Fedora 11 Install Problems

[double0scotty]

For the last couple of days I've been trying to install Fedora 11 x86_64 without success on my new machine, specs below.

Intel Core i7-920 2.66Ghz
MSI X58 Pro
7200 SATA Drive (can't remember the make)
6GB RAM

So first off I tried install the 32bit live cd and that worked without any problems and installed fine. Only problem is I need access to the full 6GB of RAM so I really need to switch to the 64bit version.

I downloaded the full x86_64 install DVD and burnt it off. Rebooted and began the installation. It was going fine until it started installing the packages. The install seemed to freeze, although the mouse would still move. I left this for 10 minutes just incase it kick started again, but there was no HD activity or DVD activity so I gave up and rebooted to try again. The next time I started the install I had problems with it freezing while partitioning. I was beginning to think something was up with my hard drive or the drivers for the hard drives controller weren't working correctly (could still be the case).

After about 20 attempts with it freezing at various points I gave up and decided to try the x86_64 live cd. This booted with no problems so I started the install from the desktop.

First thing I noticed was a kernel error pop up after I started the drive partitioning. Something about dereferencing a pointer in the kernel (0x20) (sorry no additional info at the moment, if needed please ask). This got me thinking the kernels not playing nice with my setup. However, it let me continue and copied the live image onto the hard drive. Then it started going through the post installation steps and this is where I got another kernel error (again I can get this if needed) and the window froze and all activity seemed to stop again.

Has anyone got any ideas what could be causing these problems. I've also tried a CentOS 5.2 x86_64 version I had lying around and this had similar problems (although this does use anaconda as the installer too).

Any help would be much appreciated.

[double0scotty]

OK, so I think I've solved the problem as I'm typing this in fedora. I'm adding this in for anyone else who has a similar problem.

I needed to change the DRAM Voltage in the BIOS. The RAM I had was specified at 1.65V and having the BIOS set to auto (I'm guessing) caused this to set the RAM to 1.65V. According to the intel specs if the voltage is set to 1.65V it can cause damage to the processor. I altered mine to 1.6V and everything seems to be working fine.