 2008 12:00
This appears that you have some issues with the video card drivers. Since you can now get Windows to install, I would download these ATI drivers afrom ATI and not Dell. Dell seems to lag behind others when it comes to drivers. These are tha latest for your card from ATI. Give these a try and see if you have any success.
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/radeonx-xp