Quote Originally Posted by dctokyo View Post

Quote Originally Posted by chiman2
i am using a 64 bit windows xp disc. that has been confirmed to work on another computer. sorry for my attituded. im just frustrated... so i think i might call again today and hope i get someone who is willing to go farther to help me..
Sorry you still have not answered us is that a original DVD or copy?You do understand that all DVD drives are not the same, even thought it worked in another PC drive it does not mean it will work in yours if it is a copy and not original. Try to use your friends DVD drive that worked........ you should really get rid of that IED drive and go with SATA,

Many people are running 64/bits on this board, It booted right-up out of the box with my XP/SP2 64 bit................and are you trying to install Vista/SP1 or just plain Vista? At least slipstream it to SP1 and give it a shot.

Many people here are telling you to look at your DVD copy, that really sounds like the problem............. If it is a copy and not original then try to find a original copy before saying it is the board and not the DVD.
im pretty sure xtreme systems forums has a strict rule about copies of copyrighted material. and also that is the first time ive heard of a disc drive knowing the difference between a copy and a "original". a dvd drive shouldnt be able to know anything about the disc. it just spins it. the information goes the motherboard where it reads it.. the disc works on another computer and i moved the drive from that computer to this one. "and are you trying to install Vista/SP1 or just plain Vista? At least slipstream it to SP1 and give it a shot." you quoted me where i said.. i am using a 64 bit windows xp disc. so why are you still asking me about vista? i said im going to use xp so i dont run into problems with it being vista. im not saying its the board. but im not saying it isnt either. im just saying there could be some bios setting or something im missing. the disc is VERIFIED to work. telling me its the disc having errors. when ive repeatedly said it worked and when i already tried it on another computer and it worked doesnt make it the disc that doesnt work.

cpu cant stop it.
ram cant stop it. i tried all the one stick configurations.
tried taking usb devices out
flashing bios has been done.
using sata drives.
os drive is in sata 1
ide drive that can read the disc

so it goes to the motherboard, it should be letting the 64 bit os boot but it wont. the motherboard is the only hardware that has its own like settings/software which is the bios....

im not saying the motherboard is broken or its not good. i just would like a 64 bit operating system to work. is that so much to ask...

sorry for the long post.
sorry for getting on the wrong sides of people.