Problem with budget PC build

[StratocasterMaster]

System specs:

1.35GHz Duron
MSI KM4-V (MS-7061
512mb DDR RAM
WD 80GB IDE HDD
On-board vid
On-board sound
On-board NIC

When attempting to install Windows XProfessional the system goes through the setup process of loading drivers, etc but once it gets to the point of "Setup is starting Windows..." it just stops there and doesnt progress to the rest of setup.

We have tried differant HDD's and get the same result. Windows 98:SE installed and works normally but ofcourse its Windows98 and who wants that when you have a perfectly good copy of XP at your disposal? Windows 2000rofessional would not install either which led me to believe it related to the mainboard and possibly the BIOS or IDE drivers. Off to MSI's webpage we found a BIOS update from 3/05 v1.4 which we flashed, all went okay with the re-flash but no improvements. Found VIA PIDE/RAID drivers and loaded them onto a floppy disk to manual install with the setup via F6 but doing so made no differance.

I'm at a complete loss as to what could be keeping this from progessing in the installation, we have even tried two differant Windows XP CD's and same result. I found nothing from MSI's site or from searching around the [H], I can only hope someone experianced this before and had a positive solution.

Any help is greatly appreciated,
~Kris

 

[UltimaParadox]

Not to be redundant, but i did not read anywhere that you stated you tried another CD drive, it could just so happen that the file you are trying to access is like on the outer rim of the CD, and the CD-rom you are using is just having issues.

 

[IceDigger]

built in video card motherboards are VERY picky about ram, make sure you are using the right brand.