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Gavin78 · 28-01-2011, 00:21

basically I ordered a new tower case (Antec darkfleet DF-85)

simple all it was just a port from the old tower to this one....however true pc style is wont install windows.

I had a SSD as main HD running windows 7 64bit although it was a crap SSD so kept getting random blue screens (memory dump)

Didn't think much of it on this case I have a hot swap drive at the top for 2.5ich SSD drives. I put it in and windows booted up but it kept locking up. so decided to make my 500gig master and take away the SSD and went for a reinstall. the win7 is an upgrade so usually have to install xp then win 7.

123456 attempt it locked up at 20% format of drive although it was really slow getting to the F8 bit to accept took about 5 mins managed to get it to install windows XP as far as driver.cab froze at that.

I tried again a few times after that and all it does it lock up at 20% if I go for the full format it gets to 100% and freezes.

I have 8 gig of ram took out 6 gig to see if that made a difference and it didn't and a took out the sound and usb connecters that are part of the tower.

Still made no difference I also removed the cd drive and used the external one I have and that blue screens on me when it starts to load windows.

So basically I am stuck now what i should do next.

Tomorrow I am off work so will get a chance to try a different graphics card make sure my other wasnt botched and also take out the creative sound card and try installing from basics.

I might as well add that I had to flash the bios to run the AMD x4 965BE. it seemed to ge well and it was working for the last 2 days in my old tower unless its decided to screw up now. bios has a backup to copy over just incase.

my last option would be to go back to ,my old tower, CPU x2 7850BE and retrace my old steps.

If all else fails its a new Mobo (proper AM3) and some DDR 3 ram.

28-01-2011, 00:21	#1
Gavin78 Ice Cold Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West Yorkshire Age: 47 Services: XL TV M Phone 1000MB BB Posts: 1,566	cont....from psu thread pc wont install..... basically I ordered a new tower case (Antec darkfleet DF-85) simple all it was just a port from the old tower to this one....however true pc style is wont install windows. I had a SSD as main HD running windows 7 64bit although it was a crap SSD so kept getting random blue screens (memory dump) Didn't think much of it on this case I have a hot swap drive at the top for 2.5ich SSD drives. I put it in and windows booted up but it kept locking up. so decided to make my 500gig master and take away the SSD and went for a reinstall. the win7 is an upgrade so usually have to install xp then win 7. 123456 attempt it locked up at 20% format of drive although it was really slow getting to the F8 bit to accept took about 5 mins managed to get it to install windows XP as far as driver.cab froze at that. I tried again a few times after that and all it does it lock up at 20% if I go for the full format it gets to 100% and freezes. I have 8 gig of ram took out 6 gig to see if that made a difference and it didn't and a took out the sound and usb connecters that are part of the tower. Still made no difference I also removed the cd drive and used the external one I have and that blue screens on me when it starts to load windows. So basically I am stuck now what i should do next. Tomorrow I am off work so will get a chance to try a different graphics card make sure my other wasnt botched and also take out the creative sound card and try installing from basics. I might as well add that I had to flash the bios to run the AMD x4 965BE. it seemed to ge well and it was working for the last 2 days in my old tower unless its decided to screw up now. bios has a backup to copy over just incase. my last option would be to go back to ,my old tower, CPU x2 7850BE and retrace my old steps. If all else fails its a new Mobo (proper AM3) and some DDR 3 ram.