Baffling Installation Problem

[Guest]

Today I recieved an OEM copy of Windows Vista Home Basic 64 bit, and
attempted it to install it into my recently assembled rig (Athlon 64X2 4400,
MSN-X, 2gb ram, DVDrw). It appeared to boot; a progress bar appeared saying
windows was copying files, then when it completed, a smaller green bar like
the one that appeares when XP starts up appeared over the words: "microsoft
corporation" this too finished, and was replaced by a green/blue screen and
the mouse cursor (which moves) unfortunately, nothing further happens. no
options or instructions appear, it simply stays this way indefinitely, unless
i switch off the pc.

what could be causing this?

 

[Guest]

Are you booting from your CD/DVD Drive?

 

[peter]

You listed everything but Hard Drives and Mobo .......which would help to
narrow the problem...
OEM versions need to be installed onto an empty HD...........
peter

 

[Guest]

The motherboard in an Asus MSN-X Nforce 520, the harddrive is a new OEM
hitachi 160gb Sata. every thing seems fine on the bios, could the GFX card be
the problem? I am booting from a SATA DVD. I've heard something vague about
certain SATA optical drives not being able to boot Vista properly, and also
about certain GFX Cards preventing proper boot as well. unfortunately i cant
take out the GFX card because there is no integrated option