Prepare to be stumped!!!

[PLow]

Ok, I am building a new PC:
Thinderbird 1.1
Abit KT7A
256Mb Micron
40Gb Maxtor Hard drive
Pioneer 16X DVD
Geforce 2
Heres the problem: Everything boots, detects fine and temp in A-OK (46*C). But I cant get Windows installed! I have 98 and ME, neither will install. Sometimes I get to scan disk and it crashes...Putting little smily faces, and other characters in random places. Sometimes, windows says it detects errors on the drive, even after a fresh fdisk and format. I ran the Maxtor PowerMax Diagnostic and the drive checked out ok! I tried swapping RAM..thats not the problem. I tried swapping out with a Western D. 13Gb...Mobo didnt even recognize it! AHHH, someone help before I jump out my window!!! Do I have a bad Mobo, Processor, bios, weasel pin, troposcan, or hard drive ( the HD is an RMA'ed pert because the first one was bad, not passing any of the diagnostic tools, however, this one passes them all!) Thanks for all the help in advance, it is REALLY appreciated!

 

[Delusion2001]

hmmm.................did you connect the cables to the hard drive and the cd-rom correctly?? that could cause a problem. make sure the stuff is seen under bios. i'm leaning towards a problem with the hd or the cd-rom. but i dunno. check them both (cables and jumpers). good luck (check also the cables to the motherboard, and make sure the dvd is clean)

 

[PLow]

I just tried using a standard ATA 33 cable to see if that made a difference. I booted up, went into DOS and started a scan disk. Instantly I got the following error!

RUN-TIME error R6003
integer divided by 0

Whats this all mean?

 

[datalink7]

might want to ask this in some of the other forums as well

 

[Delusion2001]

run time errors i usually from the program itself

have you tried boring a friends cd to see if it works? (this isn't a warez copy, is it??)

 

[PLow]

No, I have a real copy of Win 98SE and WinMe. Both are doing the same thing. Any other suggestions?

 

[PC Freak]

Sound like you haven't Fdisk'd the new drive. OR the drive isn't being detected correctly in the bios. OR

the hd is bad, the ribbon cable is set wrong or the jumper for master/slave is set incorrectly.

gl

 

[PC Freak]

double post

 

[chemos]

sounds to me like memory. i'm not a big fan of maxtor hdd's, but if you can move files around on the hdd and so forth with no problems, i doubt that's the problem. do you have an extra stick of ram around that you can toss in it?

not saying micron is crap by any means, but everyone produces a bad stick every once in a while.

.02

 

[Spanker]

While i cant explain why the WD drive isnt recognized, does the ABIT have Virus Protection in the bios? My Supermicro does and I have to turn it off to install an OS. Just a thought.