CPU temp too hot: not letting me install windoze?!?!?!

[PLow]

ABIT KT7A
Thunderbird 1.1Ghz
Maxtor 40Gb Hard drive
Pioneer 16X DVD
Geforce 2 GTS
1 stick of Micron 256 PC133
ANTEC KS282/300W power supply

Ok here's the problem.... The system boots and recognizes everything fine. I am able to fdisk and format the hard drive. Also I am able to copy from the CD to the hard drive in DOS. However, when I go to install windows (both windows98 and ME) it either freezes, or I get strange errors, such as outside MS-DOS Extender, Windows requires so much space on the hard drive please remove any disks. Sometimes it will get to scan disk and half way through start giving me real funky errors such as stack overflow, or something about MATH116 (I'm not sure if it is really the number 116, that's just an example). One time the computer started beeping and spitting nonsense characters all over the screen, like smiley faces, clubs, and a mishmash of letters. Now I'm not sure, but I think it is a heat issue. It came with a pretty week heatsink and fan, and when I go into the bios I watch the temperature quickly rise to 52*C. I did order a new heatsink and fan (FOP32), but I'm not all together sure that is the problem. Anyones help is greatly appreciated!

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[hifimaster]

Did you take off the little sticker on the heatsink?

 

[PLow]

yup

 

[HawkeyeColt]

Both my AMD machines(1 home built and 1 store bought) both run at 52C. I have not had a problem installing an OS on either of them. Heat is not your problem. Your CPU is running warm not hot. All I can say is try moving your ram to a different slot. Not familiar with an Abit board. In the Bios does it have a setting for default settings? If it does change it to default. Wish I could be more help.

 

[WDCentral]

I had the exact same problem for a while. Turns out my CPU was at 90 degrees Celcius. Almost fried.. Anyways, just recheck everything and make sure the thermal compound (pink beloved patriot) is on correctly.