Help please!! Yet another WinXP/2000 install problem

[Twister00]

I have an Abit TH7II MB (non raid)with the most recent BIOS. A PIV 1.8a and 512MB of Samsung
PC800 memory, a 60GB Maxtor HD and Radeon 32MBDDR video card. I have tried many times to install WindowsXP Pro onto this computer and it continues to hang up at about the same point each time. At about 26% of files copied. Always on 1 of 3 files. I have had all cards in and then all out except video card. I tried loading the XP disc on 2 other computers and the install went fine. I pulled the 60GB drive out of the PIV and installed XP on it in another PC without a hitch. I have tried a different HD in the PIV and hangs at the same point. I have tried different cables and drive configurations all with the same result. I also tried putting Win2000 on with similar results. However, Win98 SE loads just fine.


Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Twister00]

Anyone?

 

[Doh!]

I would try different RAM but it sounds like you have only 1 stick of 512mb. If you have more than 1 stick of RAM, try one at a time & in different slots.

 

[Dreadogg]

are you saying when you are Installing XP if so try a different CD Rom!

 

[Twister00]

"I would try different RAM but it sounds like you have only 1 stick of 512mb. If you have more than 1 stick of RAM, try one at a time & in different slots."

This MB uses Rambus RAM and needs to be installed in pairs, and I only have 1 pair of 256's


"are you saying when you are Installing XP if so try a different CD Rom!"

I have used 3 different drives all with the same results and I know that the CD's are good since I was able to do the installs on 2 other PC's. Also CD drive in the new PC read and installed 98SE just fine.

Thanks for the input!

 

[bacillus]

suggest you try installing using an older videocard!

 

[Bozo]

Hopefully you are not overclocking ?

Bozo

 

[Zoltarc]

How long do you wait before you determined its crashed?

Bad block on the HDD?

 

[Dreadogg]

are you getting a blue screen during installation or is it just frezzing? Because I had this happen to me twice once with bad media ( so I swiched drive went through fine) second with bad ram but I caught a blue screen that time, and I new it was a memory error by the screen code!

 

[mastertech01]

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