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Name: broncodeuce
Date: March 8, 2006 at 05:58:09 Pacific
Subject: interesting problem
OS: WinXP Pro SP2
CPU/Ram: A64 3000+/1GB Corsair
Model/Manufacturer: DIY

Comment:

Hey guys, I'm having an interesting problem with the new machine im building..it'll run memtest86 all day long with no errors, but as soon as I try to install windows, it just sits..literally..it gets to the 'Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration' screen, and goes blanklike it's gonna start setup, except it just sits. for hours. I've tried with and without all my PCI cards,with different video cards (AGP and PCI) different hard drives (3 of them), different optical drives, different RAM, and I'm sorta stuck. I'm not sure where to go from here with this thing..any help would be appreciated..specs are as follows:
Gigabyte GA-K8NS
Athlon64 3000+ (754)
1 GB (2x512) Corsair Value Select
ATI Radeon X800XL AGP
Aspire Chameleon 550w PSU (36A on the +12)
120GB WD
160GB Maxtor
Liteon DVDRW
Liteon CDRW/DVDROM
CPU temp is 22 degrees Celsius with a Zalman CNPS 7000B-cu
Abit NF7-S 2.0
Athlon XP 2600+ @ 2.3GHz
1GB Mushkin PC3200
Radeon X800XL 256MB AGP
120GB WD
160GB Maxtor
Zalman CNPS 7000B AlCu
Aspire Chameleon 550W

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Response Number 1

Name: broncodeuce
Date: March 8, 2006 at 06:17:07 Pacific
Subject: interesting problem

Reply: (edit)

I should also mention that the board has the latest bios available from Gigabyte (F18)
thanks again for any suggestions
Abit NF7-S 2.0
Athlon XP 2600+ @ 2.3GHz
1GB Mushkin PC3200
Radeon X800XL 256MB AGP
120GB WD
160GB Maxtor
Zalman CNPS 7000B AlCu
Aspire Chameleon 550W

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Response Number 2

Name: Sabertooth
Date: March 8, 2006 at 06:49:09 Pacific
Subject: interesting problem

Reply: (edit)

You implied you've ruled out everything excluding the motherboard, go ahead and swap the board then.
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Response Number 3

Name: Zenith
Date: March 8, 2006 at 09:59:41 Pacific
Subject: interesting problem

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First try unplugging everything except the one CD-ROM and one hard drive, unless of course, you plan to install it on a second hard drive.
No overclocking during install.
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Response Number 4

Name: broncodeuce
Date: March 14, 2006 at 13:05:15 Pacific
Subject: interesting problem

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MB is being RMAed to Newegg
Gigabyte GA-K8NS
Athlon64 3000+ Newcastle
1GB Corsair PC3200
Radeon X800XL 256MB AGP
120GB WD1200JB
160GB Maxtor 6Y160P0
Zalman CNPS 7000B-Cu LED
Aspire Chameleon 550W

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