Dear lord, what have I done to deserve this?

VeNT

VeNT

VeNT

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oh god whats going on?
I've got my nice new PC here,
E6300
1gig Geil Ultra Low Latency
DS3
x1900XT 256 (power connector connected!)
sony DVD-RW
Seasonic S12 500W
eclipse case

put it all togeather, turned it on, set the ram to +0.3 so its at the right voltage, changed date to correct one, did all those little things you do etc

put my Windows XP Pro cd in, started installing on the new unformatted drive
windows starts to copy the install drivers across and then ERROR!
Rio8drv.sys unable to copy.

ho hum I think, bad CD! take cd out, check for scratches, seems ok, put OTHER win xp pro cd in, press enter to try again, ERROR! Rio8drv.sys unable to copy.

odd I think. ESC skip file.

ERROR, Unable to copy [ESC] ERROR, Unable to copy [ESC]

about 5-6 files unable to copy, nothing that seems that important (rio8drv is a usb driver for somthing or other) but once its finshed the rest of the install shows signs of being buggered.
device manager says that the mouse doesn't work (usb wheel mouse optical) and that loads of bits and bobs arn't installed properly, like the DVD RW drive (its all in correctly, I checked, twice.)
so I think oh well, lets try this install again
tryed again, same errors. different disk.

ideas guys? if I twas an old Athlon XP system I'd probalby go into ram and slacken off the timings, but theres about 10 here and I dunno what half of them are supposed to be! (rams quoted as 4-4-4-12 but what ones what!

I also tryed to run UBUNTU linux, but that sticks at the "loading linux ok loading kernal" and doesn't do anything after that (both the 64bit and 32bit!)

realy could use a hand! wanna get this bad boy running!
 
Off the top of my head all I can think of is a buggered set of RAM. Having said that I find it strange it is erroring on the same files, regardless of what disc you use.

Strange one this... could also be your HDD I suppose, but again, why specific files... Tell me, are these CDs copies of another or are they both proper discs? Just wondering if maybe the disc is buggered and the copied disc has the same error.

SiriusB
 
SiriusB said:
...are these CDs copies of another or are they both proper discs? Just wondering if maybe the disc is buggered and the copied disc has the same error.
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That wouldn't cause it to hang when booting Live Linux. I'm leaning towards hardware failure.

VeNT, be sure you've got your receipts ready. It's probably RMA time for the mobo or, more likely, the RAM.
 
/me crys more

don't say that! the ninjas fan was bashed up so I've already had to contact them once!
I've run memtest, it seemed ok got to like 75% so far.
I'll leave it running it overnight.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
What's the model number of the RAM? I'm trying to look it up.
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its the stuff that comes with the bundle deal from Ocuk
err 1s
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) (MY-057-GL)

my first thought was the ram, but memtests not showing anything up :confused:
 
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I just find it really, really odd that it is specific files that have issues, as hardware errors I would assume are completely random in the effects on software.

I can't think of anything off-hand that would cause specific files not to copy from CD to HDD. Having said that it might be worth noting down the exact file names of all files failing to copy. There might be a pattern.

SiriusB
 
bledd. said:
try another cd drive, or different cd media, and another ide cable
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yup tried that last night
same effect
I just don't get why its the SAME files every time :confused:

I wonder if its these CDs, their both from the college who run a thing where if your on a MCSE/A etc you can buy licences etc for 99% of MS Software (not office) for £5 a pop, full legit but you have to copy the CDs yourself :(
 
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TrUz said:
Have you tried a different HDD? Are you using SATA or IDE?

TrUz
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SATA hard drives, as theres only 1 IDE port :(
I've tried TWO SATA drives (one new, one older) both same issue, same place.
ones pre-formatted (NTFS - Backup drive) ones not and has been formated new every try
I'll try a full format tonight when I get back, rather than the quick formats I've been tring

TheMightyTen said:
Sounds more like a borked copy of the cd to me. Change the brand of CD you're using.
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Verbatim not ok?
 
SiriusB said:
I just find it really, really odd that it is specific files that have issues, as hardware errors I would assume are completely random in the effects on software.
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I don't. Had this issue loads of times when trying to install Windows on a borked OC. I would have the same file keep erroring at me during install (although not the same one the OP has).

VeNT said:
put it all togeather, turned it on, set the ram to +0.3 so its at the right voltage
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There's your problem right there. Failing that it's divider time. That said I don't know how dividers work with this intel malarky.

If the ram will work after messing with the settings but not at stock then its time to RMA it.

Would also suggest you reset the bios , do nothing but set the time and then try an install. If you haven't tried any OCs then its got to be the ram.
 
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what mobo?

if its the ausus p5w dh, make sure the hyper path 3 crap is disabled in the bios mate.

Otherwise try a diff ide lead, or as suggested media,

Try the hyperpath 3 first though, as that has caused me issues in the past.
 
TheMightyTen said:
Sounds more like a borked copy of the cd to me. Change the brand of CD you're using.
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Nope. If so the linux cd would have worked. ;)

I agree with Datamonkey. Turn off hyperpath 3, if it dont work after that, id say its the motherboard if the ram is testing ok.
 
Have you slipstreamed the XP CD with SP2?
Are you pressing F6 to load SATA Drivers?
If yes to the above - Does Rio8drv.sys happen to be on the SATA Drivers floppy?

If so - I know the problem. (And solution)
If not - No idea.
 
i'd try a different cd media

use imgburn to burn the iso/img/nrg file -you can run it off a usbkey or just email the exe to yourself

do lower speeds and make a few copies on different media if you must!
 
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