installing windows on new system

[onefew]

Im about to rip my hair out, so I figured I'd come and post and hope that someone has some idea as to whats going on.

This is the computer specs:
Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI mobo
BFG 6800GT OC PCIE
1GB Mushkin PC 2700 Dual Channel
etc.

Everytime I try to install windows, 1 of 2 things happen. Either it says that it was unable to copy a required file from the CD for installation (I've tried with 6 different CD's, all to the same avail) or if it manages to get past that, Ill get a BSOD during install, which let me tell you is pleasant. The error messages on the BSOD's are always different, and the file that it cant copy from the CD is always different. I dont understand whats going on. Please help.

Thanks

 

[Zelmo3]

How old is the hard drive? Sounds like it may be dying.

 

[daveybrat]

Give us more detailed info about your system. tell us the manufacturer and size of your hard drive, cdrom, power supply so we can get a better idea.

 

[robtk3]

Jumpers set correctly? Cables seated well?

 

[D1gger]

I've seen this problem when a memory chip was going bad. Try running memtest386.

 

[onefew]

thats exactly what it was, it was a problem with a stick of RAM, thanks guys