cannot install fc7, fc6, or fc5 on new machine

[Willem Riede]

On 7/20/07, Vicki and Dave Stevenson <vicndave at pacbell.net> wrote:
> I bought a few parts and built a little PC:
>    cpu:    AMD A64 X2 5600 2.8GHz AM2
>    mb:    ASUS M2A-VM HDMI (with on-board video)
>    ram:    4GB
>    hdd:    Seagate 750GB Sata II ST3750640AS
>    dvd:    Pioneer 18X DVD-RW SATA DVR-212D
>
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>
> So I tried fc5 from CD (tried both graphical and text mode) and both
> times it gave the following error (and then hung):
>    isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
>    BUG soft lockup detected on CPU#0!

It is always a good idea to verify the stability of hardware you've
put together yourself with memtest86+ from www.memtest.org (at least
overnight w/o errors).

Good luck, Willem Riede.