Q: First my apologies to everyone if this issue is similar to another question answered. (Ive been to other forums, Im just trying to have some tension before I flamed: P diffuse)
Anyway, my friend recently built his own computer. His system specs are as follows:
Mobo: K7N2 Delta-ILSR
RAM: 2×512 Corsair PC 3200
Processor: AMD Athlon XP 3200 + CPU w / 400MHz FSB
HDD: Seagate 7200.7 80GB SATA HD (2) Raid 0
Graphics: ATI AIW Radeon 9600 XT is the AGP
Here deal. Ive worked on it for a while and Im stumped. Ive formatted the hard drive into two partitions, one 40 GB and the other 110 GB. The 40-GB Partition C: and that is where Windows is installed.
After the partition is formatted to NTFS, Windows will begin installing the drivers and files. The screen goes to the GUI installation, and then strange things begin to happen. It says that 39 minutes time, but that never changes. The green boxes in the bottom right keep moving, like the computer is still thinking and Windows Tips and information Column words change. Then the computer is not three different things: 1. Restart 2. Displays a Blue Screen of Death, with an error 3. or the computer crashes.
Ive tried different things like changing things the FSB speed in the BIOS (cause that worked for me), not partitioning the drives, and other things.
If who can help me with this problem, I would owe to you.
Thank you for your time guys.
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Re:I run memtest86 (or memtest86+) overnight on a new build before I install the OS to make sure the ram is OK. You might try that too.
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Re:thanks guys for your replies. I'll let you know what happened.
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Re:I agree with both of these recommendations and will further probe in the RAM direction.
Did you check the motherboard manufacturer's website and see if they recommend specific brands of RAM? It is remotely possible your Corsair is not supported, although it should be fine.
The probability is that one of the RAM sticks is bad. test the system with memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) or memtest86+ (http://www.memtest.org/) for at least 24 hours.
It is also possible the Power Supply needs to be replaced with a larger and stronger unit. Read Power Supply 101 (http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=10764) for more information.
EDIT:
By the way, that 40GB C: partition is too large. Make that C: partition somewhere between 18-25GB and it should be more than enough. Although I must admit I do not know what your specific needs are.
You can transfer all the users personal files to the D: partition by following this procedure:
copy C:\Documents and Settings\* D:\WinXP
Then login as each user on the system and go to:
right-click My Computer, select Properties, select Advanced tab, select Environment Variables button at bottom,
in the "User variable for <username>" section, create a variable named "USERPROFILE" and give it the value "D:\WinXP\<username>".
In the "System variables" section, create a variable named "ALLUSERSPROFILE" and give it the value "D:\WinXP\All Users".
If you desire, you may hide the D:\WinXP folder by right-clicking it and selecting Properties, then giving it the "Hidden" attribute, but only for that folder and not for its subfolders.
EDIT 2:
Please reset the bios back to its default configuration just in case anything was changed that should not have been. Such as memory configurations. You can make any alterations you wish later after the system is verified to work properly.
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Re:It is more than likely a memory issue. Try it with each stick of RAM separately for install. Also try it in a non-RAID config and see if that helps. More than likely it is a RAM stick though…
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Re:Tried the "basic necessities" approach, but still no good. Any other suggestions?
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Re:Thanks bro, I'll try that.
I'll update here if I run into anymore snags. 
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Re:Usually, when I run into something like that, I strip out all the stuff you don't absolutely need and then try to install. Take out or disconnect everything except for the one hard drive, the CPU, the memory, the vid card, and one CD Rom drive. The install and see what happens. If it no workie, then you might have an issue with the IDE controller or with the mobo/memory. If it works, then you can start adding other devices/drives one at a time to figure out where the problem is.
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