XP Home Installation problems - Need help asap!

[Guest]

Hi all ...I really need help on this one.

I can't count how many times I've installed Windows without a hitch ... but
today I hit a wall!

Here are the details:

Newly built computer, all new components:
- Biostar motherboard M7NCG 400
- AMD Athlon XP 2200+
- 512 MB DDRAM PC 3200
- Western Digital 80G HD 8MB
- CD ROM
- CD-RW/DVD ROM combo
- floppy

That's it ... pretty basic.

Tried to install Windows XP Home, and have repeatedly gotten the following
error messages:

- Error that prevents setup from continuing
- Setup failed to instal the product catalogs. This is a fatal error. The
setup log files should contain more info.
- The digital signature catalog D:\i386\NT5.CAT could not be installed. The
error code is 6be
- The remote procedure call failed.
- The signature for Windows XP Home Edition setup is invalid. Error code is
6be.

I also keep getting fatal stop errors, that suggest changing the video
adapter (which I tried with the same result), and possibly updating the BIOS.
(which I haven't tried yet.)

Am I missing something? Overlooking something?
Any suggestions, comments, or ideas will be greatly appreciated. I need to
get this computer finished yesterday.

Thank you!

 

[Guest]

Is this an upgrade or a clean install?

 

[Guest]

Clean Install .... which I've tried several times. I even used the Western
Digital diagnostics disk to write zeroes to the hard drive, then do a clean
install.... same result.

 

[Guest]

I would suspect faulty hardware, probably the RAM. If you have a diagnostic
to check the RAM, I would run it. Otherwise try switching the memory in
different slots or just use 256 if your using two chips. There is a
possibility of it being other hardware, but I had a similar situation where
it turned out to be the memory.

 

[Guest]

I know it's 3 months later ... but just for the record, it did turn out to be
the RAM. The funny thing is, that I swapped out working RAM from one of my
computers, and I still got the same errors. I think it might have been a
compatibility issue with the type of RAM, because after I put in an upgraded,
faster stick of memory, it worked like a dream.

Thanks so much for your help ...
Enbee