wont boot Windows 7 totally stumped

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hi, one day I booted my computer up like any other and bare In mind it is a custom pc and It is under 3 month old and yeah I was in game on battlefield 3 and it crashed so I thought nothing of it I just shut my pc down by holding the power button then I restarted it, it made be click system repair then i started the game back up and was playing for hours then it happened again so when I clicked system repair I just get a black screen so I tried again and clicked start without repair and I get a black screen again I thought it could have been RAM so I tested it in my friends pc and it worked I tested my graphics card in my friends pc that works fine tried the PSU that's fine and after some research I found out it was leaning toward the Hard drive being corrupt so I ventured out today and bought a new hard drive and when I plugged it all in all that fired it up with the original windows 7 disk I bought thinking that i would do a fresh install and everything would be fine but to my horror it wont read it it just says loading files and then after that I get a black screen so I no it isn't the hard drives at all that only leaves one thing the motherboard but the cpu fan spins everything works on it fine it just wont boot at all or read the windows 7 disk it isn't the disk drive I know that I tried that on my friends psu so it could only be the motherboard. I tried a program called DBan and that booted up straight away and when I went to click format hard drive it just sticks and wont go no further I tried safe mode but it says loading files and just stick's after loading a few files I have went into bios and made sure everything was fine so I think im going to get a new motherboard. I went to the windows 7 website and downloaded windows 7 home premium 64 bit ISO. burned it to a disk and it does exactly the same thing so I really have no clue now.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK I AM AT A REAL LOOSE END ANY HELP WELCOME.


PC SPECS.
amd FX 6300 4.2GHZ
GTX 690
8GB corsair vengeance
750w corsair psu
1TB western
1TB Seagate
window 7 64 bit home premium
asrockN68c-gs FX am3+
4 120mm fans
 
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haha thats excellent, kitchin ftw.
Well gl, another possibility that could be completely un related to hardware is the boot manager may have become corrupt which would support your initial idea of hard drive error - but a new hard drive, fresh install and the same symptom. Really does point to the storage controller/north bridge/south bridge error.

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Sorry Karl, my brain hurts after trying to read this - you need to format things so that it's easier to read (not one big chunk of text)!

If you purchased this as a 'custom PC' then contact the seller.

If you built this yourself then very carefully reconfirm all motherboard and peripheral connections.
 

Darren Kitchin

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Like Mesa said re check all connections by doing a quick re build, also has this machine been used for over clocking etc? If so what parts, it is possible you could be dealing with heat damage. Did you ever monitor the temps while in BF3? What were they like?
 

GTX karl

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well I built this my self everything is connected perfectly fine I just done know how it could suddenly shut off like that so I have ordered a new motherboard so im going to try that everything else works and everything is all connected properly so it has to be the motherboard
 

Darren Kitchin

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It does seem like it, on an off chance I'm pretty sure AMD has the memory controller (for ram) stored/used from AMD cpu's.
Should the motherboard not be the issue consider this, as unique environments with heat damaged or faulty hardware can be VERY specific.
 

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in game on battlefield 3 after 4 hours of playing my cpu is 53C my graphics card is 42C I have 4 120mm case fans and extraction inside my case is really cool on idle my cpu is 26c not sure what my graphics card is on idle my hard drive is 28C under full load to
 

Darren Kitchin

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haha thats excellent, kitchin ftw.
Well gl, another possibility that could be completely un related to hardware is the boot manager may have become corrupt which would support your initial idea of hard drive error - but a new hard drive, fresh install and the same symptom. Really does point to the storage controller/north bridge/south bridge error.
 
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GTX karl

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yeah I went to a huge pc store today and explained everything and he put this testing device on it an he said everything was fine but the motherboard and he explained that the controller had corrupt like you said and the 3 pin fan ports had stopped working to but yeah I spent a lot of money on this pc and was pretty p1ssed about it braking. Also he tested everything to make sure but he said it was a really good pc and so on it must have been sort of dodgy board but I upgraded to a asus one here is the link here.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Asus-Crosshair-V-Formula-Z-AMD-AM3-ATX-Motherboard-USB-3-0-and-SATA-3-/111117796086?pt=UK_Computing_LaptopMotherboards_CPUs_CA&hash=item19df2302f6


BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP!!! :D
 

Darren Kitchin

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omg yes, great choice - you sir have won!