Can't get to 1st boot setup wizard

[raskren]

First, I posted this here because it is a Windows Xp issue and not at all related to Media Center...even though it is Media Center. Got it?

I just added all the Post SP2 hotfixes and MCE Rollup 2 to my DVD (SVCPACK method). At this point it is not unattended. I have also added two RAID drivers that I need for my machine.

Installation appears to run normally. After the second restart I see the Windows Xp image with the blue loading animation for just a second and then the machine reboots. I am not able to boot into safe mode at all and turning on boot logging does not generate a log. To complicate matters even further, this installation works in VMware!

I haven't had MCE on my machine in ages so I am unsure as to whether or not this is an issue with my hardware or my install source. I looked at some of the logs, namely setuperr.log and there are no entries.

Any idea what could be wrong? I may try installing this onto another machine in a day or two.

Edited November 2, 2005 by raskren

[cluberti]

Usually a machine rebooting at this stage would signify a hardware issue - have you tried removing everything but your video card and a known-good stick of RAM from a working machine?

[raskren]

Usually a machine rebooting at this stage would signify a hardware issue - have you tried removing everything but your video card and a known-good stick of RAM from a working machine?

I've removed a few USB perhipherals but nothing else. Regular Windows Xp installs just fine and I've had MCE installed on this box before.