Problems installing XP

Ok so I just built a new computer and everything is plugged in correctly. I reformated the hard drive and tried to install Windows XP. The reformatting was fine. The problem is when I tried to install XP. I get the following message during the installation:

Right now the machine has an AMD Athlon 64 processor with one gig of memory in it,

 

It could be memory. If your 1GB memory is on two sticks of 512MB, try removing one and then the other to see if the stop error gets resolved.

Another possibility is if you're using a SATA drive, you might need to install the SATA drivers before continuing the XP install. (Early in the installation, there is a message to hit F6 if you need to install special drivers).

 

I think its a driver issue, something to do with giving wrong I/O instructions. Possibily your video card. ATI Radeon video adapter used to give that error on Windows 2000, not sure about XP.

 

My one gig of memory is on one stick and I'm using an IDE hard drive. I'm also using the onboard video so I don't think it could be the video card. Do you guys have any other explanations for this?

 

Its a memory problem, try replacing it with a friends memory stick to see if it solves it, if so have the memory replaced.

 

Go here http://www.memtest.org/ This can be put on a floppy or the iso to a CD. Boot from either and run program to test your memory.

 

Thanks everybody. I just got 212992 errors with my current memory stick. I guess I have to get another one.