w98setup errors while installing, general protection faults

[N8RL8R]

Working on a buggy computer that had some viruses and other anomolies. So many that I decided to just reformat the HD and start over. After formatting and about 30 seconds into the reinstallation process I get an application error. When I closed that it said I had a general protection fault and then said there was a stack dump. I tried a few different things (tried using different hard drive, running fdisk /mbr, using different 98SE disk) and it gives me the same error every time.

Here's the exact errors I get:

First error: W98SETUP caused a General Protection Fault in module GDI.exe at 0001:40C5

Second error: W98SETUP caused a General Protection Fault in module USER.exe at 0001:40B6

Then it closes to DOS and gives me this:
Standard Mode: Bad Fault in MS-DOS extender
Fault:000D Stack Dump 0000 0000 0070
Raw Fault Frame: EC=0000 IP=5EF7 CS=0367 FL=3087 SP=FFEE SS=02C7

It runs through these errors in this same order every time I try to reinstall windows. I've tried formatting again but it just does the same thing. Any help would be appreciated. I'm stuck. Thanks much!

 

[ski]

It may be due to bad or loose RAM.
Remove and reseat it.
If no good, then insert it in different slots.

If still no luck, then d/l memtest86 and copy it to a floppy on another system.
Then, run the floppy on the problem system to check the RAM.
Also, test each RAM module individually if there's more than one.