New System, New Problems...

[E3000]

Yo Peeps,

I have just bought a new Asus motherboard and other hardware and built a PC.
Everything seems to be OK on the hardware side of things but when i try to
install Microsoft Windows the computer freezes and i cant move the mouse or
do anything. This happens just as Windows has been loaded on (Windows ME)
and when configuring reigonal information (Windows XP) so i do not actually
get to use the operating system before the crash. This happens every single
time at the exact same spot.

There seems to be a hardware conflict somewhere because the system works fine if i use my old HDD (preloaded with Windows ME), and the new HDD works fine on my friend's similar-spec PC.

Hardware:
CPU: P4 2.0GHz Northwood
Memory: 256MB DDR
Motherboard: Asus P4B533-E (RAID)
VGA Card: Gainford GeForce4 Ti-2400 Golden Sample
HDD: Maxtor 40GB ATA133 7200RPM

Extras:
WinTV GO PCI
Diamond SupraExpress 56k
PS/2 Keyboard + Mouse
etc, etc


Does anyone have any clue why this is happening or know any way i could sort this out?
Help pleaz... im going crazy here !


E3000

 

[Imported]

Why don't you just format and re-install Windows? I'm betting there is a software conflict..

I remember when I swapped out a motherboard with the one I had in there and it wouldn't boot.. Finally figured out it was the Microsoft Intellipoint software that was causing the problems..

 

[E3000]

I have formatted a few times now and each time it is the same. Windows crashes as it is being loaded for the first time, and every time thereafter. I do not get to use Windows at all !

This happens with both Windows ME and Windows XP: Professional

 

[xpr8]

Does everything post in your BIOS?

 

[E3000]

Yes...

 

[Harvey]

You may have a defective motherboard, RAM CPU. Try DocMem, a free DOS based memory checker, to do a deep check on your RAM.

If you can't find the problem, try to get some tech support from your vendor(s).

Good luck.