XP install hangs copying files - SOLVED

[cleverhandle]

After the initial hardware detection and partition selection, the Windows XP install hangs while copying driver.cab. Hardware:

Soyo Dragon Plus
XP 1700
2x 256MB Crucial DDR
GF4 4400
Adaptec 29160N
Cheetah 15.3
Toshiba 52x CDROM
Sony CRX160E CDRW

I'm getting the same error with two different copies of XP, and I've installed from one of them before, so the media should be OK. Tried both optical drives, too. Now, driver.cab is a pretty huge file (like 75 MB), so I'm guessing that it's causing problems either with the RAM or the disk, and since the only new things here are the adapter and hard drive, I'm thinking my SCSI setup is to blame. This is my first time using SCSI, so make sure I'm not missing anything. Both the disk and the adapter are set to their default ID's (0 and 7, respectively). The cable supplied with the Adaptec kit has a terminator at the end, and I'm plugging in the drive on the connector just before that. The disk shows up in the BIOS scan as U160, and I can access it fine both in DOS and Linux. Forcing Adaptec's newest drivers with F6 doesn't change anything. So it seems like the SCSI setup is OK to me, but I can't figure out what else I could be missing here.

edit: Forgot... the drive passes Seagate extended test, too - so the drive seems to be okay physically

 

[TEEZLE]

Is your system overclocked any. If it is, put it back to default speed and install. I was getting that same error with my system before (1500T laptop), what I did was when you need to press F6 for the SCSI card during setup, press the F5 key as well. When the screen that comes up, select ACPI pc. Hope this helps.

 

[cleverhandle]

Hmm... it's not exactly overclocked. The processor is unlocked, but I've got it set to an 11x multiplier, which is the standard for a 1700, and the FSB is default 133. I'll try setting the multiplier back to auto and give the ACPI HAL a shot, though. Thanks!

 

[cleverhandle]

Still no go... I did get past driver.cab, but it just hung up a little bit later on. Any more suggestions?

 

[cleverhandle]

It worked after I took out the SCSI card and drive, and swapped in an IDE drive, so it seems to be a controller problem. Hmm... I'll try moving the host adapter to a lower slot. Any other ideas?

 

[PowerMacG5]

When you first start the installation, right after you press any key, Microsoft asks you to press a F key, if you have a third party SCSI/RAID controller, just FYI.

 

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: cleverhandle
Forcing Adaptec's newest drivers with F6 doesn't change anything.

Like I said...

 

[cleverhandle]

Ya know... you think I would learn something from experience. It was almost exactly a year ago I was dealing with a Sound Blaster card issue, and the solution is the same here... move the card as far away from the AGP slot as possible. Works just fine now. But thanks to all for the help...