I've just managed to put together a new build of the following parts;
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Gigabyte DS3 Motherboard
2GB GeIL PC6400 Ultra Low Latency Ram
HIS 1900XT
PC7+ Case
Seasonic 500W PSU
74GB Raptor (main O/S drive)
250GB Seagate 7200.10
However I've encounted a bit of a problem with installing certain applications / games...
Basically I'm unable to install few applications so far (worried there maybe more however I'm unable to verify yet) these include;
- Windows Vista (5532) as during the installation process it says it's unable to load a file
- Half Life 2 (gets to the actual install, after clicking next a few times it trys to install the game and then the install screen just disappears, I try load the installer again and it says one is already running)
- Microsoft Office 2003 (installer stays stuck in progress bar, then after a while the application has magically installed)
I've tried swapping DVDRWs with the one in my parents PC and I get the same issues even with that, I've also tried swapping the IDE cable to see if it was that; again it didn't fix anything... the strange thing here is that if I try and install Half Life 2 on my parents PC it installs fine (with her DVDRW that I've also tried in mine)
I recently flashed the BIOS to version F5 and loaded fail-safe and optimised defaults and again, no fixes.
.. Any ideas what could be causing all these errors?
It's strange that most things install fine; I've managed so far to install Prey, Lego Starwars, Flat Out and drivers etc not to mention Windows XP.
Mmm
could it be a RAM issue by any chance? I've ran memtest for 1h and it came up with no errors.. I've yet to try and run something like SP2004.. I'll do that tomorrow.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Gigabyte DS3 Motherboard
2GB GeIL PC6400 Ultra Low Latency Ram
HIS 1900XT
PC7+ Case
Seasonic 500W PSU
74GB Raptor (main O/S drive)
250GB Seagate 7200.10
However I've encounted a bit of a problem with installing certain applications / games...
Basically I'm unable to install few applications so far (worried there maybe more however I'm unable to verify yet) these include;
- Windows Vista (5532) as during the installation process it says it's unable to load a file
- Half Life 2 (gets to the actual install, after clicking next a few times it trys to install the game and then the install screen just disappears, I try load the installer again and it says one is already running)
- Microsoft Office 2003 (installer stays stuck in progress bar, then after a while the application has magically installed)
I've tried swapping DVDRWs with the one in my parents PC and I get the same issues even with that, I've also tried swapping the IDE cable to see if it was that; again it didn't fix anything... the strange thing here is that if I try and install Half Life 2 on my parents PC it installs fine (with her DVDRW that I've also tried in mine)
I recently flashed the BIOS to version F5 and loaded fail-safe and optimised defaults and again, no fixes.
.. Any ideas what could be causing all these errors?
It's strange that most things install fine; I've managed so far to install Prey, Lego Starwars, Flat Out and drivers etc not to mention Windows XP.
Mmm
could it be a RAM issue by any chance? I've ran memtest for 1h and it came up with no errors.. I've yet to try and run something like SP2004.. I'll do that tomorrow.
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