Windows XP Setup Problem, PLS HELP!!

[revelin333]

I'm having a problem with windows setup, when I power up, I get the "Press any key to boot from cd", which I do, then I get the "Windows setup is detecting your system's hardware ", then, instead of the blue loading screen, it just goes black.

I can hear the drive working, but nothing happens. I have the Corsair RAM with the 'ram access' lights that light up when the ram is being accessed, and they don't change, thereby telling me that there is no memory activity.

Windows and Linux boot fine however, when there is no CD in the drive, and the cd-rom drive works fine as well, when used after the OSes boot. It even boots with my Linux setup disc, just not with the Windows disc. I have tried updating the BIOS to the latest, with no result. The correct boot device priority is also set (cdrom - harddrive - removable) in that order.



My system specs are:

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe MB
AMD Athlon 64 +1800 1.8GHz
ASUS E616P3 DVD-ROM (Primary)
ASUS 1608P DVD-RW (Secondary)

Win XP Home SP2/ Fedora 6 dual OS w/ GRUB bootloader

Fedora occupies hda1 and hda2 partitions
Windows occupied hda3 and hda4 partitions

GRUB is installed on the MBR, as opposed to the First sector of the Boot partition.

Any help greatly appreciated.