Problems Installing SW on a new AMD System

Below are the specs of my system...everytime I put in the SW cd to
install, it won't install. I basically click on "install" when the
screen comes up, then the screen dissappears for about a minute...then
my system locks up.

Any suggestions ?

AMD 64 Bit 3400+ w/1600 Mhz FSB
AMD Approved Fan w/ Heat Sink
ASUS K8N NVIDIA nForce3 250
1GB PC3200 400Mhz Gold Leads DDR
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 Video Card 256MB
200GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
16x DVD±R Dual Format Burner w/SW
1.44MB 3.5" Drive

 

Virus program not shut down.
Drivers.
CD drive
Graphics card/driver ( disable the graphics card by installing the VGA
driver and see if that helps)

Do you get a blue screen. If so what does it say?

Have you run SiSoft Sandra to make sure everything is alright with the
system?

 

Do you have DEP Prevention turned on?

Control Panel / System / Advanced / Data Execution Prevention

I've noticed some problems with this and manually had to restrict certain
programs.

Also do a general check of the system for bad ram etc.

RT

...everytime I put in the SW cd to
install, it won't install. I basically click on "install" when the
screen comes up, then the screen dissappears for about a minute...then
my system locks up.

 

Good Morning,

I am just going to reply to everyone in this post to save time. I will
have to check into the DEP Prevention thing...it is set to whatever
default would be. I do not have anti-virus software even installed at
this point. The disk is fine, no scratches or anything. I don't think
that I even installed the nvidia graphics drivers yet...

I do have another CD drive at home, I will toss that thing in and try
to install from there. I will also get that SiSoft Sandra thing
(although I've never heard of it).

I do not get any errors...it basically locks the system up a few
seconds after clicking on "Install Solidworks". Thanks for the help,
and I will keep yall posted...