*Sorry, I don't know why my previous post got messed up; all I wanted to do was update.*
I was reading this thread, and I was sold on getting myself an 8K5A2+
I've been trying for the last few days to install windows XP or 2K (even tried Win98). (on an Epox 8K5A2+ With Corsair DDR3500 CMX512-3500C2, A 60 Gig Maxtor 7200RPMD740X-6L, An Athlon XP 2200+ (Throughbred), The power supply is a 431 Watt Enermax Whisper EG465P-VE (FC) Cased in an Aluminum Alloy Kingwin KT-436 The Video Card is an MSI TI 4600, And an Aopen DVDROM.) In every attempt to install there has always been some kind of lockup or a blue screen error (different error messages).
The error messages are random. The closest I've gotten to successfully installing Windows XP is when setup was at the ?saving configuration? stage and it was 2 minutes from finishing. But that only happened 2 times, once it was 2 minutes away and once it was 5 minutes away. Other than that, the Lockup usually follows the "Setup is starting Windows" (Blue Screen stage, after Loading some initial files).
I have swapped different RAM chips (A PNY DDR chip) and HDD (Another one just like the mentioned above with which I was considering to use RAID Striping, and a 20 Gig western Digital) I've even tried swapping my G4 Ti with a G2MX, and I've played with all kinds of BIOS settings. I have even updated the BIOS with the ALT+F2 method. 5a2p2815.exe dated 08/15/02. I can't even get Windows 98 to install, but I actually got MS-DOS 6.22 to install.
If any one has any suggestions, or knows any way I could get this to work I would greatly appreciate it.
* At this point considering russr's suggestion (thanks for taking the time to address my issue), that it's probably a faulty motherboar, I have decided to contact Epox and see if they reply, and what they would say.
* SP33Demon (thanks for taking the time to address my issue) : ALL 3 of my CDs can't be scrached (I try to take good care of them by keeping them encased in a CD holder.)... And I've used them before and they've ALL worked. Lastly, at this point I am DESPERATE so if I could get 98 to work, I would use it (hell I would even use Windows 95!). But ideally I would prefer using 2K over 98 and XP over any other.
System config:
(2x) Corsair DDR PC 3500 CMX512-3500C2
60 GB AT Maxtor D740X-6L (7200 RPM Ultra ATA/133)
An Athlon XP 2200+ (Throughbred)
The Video Card is an MSI G4Ti4600-VTD
And an Aopen DVDROM
Power supply is a 431 Watt Enermax Whisper EG465P-VE (FC)
Case Aluminum Alloy Kingwin KT-436