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ching0001 · 05-26-2008, 09:25 AM

I've built several PCs before, but I'm no expert; Hopefully someone can rescue my holiday weekend...

MSI P6N Diamond 680i
Intel Core2Quad 2.5Ghz@133 6MB Cache
RAM, Twin2x4096-6400 (yes, installed in position 1 and 3)GPU, 9800GTX 512 DDR3, PCI-E 2.0
only 1 SATA/300 Drive (yes, all jumpers removed; should be good to go and BIOS sees it fine)Case, Thermaltake

I have changed boot sequence to boot from CD; I'm using an XP w/ SP1 install cd (I've tried a VISTA boot, but no luck there either);

Problem: It behaves differently each time I boot; I can get it to read from CD, and it asks me to hit F6 to install drivers for drives; It sometimes will get to the screen to select 'S', but usually it just eventually hangs.

Any ideas on what I could be doing wrong? The 'idiot' lights on the bottom USB show that all 4 lights are green; It really just wants to install OS.... I'm at a loss (and never took back a board with chip after applying the fan and heatsync..... I'm sure Fry's will love me).....

I think I'm close..... Could it be heat related? Please help!

05-26-2008, 09:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
ching0001 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7 OS: XP	XP Won't Install.... HELP! I've built several PCs before, but I'm no expert; Hopefully someone can rescue my holiday weekend... MSI P6N Diamond 680i Intel Core2Quad 2.5Ghz@133 6MB Cache RAM, Twin2x4096-6400 (yes, installed in position 1 and 3)GPU, 9800GTX 512 DDR3, PCI-E 2.0 only 1 SATA/300 Drive (yes, all jumpers removed; should be good to go and BIOS sees it fine)Case, Thermaltake I have changed boot sequence to boot from CD; I'm using an XP w/ SP1 install cd (I've tried a VISTA boot, but no luck there either); Problem: It behaves differently each time I boot; I can get it to read from CD, and it asks me to hit F6 to install drivers for drives; It sometimes will get to the screen to select 'S', but usually it just eventually hangs. Any ideas on what I could be doing wrong? The 'idiot' lights on the bottom USB show that all 4 lights are green; It really just wants to install OS.... I'm at a loss (and never took back a board with chip after applying the fan and heatsync..... I'm sure Fry's will love me)..... I think I'm close..... Could it be heat related? Please help!