RES: Need Install Help - ASUS A7V8X-X, ASUS Radeon 7000

[Artur Sampaio]

I've got similar problems some time ago, in both linux and WinXP
I tried everything (memory tests, reinstall, swap memory, and so on...)
and finally discovered:
Just update your BIOS..... Incredible, no??

ASUS a7v8x-x, Athlon XP 2400+, 512 Mb DDR,
Maxtor 60Gb ATA100 7200RPM

Artur Sampaio



>Hi all, I'm in need of some help getting FC1 or 2 on a new box that I 
>built. Here are the basic specs:
>ASUS A7V8X-X mobo
>ASUS Radeon 7000 video card
>Western Digital 7200 rpm 80GB hd with 8MB buffer

>When I boot from either FC1 or FC2 disk 1, the results are identical.
It 
>correctly probes for the video card (ATI Radeon 7000), the monitor 
>ViewSonic VG800, the mouse type (Generic 3-button mouse, PS/2).

>X starts
>then I go through the new partitioning, where I let it do it 
>automatically. I set the time zone, my root pw, and select Desktop. I 
>configure my static IP information. When it starts to actually do the 
>installation, it stops X, and tells me that the install exited
abnormally. sending termination signals ... done sending kill signals
...
>done disabling swap ... unmounting file systems ... etc. you may safely
reboot

>and then it sits there.

>As I say, I have tried iso's from both FC1 and FC2. I have also tried 
>another harddrive of the same make and model (WD). On these hd's I
don't 
>have a jumper, because that is what the label says to do if there is 
>only a single hd. I have checked that my ide cables are correclty going

>from primary ide to the hard drive. There are no other devices on the 
>primary ide cable.

>What am I doing wrong???

>Clint