i just ordered a brand new computer i got the
antec 900
MSI970-G65
AMD Phenom II 955
Sappire 4890
Muskin RAM 2GBx2GB
WD 640 GB Harddrive
HP DVD burner
Corshair 850 watt PSU

i put this all together and booted up everything seemed fine....
but when i try and install windows it freezes up at random spots
i also tryed a vista disk and it also will randomly freeze up.

i tried a different hard drive and DVD drive will no success
i tried taking one stick of ram out and leaving the other stick in
and vise versa. but nothing im doing this project for my senior project and this would be really great if i could get some help on this problem
THANKS!

Check your BIOS settings. What mode is your Hard Drive working (legacy, AHCI, Raid)?
You may need to change that a time or two till you get it working.

If you are running a raid, make sure you initialize the raid before installing windows.

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New PC :
New: Phenom 9500 Quad 2.2, 4gb ram XP Pro 64-bit (Sata 0), XP Pro 32 bit (sata 1), 40 eide HDD (music), Pioneer Blu-Ray Burner, HP Multidisk CD-RW/DVD-Rom, 2x250 Seagate HDD's, ATI Radeon 3870, Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe WiFi-AP

Old PC:
P4 1.5GHz, 768 Ram, hda-80Gb (80Ubuntu), DVD R/RW

No im not running raid and it should be running the normal way? im pretty new at this what do i want it on?

thanks soo much

Ahhh... check for an OS Install setting. Many Bios' have one. It may need to limit the amount of RAM accessed by your computer when installing the OS.

Other than that.. What is the Drive Operation set on? That is the point.
If it is on RAID, change it to AHCI
If it is on AHCI, change it to IDE/Legacy.
If you don't have AHCI, Change from RAID to Legacy/IDE

IDE/Legacy is the lowest. You may need to turn off any settings that say you will use VM (virtual Machines/virtualization).

Those are the start points.
Oh, I'm jealous on the processor. I like AMD, Not upset with Intel, but not limited to one or the other.

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I'm here, you may now make your next two wishes.

Beat Me, Whip Me, Make Me Use Windows!!

Every Piece of Electronic Equipment runs on a finite amount of smoke. The systems are normally very efficient at reclaiming the smoke and recycling it, however, should you do something to let the smoke out, your system will become useless.

SAVE THE SMOKE !!

New PC :
New: Phenom 9500 Quad 2.2, 4gb ram XP Pro 64-bit (Sata 0), XP Pro 32 bit (sata 1), 40 eide HDD (music), Pioneer Blu-Ray Burner, HP Multidisk CD-RW/DVD-Rom, 2x250 Seagate HDD's, ATI Radeon 3870, Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe WiFi-AP

Old PC:
P4 1.5GHz, 768 Ram, hda-80Gb (80Ubuntu), DVD R/RW

thaylok knows what he is talking about from the looks of it