[Phil_Crane]

I bought windows vista home premium today after checking it is compatible with my pc.

It is compatible but when i try the upgrade or try the fresh install (boot from cd etc) it dont work. I get the following error:

stop: 0X0000005C (0X0000010B, 0X00000003, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)

All the info i can find on my pc is below:

Model eMachines E4094
Pentium 4 3.06ghz processor
1gb ddr2 memory
ati radeon express 200

All the info i could see ont he motherboard is below:

pci express
RC410 - M REV: 1.1

RC410 - M (SFIS S/N)
Q1115200F6ACO6FE

[Phil_Crane]

anyone please? i been up for 17 hours trying to get this to work and sivving through every page of google

microsoft wont give me any support because its a oem cd and my manafacturer wotn give me any support because they have said microsoft have to deal with it

[Blueyonder]

Phil_Crane

I have done some searching too and it appears to be BIOS problem from what I have read.
Apparently a BIOS update is needed, but I have to warn you that updating the BIOS can be dangerous.

Go to the manufacturers site and find out if there is an update available for your machine and also how to do it safely.
It must not be interrupted or interfered with in any way so turn off everything running in the background and disconnect all peripherals.

[Phil_Crane]

well im guna go buy a new mobo now lol

acordin to emachines the mobo in my pc is wrong even though it is factory one that came in it, i cant seem to find a bios update for it i have searched everywhere.

a new mobo is only 30/40 quid so ill go buy one now then throw the one i have now on ebay or somethin lol


but if anyone can find an update for me byall means post it here so i can take a look at it because i have 2 of the same pc you see

[Rich-M]

It might be a bios update issue but there are some other things to try first...it could be usb external drive plugged in stopping you or other external usb device. It can also be dvd player with problem or even hard drive with a problem also. Remember when doing Os install, all drives used must be perfect and it's not that a dvd drive can't play a dvd but then still cannot do an install because it has issues.

[Phil_Crane]

i bougth a new mb mate although im havin a few probs wit it still but i made another topic about it as its on vista now.