Having trouble installing windows 7 on my new gaming pc

Cosmicsaber · Mar 11, 2016

So I just built my new gaming pc and everything went okay the PC posted but when I go to install Windows 7 I can't. Im being blocked by where do you want to insstall windows? At the bottom it says "No drivers found. Click Load Driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation." I don't know how to install driver to fix this! If you have a youtube video that show the step that would be great. I think it's my sata cables not being detected . Im a real noob so when you explain can you break it down

The Build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/t34vHx

azaran · Mar 11, 2016

What'd your hardware?

If its a skylake build, the problem is likely the whole lack of support for the Enhanced Host Controller Interface. Depending on your motherboard you may already have a patch to work with, if not you can just go through the steps here:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25476/Windows-7-USB-3-0-Creator-Utility

techgeek · Mar 11, 2016

Can you please provide us with your system specs. Particularly motherboard and what drive(s) you have. Are you trying to install on an HDD, or SDD?

Cosmicsaber · Mar 11, 2016

azaran :

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/t34vHx my system

Cosmicsaber · Mar 11, 2016

techgeek :

my system http://pcpartpicker.com/p/t34vHx

azaran · Mar 11, 2016

Are you loading Win7 or Win8.1? Also installing via USB or DVD?

techgeek · Mar 11, 2016

Go into the BIOS and see if your HDD is being detected there. If not, make sure your SATA controllers are enabled. I would connect your HDD to SATA 0, this makes it easiest.

azaran · Mar 11, 2016

And first question for the build, does BIOS detect all your hardware correctly and is your HDD on SATA0?

Cosmicsaber · Mar 11, 2016

azaran :

win7 and usb

Cosmicsaber · Mar 11, 2016

techgeek :

I checked cand my sata sontroler is enable also my stata mode selection was AHCI I change it to IDE

civers1 · Mar 11, 2016

make sure your thumb drive is not in a usb 3.0 port. The 3.0 ports will not work until drivers are installed.
The USB 2.0 ports will work right out of the box.

techgeek · Mar 11, 2016

You will probably want that as AHCI. Does the drive show up in the BIOS?

ko888 · Mar 11, 2016

This is the SATA AHCI driver that you're missing:

SATA Floppy Image ver:13.1.0.1058 on this web page:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H97M/?cat=Download&os=Win764

http://66.226.78.22/downloadsite/Drivers/Intel/SATA/Floppy(v13.1.0.1058).zip

techgeek · Mar 11, 2016

ko888 :

He shouldn't need a AHCI driver for Windows 7, the SATA controller should work with the default Microsoft AHCI driver until he has the OS installed.

ko888 · Mar 11, 2016

It doesn't hurt to provide the driver when it asks for it.

techgeek · Mar 11, 2016

ko888 :

At this point we don't even know if the drive is being seen in the BIOS. If it's not appearing there, the Windows installer is definitely not going to see it.

Cosmicsaber · Mar 12, 2016

techgeek :

Here what I see in the Bios http://imgur.com/a/JOA3u also sorry my internet went out

Cosmicsaber · Mar 12, 2016

ko888 :

http://imgur.com/a/JOA3u

Cosmicsaber · Mar 12, 2016

azaran :

This is what I see in the Bios http://imgur.com/a/JOA3u

techgeek · Mar 12, 2016

That is the problem, if your BIOS can't see it, the Windows installer isn't going to either.

Check all your cabling to the drive. Make sure both ends of the SATA cable are plugged in fully. Try another SATA cable. Also make sure the SATA power connector is plugged in fully into the drive. Do you hear the drive spin up when you turn the computer on? If not, try another SATA power connector. Then repeat this on another SATA controller port on the motherboard, So if you are plugged into SATA_0, try SATA_1.

Each of these steps should be checked in the BIOS, don't waste time booting to the Windows installer to find out the last thing you did didn't work.

If all this nets you nothing, then do you have another computer that you can connect this HDD to? It's possible that you got a DOA HDD, it's happened to me.

EDIT: Also, I would set the SATA mode back to AHCI, you don't want to install Windows in IDE mode.

Cosmicsaber · Mar 12, 2016

techgeek :

Um yea im just a dumb ass and didn't plug in one cable! What's crazy is I spent 5 hours trying to figure this out. Well I guess this is my first build. This image saved my life http://support.seagate.com/kbimg/48-7.jpg

techgeek · Mar 12, 2016

Which cable wasn't plugged in? And which end? Drive end or motherboard end?

Cosmicsaber · Mar 12, 2016

techgeek :

Drive end

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