Ok guys heres the story, i've built literally hundreds of PC's but never actually built a pentium PC, always been AMD's. This is the first pentium i've touched and already its p*ssing me off lol
I've put everything together, its a Pentium D 2.8ghz 1gb RAM and 250GB HDD, Abit mobo. When I go to install Windows XP, it goes to the bit when its installing drivers at around 37 percent and will freeze, sometimes freezes at 36 or even 34 percent sometimes before that. BUT sometimes it freezes for about 2 second then goes to the blue screen of death. i've taken out the memory modules and tested them and they are fine. taken the processor out put it back in. i've also tried to free up all the cables inside so air circulation is good and tried installing without the case on. after leaving the computer on for a while i've quickly restarted it and went to bios to check the cpu temp and its around 45 to 55 degrees, is this normal for a pentium? (also tried a few different xp disks)
any suggestions would be of great help.
I've put everything together, its a Pentium D 2.8ghz 1gb RAM and 250GB HDD, Abit mobo. When I go to install Windows XP, it goes to the bit when its installing drivers at around 37 percent and will freeze, sometimes freezes at 36 or even 34 percent sometimes before that. BUT sometimes it freezes for about 2 second then goes to the blue screen of death. i've taken out the memory modules and tested them and they are fine. taken the processor out put it back in. i've also tried to free up all the cables inside so air circulation is good and tried installing without the case on. after leaving the computer on for a while i've quickly restarted it and went to bios to check the cpu temp and its around 45 to 55 degrees, is this normal for a pentium? (also tried a few different xp disks)
any suggestions would be of great help.