Installing windows

So now i have fixed my boot disk problem. I start up windows boot from cd, click f6 to install the drivers. I select the appropriate driver from the floppy drive, then it says loading file at the bottom and then all of a sudden it shuts off, but it doesn't shut of the screen turns off and everything inside is still working.

Could i get some more help please?

How long have you let it set when the screen shuts off?

Also, what are you loading windows on that is making you install the drivers for? Do you have a raid controller or something?

How do you know everything inside is still working? You talking about like your lights and fans are still on? Or do you think XP is still there in the background waiting for you?

Are you sure you even need to run the third party driver? Windows and many motherboards already have universal drivers that run most anything. Try it and see.

--Jers

By everything is working i mean all the fans and lights are on. And i am installing a sata drive and windows does not have the drivers for it. My motherboard supports it and it is set up in the bios, but windows does not ahve a driver for it. Also a new development it doesn't always do that somtimes it just shuts off (after i click the driver i want) or (after i click the driver i want) it freezes in the windows install screen.

Everything in the computer is brand new except the floppy drive which is god know how old. Probably from 97 or something, I have 2 both from really old comps of mine, so maybe the floppy drive is defective?

When i just leave it to set up windows without pressing f6 at the beggining, it get to the point where it says starting up windows and then it randomly turns off again like it did before.

I think i have fixed it once again... for now...

Sounds like corrupt floppy drive or disk. What fixed it for you?

i pulled out a different drive and a diferent disk and it started working... However i left it to install windows and when i left it was loading the exact same file as when i came back. So now there is a problem with it freezing in the middle (at the beggining) of windows setup.

ok. not sure if you addressed this earlier.. but why were you reinstalling windows again..

i know we had the problem recognizing the SATA controller but.. why were you doing it in the first place?

it may lead to the root of your problem... .

This is a brand new computer i build and i bought the drive oem and it was not formatted.

If it is any help it always gets stuck loading the file "Qlogic QLA1080, 64 bit PCI LVD SCSI HBA" I don't think it would really but worth a try. And if i don;t instal the drivers for the HD then it gets past here only to load a few more to hewlett packard netraid-4m raid controller, where it either shuts of or freezes.

what is the condition of your install cd????

sounds like you may have a dirty disk.

okay now it is just stopping whenever not just specific to that one thing, it just freezes.

When it turns of it doesn't really turn of, everything still keeps going the same way it was except the moniter doesn't show anything, it is just like when you have your computer turned of and the moniter power on. Except now it doesn't turn off now what it does is freezes. But i am installing win 98 to see if it will work and about 2% into the drive formatting at the beggining the screen turns of and stops detecting or whatever.

sounds like you have a hardware problem..

maybe temps????

in bios what is your cpu temp?

i left it on for 3 hours straigh to test it earlier maintaitained around 75 degrees celsius. Maybe the problem is was when i was building i put on the heatsink and i had to readjust it but half the thermal pad have come of. So since i had to rotate the heatsink i peeled the rest off but when i put it on there was about 20% of the cpu not covered by thermal gel. Could this be the problem?

EDIT: and i have nice cooling 3 120mm case fans and the heatsink that came with the cpu should be good enough...

just check it again now
cpu = 71 degrees
system 35 degrees
pwm1 45 degrees

Edit 2: hmm that is interesting... if i leave the moniter off i can turn it back on again... i will try this for a while and if it still works then that is cool. This cannot be a power issue though becasue i have a 600 watt power supply, it was on auto maybe it wasn't giving it enough power so i changed it to high. Hopefully this will work i will update in about 5, 10 min depending...

Edit 3: so i can still see stuff on my screen but nothing has changed. So basically the freezing issue is happening with win 98 instal now instead of the screen shutting off. Can someone please help me i have no idea what is wrong!!! Why won't ti let me instal windows?!?! (i know there are so many different reasons and that this is a really hard question to answer but please try your best)

Thats it i can't figure it out thanks for your help... but nothing helped i am going to take it in to a local computer store see what they can do with it. I fixed 3 problems been hung up on the third half the day, nothing has helped. I am so frusterated, i feel this is my only option. Once again thanks for your suggestions!

I would say hardware problem. Likely RAM or CPU related. And less possibly your CD-ROM drive or disc itself. And last likely, perhaps even your hard drive.

Before you take it in perhaps you could test your memory? Burn the ISO from http://www.memtest86.com/
Boot off that and see if it finds anything.

You better post about what the shop found when it's fixed!

I havn't taken it in yet i decided i would buy some better quality thermal gel. So far it seems to be doing the trick. HGasn't frozen yet and been setting up 10 min... i think this is a good sign to warly to tell though.

sounded like a temp problem, with all of the crazy freezing and...

hope it is fixed for ya.