Vista Fresh Installation Issue

Hello,

Recently I just built my first custom rig. I installed all of the hardware and got all of the wiring done correctly. My problem is that when I insert the Vista OEM disc it will go to the black screen with the gray bar that says "Windows is loading files..." but after that the computer just goes to a black screen. The DVD drive also stops spinning after about 30 seconds and the hdd light stops blinking.

I have checked the DVD drive, hard drive, video card, and RAM and all are working correctly. I have the DVD drive listed as the first boot drive on BIOS. Also, I have tried installing with just the bare essentials as many searches of this problem through google have suggested but that didn't work either.

My system specs are:
asus p5q-pro mobo
western digital 6400aaks hard drive
intel e8400 dual core processor
LG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner SATA Model GH20NS15
EVGA 8800gt graphics card

Any help would be greatly appreciated... I am at a loss of what to do. Thank you

Hi,

I was having the same issue with my OEM Vista, and finally removed 2 GB of RAM so that I only had 1 stick remaining (1GB).
That seemed to do the trick.

Now I think I'll re-add those sticks and pray...

You didn't mention how much RAM you had, but perhaps this might help....

Good luck.