I finished putting together a new computer yesterday, and I’m having trouble getting it up and running.
Motherboard – ASUS MN2-SLI Deluxe
Processor – AMD 64 X2 4600+
Hard Drive – Seagate 160gb SATA
Video Card – Nvidia GeForce 7950
RAM – 2 Corsair 1024 sticks
Whenever I put the windows CD in, it will start spinning and processing it, then stop. Sometimes it gets to the install screen, but it always stops when setup is loading files, if not before. The little light goes off, the drive stops whirling and it just sits there, not loading Windows onto my system.
It does the same thing with the disk that came with my hard drive in, only getting part of the way before halting. When I disable the SATA Controller in BIOS, however, the Hard Drive disk is able to load all the way and run, for all the good it does me. Because of this, I suspect that it is some issue to do with my Hard Drive, though if there is a better forum for me to post this on, let me know.
I’ve tried swapping out the DVD drive for an older one, as well as swapping the Seagate HD for one my brother had, but the problem stayed exactly the same. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the system to continue reading the disks so I can get it up and running?
Motherboard – ASUS MN2-SLI Deluxe
Processor – AMD 64 X2 4600+
Hard Drive – Seagate 160gb SATA
Video Card – Nvidia GeForce 7950
RAM – 2 Corsair 1024 sticks
Whenever I put the windows CD in, it will start spinning and processing it, then stop. Sometimes it gets to the install screen, but it always stops when setup is loading files, if not before. The little light goes off, the drive stops whirling and it just sits there, not loading Windows onto my system.
It does the same thing with the disk that came with my hard drive in, only getting part of the way before halting. When I disable the SATA Controller in BIOS, however, the Hard Drive disk is able to load all the way and run, for all the good it does me. Because of this, I suspect that it is some issue to do with my Hard Drive, though if there is a better forum for me to post this on, let me know.
I’ve tried swapping out the DVD drive for an older one, as well as swapping the Seagate HD for one my brother had, but the problem stayed exactly the same. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the system to continue reading the disks so I can get it up and running?