Weird Problem when installing OS on LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-D

[bob4432]

system specs:
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-D
1 x BFG 6600GT
A64 3000 winchester
2 x 512MB ram (ran memtest multiple times with no problems)
1 x 74GB raptor
1 x cdrw/dvd-rom
ps: 400W with appropriate amps on the correct lines
all four power connectors are connected to the board

here is the problem. a friend of mine just bought the above mentioned rig and when he tries to install the os, either xp pro or win2k, it just hangs at the first black screen that says "...is checking your hardware"

now the funny thing is, is that the raptor is not clean and came out of his xp dfi lanparty board. if he just lets it boot up formt he hdd with the old os on it, it found the new hardware and the appropriate drivers were installed. but, he wants, as i would, a zero fill and nice fresh clean format/install.

what would you feel the issue is when trying to install the os from the cd?

any ideas will be greatly appreciated

 

[D1gger]

Is he getting to the point where he is prompted to hit F6 to load the Sata driver?

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: D1gger
Is he getting to the point where he is prompted to hit F6 to load the Sata driver?

not even that far, just the very first screen where it says windows is inspecting your hardware, then it just hangs and he has let it sit for 15mins, when it should only take(in my experience) 1min or less.

 

[bob4432]

bump

 

[knothead34]

if you dont get an answer here try dfi-street.com plenty of guys there have that board and can help you i hope you can get it figured out.

 

[bob4432]

thanks for the info, actually i just got a response from them, they said i need to have sp2 on the cd. going to use nliteos to make a slipstreamed xp cd with some other mods to it

 

[bob4432]

ok i made a slipstreamed sp2 xp pro disc and it still doesn't f*cking work, what gives????? this shouldn't be this hard.....