First off, here's my setup:
Dynamax Case w/430W PSU
ASUS P4P800S-X Mobo
P4 3.0e CPU
2 x 512MB Kingston RAM
Geforce FX5200 256MB Video
Maxtor 250GB Diamondmax 10 HDD S-ATA
Anyway, I can't seem to get XP to install on this setup for anything. At first I tried the XP boot disk floppies and the computer would randomly restart about 3 minutes into the install. So I borrowed a copy of XP from a friend of mine and it did the same thing. So, I was thinking maybe it was a flaky power supply or the mobo.
So first I upgraded the BIOS to revision 1010 (latest revision) and then I decided I'd install Windows 98 and see how that went. Windows 98 installed with no problems whatsoever (aside from the 5 1/2 hour HDD formatting time). So after insuring that it was nice and stable, I popped the XP CD in and chose the "new installation" option. When the computer made it through the first 5 minutes of the install, I thought it was a done deal. It copied all the files over fine, and pretty much went through the whole installation with no problems. Then when it got to the last 2 minutes of the install (saving settings) it just turned off. So, I let it sit for a while and I tried it again, it picked up from the 40 minute mark and went through the install again, Again it died at the 2 minute mark. I tried it one more time with no change, so now I don't really know what to do with it.
Any help would be appreciated
Dynamax Case w/430W PSU
ASUS P4P800S-X Mobo
P4 3.0e CPU
2 x 512MB Kingston RAM
Geforce FX5200 256MB Video
Maxtor 250GB Diamondmax 10 HDD S-ATA
Anyway, I can't seem to get XP to install on this setup for anything. At first I tried the XP boot disk floppies and the computer would randomly restart about 3 minutes into the install. So I borrowed a copy of XP from a friend of mine and it did the same thing. So, I was thinking maybe it was a flaky power supply or the mobo.
So first I upgraded the BIOS to revision 1010 (latest revision) and then I decided I'd install Windows 98 and see how that went. Windows 98 installed with no problems whatsoever (aside from the 5 1/2 hour HDD formatting time). So after insuring that it was nice and stable, I popped the XP CD in and chose the "new installation" option. When the computer made it through the first 5 minutes of the install, I thought it was a done deal. It copied all the files over fine, and pretty much went through the whole installation with no problems. Then when it got to the last 2 minutes of the install (saving settings) it just turned off. So, I let it sit for a while and I tried it again, it picked up from the 40 minute mark and went through the install again, Again it died at the 2 minute mark. I tried it one more time with no change, so now I don't really know what to do with it.
Any help would be appreciated