Troubling installing XP

[BadArseMav]

So I just finished building my first computer from parts ordered on tigerdirect. I started the desktopo up to begin installing Windows XP and everything seemed to be working fine. The computer recognizes my cpu, memory, harddrive and two bay drives. However when i inserted the xp cd nothing began so I then decided to insert floppy disks that I also have and once again nothing happens. I now see a floppy disk drive failure message on the initial screen so I put in another floppy drive but still the same problem and failure message. Does anyone have any ideas because right now I am stuck! Thanks

 

[Rick998]

The floppy drive failure is usually caused by the floppy drive cable being attached the wrong way round to the drive. Try taking the cable off the back of the floppy drive and turning the cable connector 180 degrees.

In the BIOS, check that it is set to boot from CDROM drive first.

Hope this helps...

 

[BadArseMav]

Ok that definetly helped but now it goes to a second screen after the Bios says boot from cd then just shuts off on its own.

 

[linney]

Try your luck in the Hardware Forum too.

http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=602