New computer won't load OS

[Mitchydkid]

I have built a new machine for a friend but cannot get the darn thing running. The problem is this...when installing Win2K, I get past drive format, the disk check, then it says "making a list of files to copy" and starts copying files. Each instal attempt has the same problem at seemingly random parts of this process ( 9%, 15%, etc.) the machine freezes and the HDD light goes out. The CD Rom then spools down and it is end of story. Sometimes, after it freezes, the blue install screen goes away and I get a black screen with verticle red bars, one letter wide, with the letter "w" in the bars. This last thing is a 30% of the time occurence.

Here is what I have done:
I have switched every piece of hardware over to known good parts with the exception of the P4 1.8Gig cpu and the Asus P4B266 mobo. No workie.
I have played musical chairs with the memory sticks looking for bad or misplaced memory. No workie.
I have checked all connections and used different HDDs. No workie
Finally, I used a different computer to load Win2K on to a hard drive and then put the drive into the new machine. Result....During windows startup screen I get a Blue Screen O' Death. No workie.

I am scared that the Mobo might be the problem or the CPU because those are the only things that have not been changed out yet.
Any ideas? Could there be a BIOS or MOBO config I am over looking?

Thanks for reading this long post and offering suggestions.
Dale

 

[mastertech01]

See if it will let you go into safemode, and install the drivers for your motherboard. If the original install was in a different system it installed all the drivers for that system. The original problem may have been that you needed to install drivers for the IDE controller. You may want to remove any PCI cards and just leave video card in, then add the others after the install is stable.