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XP installation issues

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Hey guys, new guy here, haven't done a thorough look-around yet, but I've got a problem I want to solve as quickly as I can. I put together a computer for myself a few months ago in which the PS literally blew up. I RMA'ed the PS (Antec 1000W) and put the replacement in and the computer worked fine for about 2 weeks, when the video suddenly stopped working. The computer would turn on and post, but no video output whatsoever. I tried a different video card and nothing still. I need two computers anyway, so I started replacing parts until I replaced every single component in the PC except the sound card. Still no video, until I reset the CMOS and bingo, video.:rolleyes: Turns out the original video card is also bad, so I don't know what else was effected by the PS explosion. Anyway, the computer as it stands right now is the following:

Antec Twelve Hundred case
Antec 850W PS
DFI LP UT X58-T3eH8 Mobo
Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz CPU
4GB (dual channel) Mushkin DDR3 1600
BFG GeForce GTX 285
WD Velociraptor 300GB HD
SB Fata1ity X-Fi sound card

Now, I was ecstatic when the video finally started working, but now I can't get XP to install. I have tried many times now, and I can format the HD without a problem every time, but during the setup file copying process, it stops at a random point and just sits. I thought maybe it was just hung on a certain file, so I let it go overnight (8 hours) one time and it was at the exact same % completion when I woke up. The HD and CDROM are both brand new, the CD has no scratches whatsoever, and I removed the sound card (only real unnecessary peripheral) to install. I also tried taking out one stick of ram, but that caused me to not get video again, so I put it back in and reset the CMOS again and left it the hell alone. Any ideas of what could be wrong? Thanks in advance!
 
Bump... Also tried making a copy of the CD and that didn't work either. Anyone have an idea?
 
I think if the disk were bad he'd get an error message from setup, especially after 8 hours (and lots of retries.) This sounds like a RAM, CPU or MB issue, probably more casualties. Especially when removing one stick of ram and not getting video. The reason you won't get video with bad ram is because the system can't initialize without good memory.

Run memtest86 and let it make at least a full pass.
 
Thanks for the replies, guys. I just don't have time to deal with the computer right now, so I took it to a repair shop this week to have them look at it. He called me today and it turns out to be a really easy fix if I had just done some research. Apparently the RAM slots on my mobo are numbered weird and the correct slots for running 2 sticks are the 2nd and 4th from the left. I had tried the 1st and 2nd and the 1st and 3rd because the mobo manual sucks. Anyway, thanks for the help, hope someone else can learn from my woes.:rolleyes:
 
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