Quote Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue View Post
what was the error code for the BSOD?...if it is auto-restarting right after you see the BSOD, you can take it out of the auto-restart so you can write down the codes...punch the code into the search engine...it will show you what is happening...i am guessing vista might be hosed...put the vista disc in and go to repair...if it detects a problem, it will rapidly fix it....could be a corrupted NTFS file index...just some ideas.

other options is to return to your previous bios or run a new setup for vista.
That could be a distinct possibility with Vista. When I tried to run the first replacements I kept getting all kinds of weird happenings with Vista. Ever since then I cannot access things like Control Panel, Windows Update, or even get to the desktop settings. That seemed to be a problem for a lot of people and I have been fighting it as a Vista problem and not on my end. I have tried the Repair from the disc and it finds no errors. I have tried to run the SFV thing and no errors. I really miss the Repair function that XP had. It does look like maybe a fresh install of Vista is in order. I never thought to boot into XP to see if I had the same problem. I will give that a shot later in the week.