All,
I'm at my wit's end right now. My computer crashed a while back so I've been slowly replacing parts to try to get it running again. At this point, I've replaced the motherboard, graphics card, ram, CPU, hard drive, and power supply.
I have:
-450 W power supply
-BIOSTAR Hi-Fi A85S3 A85X FM2
-AMD A8-6600K 3.9G 4M FM2 100W
-GSKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2x2GB
-Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA
After all of that, I still cannot get an OS to install at all. I have tried the following with the following results:
-Windows 7: tried installing 32 and 64-bit versions off of both DVD and USB Flash. I can sometimes get to where it says it installing and it freezes at Expanding files...0%. By freezing, I mean neither keyboard nor mouse work (hitting caps lock does nothing). The other times, it stops at Starting Windows...
-Ubuntu: Ubuntu gets to the screen with the little guy in the circle and keyboard and then the computer powers down completely. I have tried both DVD and USB versions.
OpenSuse: Can get to the install screen. Can run the Test memory with no problems. I hit install and it loads the kernel and then completely powers down again. Tried both DVD and USB.
I have tried each RAM stick independently and together. I have disconnected the DVD drive as well. Nothing seems to work.
I should also say that I've checked and G.Skill says that the RAM is compatible with the motherboard.
I'm at my wit's end right now. My computer crashed a while back so I've been slowly replacing parts to try to get it running again. At this point, I've replaced the motherboard, graphics card, ram, CPU, hard drive, and power supply.
I have:
-450 W power supply
-BIOSTAR Hi-Fi A85S3 A85X FM2
-AMD A8-6600K 3.9G 4M FM2 100W
-GSKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2x2GB
-Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA
After all of that, I still cannot get an OS to install at all. I have tried the following with the following results:
-Windows 7: tried installing 32 and 64-bit versions off of both DVD and USB Flash. I can sometimes get to where it says it installing and it freezes at Expanding files...0%. By freezing, I mean neither keyboard nor mouse work (hitting caps lock does nothing). The other times, it stops at Starting Windows...
-Ubuntu: Ubuntu gets to the screen with the little guy in the circle and keyboard and then the computer powers down completely. I have tried both DVD and USB versions.
OpenSuse: Can get to the install screen. Can run the Test memory with no problems. I hit install and it loads the kernel and then completely powers down again. Tried both DVD and USB.
I have tried each RAM stick independently and together. I have disconnected the DVD drive as well. Nothing seems to work.
I should also say that I've checked and G.Skill says that the RAM is compatible with the motherboard.