Need help: HTPC with SSD and XP = BSOD

[Goobie]

I need help! I've googled as much I could but still no luck.

I've put together an htpc with an Asus E45m1-pro MB, 4GB DDR3 RAM and 2 x OCZ Agility3 SSDs (1x 60GB and 1 x 120GB). The idea was to use the 60GB for the OS and the 120GB as a temp drive for PVR recording. I installed Windows 7 and all worked OK (at least that proves that the hardware works) except that my PCI tuner card is apparently not Win7 compatible. So I'm stuck with xp, which I don't mind as I've been using it like that for years on an old pc.

So I boot up with the XP CD and the installation goes well until half way where XP "installs devices". Then I get this BSOD error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

There are lots of reports on the web about this, could be RAM related or driver related, unfortunately I have no other DDR3 RAM modules to test nor other SATA drives to swop around and troubleshoot.

Could this be because I'm mixing SSD and XP?

Thanks

 

[snugglez64]

I would use Win 7 and get a new PCI card. Or load linux.

XP is not worth the trouble.

 

[dj_jyno]

Switch the SATA devices to legacy mode in the BIOS, install Windows XP, install the relevant AMD SATA drivers and restart. You can now switch back to Native mode SATA.

Or you could do what snugglez64 suggested. XP does not natively support the TRIM command.

 

[fxit_man]

Why don't you upgrade your tuner card rather, stick to Windows 7, and save yourself the headache?

 

[Goobie]

Why don't you upgrade your tuner card rather, stick to Windows 7, and save yourself the headache?

With the "imminent" switch over to digital I don't want to buy a new dual tuner card now, would rather like to keep using what I have.

 

[Goobie]

Switch the SATA devices to legacy mode in the BIOS, install Windows XP, install the relevant AMD SATA drivers and restart. You can now switch back to Native mode SATA.

OK, but since XP never installs to completion how do I update the drivers?

 

[Mier]

What tuner card is it ? Have you tried the vista drivers on win7 ?

 

[Goobie]

What tuner card is it ? Have you tried the vista drivers on win7 ?

It's the nVidia DualTV. I see there is a Vista driver, will give it a try.

 

[Mier]

It's the nVidia DualTV. I see there is a Vista driver, will give it a try.

I did a quick google search and see that for some people it works fine under Win7 and some could only get one tuner working.

I assume you're using Windows Media Center ? I highly recommend trying to get it working on Win7, because media center is much improved from XP.