Is my motherboard or cpu bad?

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baeshin

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Hello, i was wondering if its my CPU or motherboard bad. It boots into BIOS and everything but it seems to fail to boot a Sata drive or when I install windows, it gets stuck at expanding files and sends me an error. I don't know if its my Motherboard's ram slots (I tested my ram on my brother's PC, and it worked fine) or my CPU

Specs:
Intel 4670k
MSI B85M-P33
Kingston 8Gb DDR3
 
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goonbar79

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What I recommend is two things.

1. Test your system minus the boot drive (hdd) - unplug hdd from system. burn a memtest86+ iso (google it, easy to find) as bootable cd, and runt that overnight to test system and ram stability. it will catch 95~98% of system issues.

2. Test your hdd. go here: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287 and find the brand of hdd to download and burn bootable iso image for your hdd. run a full erase (low level format, full format, etc) option and see if it finds any bad sector. Sometimes, full erase will fix some logical problems caused by incorrectly formatted drive issues. As long as the drive doesn't have any physical problem (bad heads, damaged platters, etc), it will work as normal again.

Even if the memtest passes, and hdd is normal, there is also a chance of mobo problem (such as sata controller, etc), in which case I recommend that you reset the bios on mobo, and try to switch sata connector on mobo (to another controller if there is more than 1). Basically try each sata port (0,1,2,3) to see if there is any difference. Also, use a new sata cable, as sometimes old sata cables causes data transfer issues.
 
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Probably he'll get a blue screen from that, different hardware drivers for the installation of windows in all likelyhood? Unless the two computers happen to be the exact same.

This could work, however, if you have enough space on the drive to create a new partition to install windows on, on your brother's HDD heheh, then boot windows PE and see if the install goes through like that.

Every individual component of your system can be tested for problems, you just need to know the methods to do them and have the patience and research to pull through and track down the problem. It's all logic and problem solving, get your school hat back on!
 
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baeshin

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Hey guys, thanks for all the replies. My hard drive is working I was using it yesterday just fine on my old build, and just tried it on my brother's PC and it installed windows fine; I built this one the same day. I also tested with my ram and my brother's Ram. Now it just gets stuck in the MSI start-up screen and freezes there. I tried to boot my hard drive and the Windows CD from the boot menu but now it just stays at the splash screen and freezes unless I CtrlAltDel or press the reset button. I'm considering it may be the motherboard and there's no way to test my i5 because he doesn't have the same socket but I'm kind of still unsure about it what do you guys think? It's been awhile since I built a PC and I've forgotten some of the things about it sorry for being a noob at it.
 
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If you are having problem during windows install from CD, it could be your cd or optical drive causing problem. Try to install with another CD/DVD, or using USB key.

Remember, mobo problem is very common, and NOT FIXABLE. If in doubt, try everything you can and RMA the mobo to the support website. Most respectable brands will send a replacement or at the least test the mobo and send the same one back without extra charge.
 
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