Windows XP wont install on Neo2 Pt +A64 X2 4400+

[priyajeet]

Motherboard Neo2 pt
Bios 1.9
Detects A64 X2 well

Ram crucial ballistiz 2GB (4*512) set by auto timings
raptors raid 0 sata 1/2

while phase 1 of XP install, where it copies files from cd, it randomly gives errors...

"File cannot be copied, press esc to skip, enter to retry"

tried multiple times, ever time its bunch of different files.


even when I skip certain files to reach pahse 2, XP install is hung after restart...

system is running no BIOS defaults, except for the RAID config..

tried installing on 1 drive instead of raid, and tried other sata ports....no luck, same problem...

checked wires, remove all non necessary hardware, still wont install. Even tried removing 2 memory chips...they run really warm, more than my last computer

any help ? thanks

 

[FastEddie]

Have you tried the install with your drives on SATA 3 & 4? I would also go for an install using just 2 sticks of memory, to install the second pair afteryou are up and running. Also---what psu are you using?

 

[JEDIYoda]

maybe you have a corrupt winXP CD...

 

[n7]

It's the RAM or a bad RAM slot. I'm 99% certain of that.

I had that happen to me, & it turned out to be a bad RAM slot on the mobo i had at the time (crappy Asus K8V SE Deluxe)

Try different slots on the mobo for RAM, or try memtesting each dimm separately till you narrow it down to a bad slot or dimm.

Also, good luck with that 4x512 MB config.
My Neo2 refuses to work properly with 4 dimms; i hope you have better luck.