I just decided to take the move to Vista Ultimate 64-bit, so I bought another 2gb of matching ram and a copy of vista.
I updated to the latest bios for my Asus P5B motherboard and then I enabled the 'Memory Remap' feature and ran MemTest86 for about an hour with zero problems.
Then I booted into my original install of XP and things worked just fine (though not registering the full 4gb of ram, of course)
Feeling good about everything, I formatted the harddrive and began installing Vista (brand new pressed DVD fresh from the case) and it kept freezing during the process of 'expanding files.'
I changed the ram around in the slots, and even tried installing with only the original two sticks of ram in my machine. I've also cleaned the disc and re-tried at least 20 times this evening.
Any help is appreciated.
I updated to the latest bios for my Asus P5B motherboard and then I enabled the 'Memory Remap' feature and ran MemTest86 for about an hour with zero problems.
Then I booted into my original install of XP and things worked just fine (though not registering the full 4gb of ram, of course)
Feeling good about everything, I formatted the harddrive and began installing Vista (brand new pressed DVD fresh from the case) and it kept freezing during the process of 'expanding files.'
I changed the ram around in the slots, and even tried installing with only the original two sticks of ram in my machine. I've also cleaned the disc and re-tried at least 20 times this evening.
Any help is appreciated.