Guys,
I had the exact same issue. I tried everything (unpluging everything, changing hardware, BIOS setup, etc...) nothing really worked.
I finally found a post saying that this was due to idle behavior, in particular mouse and keyboard idle behavior.
I finally got it working keeping moving the mouse and typing on the keyboard during the install... sounds crazy but it worked.
You ll also need to change the power setup once the install is done. Unless you set it to "High Performance", you ll keep facing this freeze issue.
Hope this helps
Good luck