Cannot install windows 8

qwertyyy123 · Apr 5, 2014

Hi all,
I have a gigabyte p61-usb3-b3 with an i5-2400 cpu @3,10ghz. I tried installing windows 8.1 enterprise but my computer keeps freezing while/after installing it. My computer practically froze and after hard rebooting it, windows won't load. Any ideas as to why this is happening?

FYI:Formatting my hd's and installing a clean version of windows 7 64 bit has no problem.

lonewolf7 · Apr 5, 2014

It could be a bad media. Try a different one.

qwertyyy123 · Apr 6, 2014

lonewolf7 :

nahh i tried it on another computer worked perfertly. Any other suggestions? perhaps faulty mb?

dodger46 · Apr 6, 2014

Did you install to Unallocated space? i.e. no partitions whatever? That's what Windows 8 prefers, so that the 350Mb System reserved partition can be created on the correct drive.
Another possibility is a bad RAM stick, although able to cope with W7 may be breaking down with 8. if you have more than one stick try on one at a time...

qwertyyy123 · Apr 6, 2014

dodger46 :

is there any way i could check which ram is faulty?

dodger46 · Apr 6, 2014

qwertyyy123 :

Well, if the install runs perfectly with one stick installed then you know the other is faulty...
Otherwise you could run Memtest 86 from a disk or USB

http://www.memtest.org/#downiso

qwertyyy123 · Apr 6, 2014

dodger46 :

qwertyyy123 :

Well, if the install runs perfectly with one stick installed then you know the other is faulty...
Otherwise you could run Memtest 86 from a disk or USB

http://www.memtest.org/#downiso

Thanks, however i tried running windows memory diagnostic; showed that there were no problems. I guess i have to change the whole thing if I wanted windows 8. haha

dodger46 · Apr 6, 2014

Windows Memory Diagnostic probably won't find a marginal condition, neither will Memtest86 in the short term. Best to run Memtest overnight to be sure. Also a possibility your HDD faulty, again a bootable diagnostic best, Seatools for DOS
http://www.seagate.com/support/internal-hard-drives/consumer-electronics/ld25-series/seatools-dos-master/

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