Windows install problem

Simonnn · 20 Aug 2006 at 19:40

I completed my first built computer the other day but am having issues with windows. When I install it it gets to the part where it says it is copying files and comes up with the message saying some files are missing. I managed to borrow a copy from my dads work incase I had a damaged cd but it does the same bringing up the same files as missing. I tried skipping but this brings up a fatal error later, I cant see that I managed to get two faulty cds so could it be a hardware issue?

Can anybody give me a hand with what could be up?

Simonnn · 20 Aug 2006 at 22:20

this is going to be annoying, ive not done any overclocking, wouldnt know where to start. So it looks like something hardware is faulty?

Simonnn · 20 Aug 2006 at 22:36

Would it just be down to faulty hardware or could it be incompatable?

my spec is:

CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM

CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU

GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

HD-113-MD Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 320GB 6V320F0 SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

CP-137-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - OEM

HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)

MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

edit: I've jsut read this, not sure what it means but could this be the problem?

Some people have said that the DS4 is alright with geil, it posts but you have to go into the bios to up the vdimm to the Geil's stock. The board seems to be set a bit low.

(I don't have one but there is certainly a thread on this, I think it was called something along the lines of "To all current and future DS3, 4 owners")

Simonnn · 21 Aug 2006 at 17:37

burnsy2023 said:
Run memtest (http://www.memtest86.com/) to test for memory errors.

Burnsy

Im running this at the moment, does it get to a point and actaully finish or keep looping? Have been going nearly two hours now.

Where it says errors its currently at 4365000 and counting, im guessing that pretty bad, so would that suggest its time to return the RAM?