Computer Problem

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Motherboard: m4a79t deluxe (Asus)
Graphics Card: gtx 285 nVidia (EVGA)
RAM: 4gb Mushkin enhanced
Processor: 2.6 ghz quad core Phenom II (AMD)
Case: NZXT LEXA-NP black
Harddrive: Western Digital 500gb
Disc Drive: LG DVD drive

I don't think it is a problem with my hardware, but rather the operating system.

Operating System:
Vista 64 bit OEM



I got all the parts for my computer on Wednesday and put it together early early this morning. Putting the parts in was a tight fit, but all in all I finally finished installing the hardware. When I hooked it up to the monitor it wouldn't connect with the display. After countless hours on forums, I found that one of the ram sticks is bad so I switched it out and then it connected. When I put the vista installation disk in, everything went fine until the end of step 2 where it said "completing installation." The computer froze and after 2 hours of leaving it there I just had to restart it. Now it will go back into installation and give me the error that says something like "There was an unexpected restart, hit okay to restart your computer and restart the installation of windows vista." When I hit ok, it of course restarts the computer, but brings me back to the same error and I am caught in this infinite loop. Anyone have a solution?

have you tried booting from the vista disc again and do a clean installation. Else, try to install with least possible amount of peripherals attached. Also make sure your ram is on the QVL list.

Since you bought all the parts of your PC separately, did you first configure your BIOS correctly, especially the CPU/GPU/MEM timings and voltages?

Also, if you have multiple sets of memory try just putting one stick in the first slot only, and try different ones to see if a specific one is broken. Try this tool (freeware) to test the memory and make a bootable CD with the ISO on another PC: http://www.memtest.org

A freezing PC is most of the time a malfunctioning memory problem, or something (CPU/GPU) overheating...

P.S. Last thing: Is your PC plugged into a grounded power socket for it's electricity? (or whatever those things are called in English )

I was able to get it to work by putting the all 4gb of ram in which didn't make it work in the first place, then just had to format my HDD. Well, what can you expect from microsoft

TY to all those who helped ^^