Trouble Builiding up new PC, errors at installation start. Need urgent help!!

[Aqeel]

Hi all, I need urgent solution of this problem. This is a special request so please reply urgently to this query.
One of my friends had bought and Intel D865GBF/D865PERC motherboad with 3.0 GHz processer, 256 MB of DDR RAM and 80 G.B 7200 RPM Seagate Barcuda H.D.D.
The trouble is the installation process dosen't starts, whenever try to install Windows 2000 or XP we get errors when installation is starting and then its stops. The errors are;

 *** STOP: 0X00000000A (0X0000108, 0X0000002, 0X00000001, 0X80445C66)
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
***Addresss 80445C6 base at 804000000, Date Stamp 384d5a76 - ntoskrnl.exe

OR the other error

 KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED.
***Address 804D994A base at 80400000, Date Stamp 389d5a76

One important thing is I tried to use this hard drive along with my as secondry on my system but the system dosen't starts up.
Whats the real problem, is it with BIOS, RAM or Hard drive or the board itself because other Hard Drives are not working on that PC.
I think there is some kind of virus in Hard drives boot sector, or in RAM or BIOS if this is then how to clean them. I dont know the process.
Any help will be greatly apprecieted

[Spike]

After what point do these errors occur? Are they before the system even starts up, after the BIOS, after the Windows installation starts? Also, how are they displayed? Is it just a blue screen with that error on it?

[Aqeel]

Originally Posted by Spike

After what point do these errors occur? Are they before the system even starts up, after the BIOS, after the Windows installation starts? Also, how are they displayed? Is it just a blue screen with that error on it?

These errors occurs at different times, mostly when I start installation means... after selecting installation drive and formating it, when Windows installation files are to be loaded. Some times even before this, before selecting installation drive or formating it.
Yes, they are shown up on a blue screen.

[Spike]

I asked my friend who was having the same problem. He told me that it was actually the CD-ROM Drive not being able to load Windows from the CD. So all you have to do is either get a new drive or install Windows on a different computer (swap the hard drives) and then put the hard drive back in this new computer.

[Aqeel]

Originally Posted by Spike

I asked my friend who was having the same problem. He told me that it was actually the CD-ROM Drive not being able to load Windows from the CD. So all you have to do is either get a new drive or install Windows on a different computer (swap the hard drives) and then put the hard drive back in this new computer.

Thanks for your help Spike
But it's not the CD-ROM drive problem as I have even tried to install OS using Norton Ghost from another H.D.D and I'm still getting the same errors. Sombody on another forum asked me to use memtest to test my RAM and now I'm going to do this.
Any other suggestion/solution? Please write.

[David]

* You do not have a virus on the disk; the computer does not access the boot sector of the disk and execute code on it until you actually use the hard-disk as the boot device.

* There is no such thing as a “RAM Virus,” System memory is cleared every time the system starts with the Write-Read POST sequence.

• It is extremely unlikely you have a BIOS virus, and even less likely that it would cause Windows Setup to throw errors in that way.

* 0x:0A errors are generally caused by a corrupt memory module, swap the memory with memory from another computer, or remove one module and test it separately. This is most likely the cause.

* 0x:0A errors can also be caused by hardware failure at point of initialization during setup, if you have any PCI cards With the exception of PCIX Video display, you should remove them if the memory is not the cause.

[Aqeel]

Well the problem is finally solved now, all we have to do is change the RAM and power supply. They both were creating problems.
In the end thank you all for your effort and kind help