Vista 64 install madness

[websemantic]

Hi, I've built my new machine and all was working - all that was left was to install Vista 64. That went wrong and I've been battling it for hours with no success.

Asus P5Q3 mobo
Velociraptor and Samsung F1, Asus DVD player - all SATA
Windows Vista 64
Corsair 2x2GB DDR3 RAM

Everything seems to be working from a mecanical point of view. When I try to install Vista, the first time it just hung at the "please wait" screen. It now hangs at various points. The furthest I got was to input the Licence number and select the Velociraptor drive. Then it copies the files and starts expanding them but sticks here.

I suspect it may be a driver problem but I'm not sure where to start with that. Any advice would be lovely.
Cheers.

[SNBAD]

erm..... just a thought, try slipstreaming service pack 1 into your vista boot disc with nLite

[websemantic]

que? Sorry, not that knowledgable in this area so I didn't understand a word of that. I'll look up nLite and see what I can do with it - thanks for the pointer.

[burtie]

Try it with one memory stick in the motherboard.

[websemantic]

Thanks for the reply. Do you mean copy the drivers onto a memory stick and use that or just put a stick in and try it then? Sorry if I am being dim...

[SNBAD]

nLite is so easy to use, it can add files,drivers and such. it makes a duplicate copy of your boot cd but then you can add files or remove them (make your own version of windows if you want) good luck

[burtie]

Thanks for the reply. Do you mean copy the drivers onto a memory stick and use that or just put a stick in and try it then? Sorry if I am being dim...

No take one of your memory sticks that are in you motherboard out and try to load vista with just one 2gb stick running.

[websemantic]

No take one of your memory sticks that are in you motherboard out and try to load vista with just one 2gb stick running.

Ahhh, thanks. I wil try that.

[websemantic]

In case it helps anyone, I got Vista installed by following as close as I could these instructions: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20080511003142906&board_id=1&model=M3A32-MVP+DELUXE%2fWIFI-AP&page=1&SLanguage=en-us.