HELP

[nuts]

most likely a problem with your hardware like ram. try
removing all non essential devices and swaping out the
ram. then try again. also might try resetting the bios.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hey guys, lets see if someone can help me with my
>problem here. I just build a new computer AMD ATHLON
>XP2400, 512DDR, ATI128MBDDR,WD 120GB 7200RPM, 12XDVD,
>52X24X52 CDRW. I i format and partition the hard drive,
>and then insert my Windows Xp Pro Full Cd, i boot from
cd
>and the blue installation screen shows up, at the bottom
>it shows the "press f6 for raid drivers or w/e" then
>the "press f2 for recovery". After that it basicly
>freezes, except it is still at the blue screen and it
>still says windows xp installation at the top, but no
>messages at the bottom, and i cant ctrl-alt-del to
>reboot, i've tried 2 different Xp Cds. i have to either
>press reset or shut it down and reboot.I've tried 2
>different Xp Cds. So i installed windows 98, and it
works
>just fine. I tried to upgrade from 98se to Xp, still,
>once it gets to that screen, shows the 2 messages then
>freezes at the blue installation screen. I'm not sure
>what this is, i've formatted twice. I'm all out of
ideas.
>If anyone could help me i'd greatly appreciate it.
> THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, JUSTIN
>.
>