Dear lord, what have I done to deserve this?

z0mbi3 said:
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).
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So did I and it turned out to be a combination of the cd used to burn the image and the batch of cd's being used. Changed both and all was fine.
 
I agree with the RAM posts, I have had this exact issue before, won't copy certain files when installing windows, tried a different cdrom and hdd before thinking it could be the ram, after replacing the ram it went through the install perfectly. :o
 
I know when i had an issue like this i spoke to the retailer and they let me send back both the cpu and board to find out which it was, otherwise i knew if i sent them separately it was likely that neither would be found to be faulty when tested on their own.

Ask Ocuk if you can send back the board and ram together, and perhaps even the cpu aswell if thats suspect. My moneys on the board.
 
z0mbi3 said:
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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ram states it requires 2.1V to run at SPD speeds, so thats +0.3 on the DS3 board (sotck is 1.8 iirc)
I've got some time this afternoon, I'll give it all another go now
 
Captain Fizz said:
Now you are back online... Could you check to see if "Rio8drv.sys" happens to be on the SATA drivers disk?
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nope
not there, also google says their USB drivers for somthing.
would it be worth flashing the bios to latest vertion, just to see if that fixes anything?
also SATA doesn't need the F6 windows install part as its in IDE mode rather than SATA raid
 
If it's a USB driver, have you tried disabling/unplugging all unneccessary USB devices prior to the install. Also have a look at the USB options in the BIOS and see if there is anything that could be tweaked.
 
ok, new CD, different iso, different CD Writer, different cable for everything, different DVD drive for reading it, CD verifyed after write, everything seems to check out
and here are the files it can't copy

rio8drv.sys
riodrv.sys
tosdvd.sys
ks.sys
modem.sys
swenum.sys
mf.sys
mssmbios.sys
sonydcam.sys
stream.sys
mouclass.sys

ideas?
 
VeNT, do you have another working machine with which you can fiddle?

Make a new ~5 GiB partition on the working machine's hard disk. Turn it off and swap in the new CPU and motherboard. If you have some known-working DDR2 around, use that. Otherwise use the new DDR2. Try to install Windows on the machine now. If it works perhaps we can absolve of guilt the motherboard, CPU, and perhaps the RAM.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
VeNT, do you have another working machine with which you can fiddle?

Make a new ~5 GiB partition on the working machine's hard disk. Turn it off and swap in the new CPU and motherboard. If you have some known-working DDR2 around, use that. Otherwise use the new DDR2. Try to install Windows on the machine now. If it works perhaps we can absolve of guilt the motherboard, CPU, and perhaps the RAM.
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sadly, all I've got is Athlon XP and Athlon 939 systems here, no other DDR 2, and only one other SATA motherboard (systems in bits atm) or I'd of done that

and infact, the 939 systems motherboards dead.

ok, its not given me that error I normaly get after the reboot (did get the copy errors) so it may just work, going to see if its doing it now, if not I'll try upping the rams Voltage a bit more, just incase that sorts it.
if it does I'll RMA the ram when I get my next order in (need to order another pc once I get the 2nd half of the insurance payments)

any DS3 owners out there wanna reach in and tell me how hot their north bridge cooler is?
 
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BigAl said:
Have you seen this?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=114361&highlight=ds3+install

looks like it could be the memory unfortunately. :(
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he's getting different files each time tho, same ones every time here!

ok windows install finished, but the install was so screwed up its not able to recognise the DVD drive or even the PS2 mouse.
two of the files must relate to the plug and play system as theres two items down that end of device manager that are failed to install, but ofcorse no dvd = unable to install any drivers off the windows XP cds!
 
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VeNT said:
he's getting different files each time tho, same ones every time here!

ok windows install finished, but the install was so screwed up its not able to recognise the DVD drive or even the PS2 mouse.
two of the files must relate to the plug and play system as theres two items down that end of device manager that are failed to install, but ofcorse no dvd = unable to install any drivers off the windows XP cds!
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Did you try resetting the bios and just installing that way? I know what you said about the voltages but you've got to be willing to try stock bios settings.
 
ok, just installed windows 2000 prof
install goes fine, 0 issues/errors
BUT
pc boots to windows, logs in, desktop loads, 3 2 1 crash,
not virus, not connected to network, nothing else installed, just falls over and reboots.
ram?
memtest runing AGAIN, no errors so far.
 
I would make sure that the Bios is updated and also try and use only one stick of Ram when you install windows.
I had a similar issue but in my case it was the hard drive....
 
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