FC11 x86_64 install freeze

[jlfessler]

Fedora 11 (64 bit) installation on a clean system hangs at various points. The farthest it's gotten is just over half of the 1035 packages tagged for installation (cd 2 of 6 was the last prompted). At that point, the screen goes black except for a blinking cursor in the upper left corner. Keyboard is dead (e.g. cap/num lock is unresponsive).

Other attempts have stalled at other spots, such as creating the file system - system became unresponsive, no mouse movement, etc.; or installing brasero-libs when it simply stopped installing, mouse/keybd were OK, CD would not respond or eject.

These situations persist when using basic video mode, along with acpi=off and ide=nodma. Below is a description of the hardware in use.

Any and all help would be appreciated.

Regards,
-Joe

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3LR
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Kentsfield Q6700 2.66 GHz
RAM: 4 GB
HDD: 300 GB Seagate IDE ST3300831A as master, single cabled with CD-ROM as slave connected to the sole IDE motherboard port
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

[coopstah13]

perhaps a corrupted download or burn? Maybe you should install only what is on the live(dvd/cd) and then add the things you want after, having only one disc reduces the points of failure.

[jlfessler]

Not to inject politics, but one of the few things I had in agreement with Reagan was "trust but verify". I forgot that guideline.

The trouble turned out to be faulty RAM.

Perhaps this can be a caution to others... take nothing for granted.

Thanks.
-J