Problems Installing SW on a new AMD System

[erierugby]

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

 

[TOP]

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?

 

[Rich]

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.

 

[SxWx]

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...