Solved Windows 8 CP stuck on Beta Fish screen

I've burned 3 DVDs so far - 2 from the first ISO I download (2 diff speed burns), and 1 from a second ISO I downloaded. Also I've made 2 different bootable USB drives.

The same result each time. The beta fish image comes up and the dvd drives reads for a bit. Then when the status animation starts, it just sits there. I'm not sure if it's frozen, but num lock and caps lock buttons stop responding. I let it go for about 45 minutes but nothing happened.

I don't really have any exotic hardware so not sure what the issue is ...

Asus P6X58D Premium + i7 970 + 12GB RAM, X-FI sound card, and a GTX 580.

Main drive is an Intel SSD + 3 HDD on and 2 blu-ray drives on the other Intel SATA controllers. One more SATA hdd on the Marvel controller. Everything set to AHCI. I briefly attempted to install while the main SATA controller was set to IDE, but same result. Wiped the SSD (OS) and tried again - same result.

Any ideas?

OK - I figured out it was the Marvel controller. Disabled it temporarily and the computer booted into the setup!

Glad to see you found a way

Marvel controller

prazvt said:

OK - I figured out it was the Marvel controller. Disabled it temporarily and the computer booted into the setup!

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I've got the same problem except the sata drive I want to install to is on the Marvel controller... Any ideas?

How did you disable the Marvel controller if you could not get Windows 8 to boot?

Titan90 said:

How did you disable the Marvel controller if you could not get Windows 8 to boot?

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In the BIOS.

pwinn said:

Titan90 said:

How did you disable the Marvel controller if you could not get Windows 8 to boot?

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In the BIOS.

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I searched my bios and could not find anything that specifically said "Marvel" How do I know which one it is?

Thanks

If you search sevenforums.com, somebody long ago posted about a way to disable items (video, storage, whatever you want etc...) while installing Windows.

This would likely help, although it was very useful at the time for the video adapter for some people.

So you wouldn't need to disable anything in the bios. But if you still want to try bios, you'd have to make sure you are not installing to the specific storage port (physically) that you are wanting to disable. Correct, it won't have the maker's name there at all.

Edit: I have found it. It is by our good friend Orbital Shark:

Device Manager - Access During Windows 7 Installation - Windows 7 Forums

Hi there
why not install from a USB drive -- saves burning an ISO and should get round your controller problem.

Plently of links on this forum about bootable USB drives.

(Note here -- create an INSTALL usb drive -- not the Windows to go -- an excellent but a different product).

Cheers
jimbo

Titan90 said:

I searched my bios and could not find anything that specifically said "Marvel" How do I know which one it is?

Thanks

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give me the model of motherboard you own ...

Unfortunately, Windows 8 is already installed. I am at work at present and can't list the model of my motherboard. I tried reinstalling, but now I have two versions of Windows 8 that don't work!

[h=1]BIOSTAR TPower I45 LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard[/h]

area 66 said:

Titan90 said:

I searched my bios and could not find anything that specifically said "Marvel" How do I know which one it is?

Thanks

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give me the model of motherboard you own ...

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[h=1]BIOSTAR TPower I45 LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard[/h]

[h=1]BIOSTAR TPower I45 LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard[/h]

[h=1]BIOSTAR TPower I45 LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard[/h]

I don't know if it's just me or not, but do you have a BIOSTAR TPower I45 LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard?

How do I delete the extra posts?

ehhh don't worry about it. Anyhow, did you try booting to safe mode + networking at all? If it boots well to there, type msinfo32 in the start menu then press enter. File | save on the opened screen. Zip the saved file and attach here.

With that, I can likely tell you what to install to make normal mode boot well.

How do you boot to safe mode in Windows 8?

Titan90 said:

How do you boot to safe mode in Windows 8?

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Keep tapping on F8 while the machine is booting, until the menu appears. It's the same as always.

It works well for me, but for some reason, some people say it doesn't. I dunno heh.

You'll want safe mode + networking.