Really slow install

[Sam Currie]

>> Hello,
>>
>> I've just finished building a new ripper machine and I can't get 8.04.1 to
>> install.  The installer is really slow, I mean so slow it takes about 5 mins
>> before the Ubuntu loading splash screen displays.  The splash screen is so
>> slow you can actually see the screen draw the status bar that moves back and
>> forth!
>>
>> I have tried both the normal desktop CD and the alternative and both have
>> the same issue.  I found a mention of booting the Live CD (Which took nearly
>> 2 hours) and creating a swap partition.  But this did not fix the installer
>> for me.
>>
>> I have also run the CD test for the two disks I have and both passed.
>>
>> I have tried loading BIOS safe defaults, but to no avail.
>>
>> I tried install Windows XP and that installer worked properly.
>>
>> Hardware spec is:
>> Intel E8400 CPU
>> MSI G31M3 motherboard
>> Kingston Value RAM 2 x 2048 MB chips
>> Seagate Baracude ES 500 GB SATA drive
>> Sony DVD SATA drive
>>
>> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> -Sam
>>
>>
>    You have serious hardware failures. Check your computer!
>
> Karl

Well Karl was right!

I dismissed hardware failure initially because Windows XP installed
and appeared to operate properly.  But then I noticed that Windows is
only seeing about 3.4 GB of the 4 GB of RAM installed.  Long story
short, I have a faulty dimm.

Thanks to everyone for their help.

-Sam