ok just assembled my computer today..
amd a64 4000
bfg 7800gtxoc
skyhawk 520w psu
abit an8 ultra mobo
zalman 120mm cpu fan
thermaltake shark full tower case
lg dvd burner/writer ide format
western digital caviar 250gb sata 2 16mb cache hdd
sony floppy
ocz gold ddr500 pc4000 512mb x 2 ram
brand new windows xp oem
ok, now, i have everything hooked up and i turned the computer on and it worked fine. once i realized it worked, i put in the windows key without changing any settings. it was all fine until it froze when installing. i tried installing it like 5 times... and it froze on a different file everytime. could this have something to do with the ide dvd drive and the sata 2 hdd? also, my mobo says it supports up to ddr400 ram, so could that be an issue?
also what is all this stuff about raid and such? i have my cd drive as first boot device and hdd as the second, ive switched those two around and different errors came around. What COULD be wrong?
amd a64 4000
bfg 7800gtxoc
skyhawk 520w psu
abit an8 ultra mobo
zalman 120mm cpu fan
thermaltake shark full tower case
lg dvd burner/writer ide format
western digital caviar 250gb sata 2 16mb cache hdd
sony floppy
ocz gold ddr500 pc4000 512mb x 2 ram
brand new windows xp oem
ok, now, i have everything hooked up and i turned the computer on and it worked fine. once i realized it worked, i put in the windows key without changing any settings. it was all fine until it froze when installing. i tried installing it like 5 times... and it froze on a different file everytime. could this have something to do with the ide dvd drive and the sata 2 hdd? also, my mobo says it supports up to ddr400 ram, so could that be an issue?
also what is all this stuff about raid and such? i have my cd drive as first boot device and hdd as the second, ive switched those two around and different errors came around. What COULD be wrong?