reggiesanchez

yea snowing here. My prime scores suck too @ 4.6 I get 40+ seconds if you look at the top scores they all have superb RAM

Interesting...Hmmmm  I wonder if adding more ram will help? (as I don't have any "superb" ram, lol)  Does it matter if the OS is XP or Win7?

it loads all the files for windows XP, then it says starting windows, and thats when is BSOD's to PCI.sys.  what is the C1E settings?

Reggie, where do you live? 

ide drive?

sata.
posted in general forum too.
http://forums.evga.com...052&mpage=1#164078

lower the cpu vtt one notch and see if it boots.

nateman_doo

sata.
posted in general forum too.
http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?high=&m=164052&mpage=1#164078

I am pretty sure that you won't get the XP install to work on your SATA drive without slipstreaming the SATA drivers to the XP install.  Either that, or put the SATA drivers on a floppy disk (if you still have a floppy drive somewhere).  I didn't have a floppy drive and couldn't install XP on my 780i due to SATA drivers.  I never did the slipstream method and therefore never got XP to work on my 780i.  I am pretty sure your 790i will be similar.
 
But right now, I doubt the lack of SATA driver is keeping you from at least starting the install.  You should at least get to the drive selection part of the install before the lack of SATA driver becomes an issue.
 
Something else, something else.
 
I would definately research slipstreaming and then slipstream a disk with all your chipset drivers including SATA driver and SP2.  You will want those items anyways and they just may solve your current issue too.

I am reading up on slipstream.  It looks like a long complicated process.  this stinks..

nateman_doo

I am reading up on slipstream.  It looks like a long complicated process.  this stinks..

This may help.
 
http://forums.evga.com...e=1&key=Slipstream𙌤

wait...so you dont have xp installed on your computer?
i thought it was already installed??

You hit the clear cmos button right?  Then went into bios and saved your settings (whether you changed them or not), right?

C1E is under "CPU Features"..."dummy OC" is at the top of the list on that screen.  Hit cpu features and then go to C1E and disable it.