I just finished putting together the following system:
Motherboard: Asus Rampage II GENE
Processor: Intel Core i7-920
CPU Cooler: Thermalright AXP-140
Memory: 3X 2gig CORSAIR VS2GB1333D3 G
Graphics: Gigabyte GV-N98TSL-1GI GeForce 9800 GT 1GB Silent Cell
Hard drive: Kingston SSDNow V-Series SNV125-S2BD/64GB
Optical: Pioneer BDR-205
PSU: Enermax Liberty ELT500AWT-ECO 500W
Case: Lian-Li PC-V351B
OS: Windows Professional 7 OEM
All settings in the bios are at their default position. SATA Configuration is set at Enhanced and Configure SATA as IDE. No type of overclocking is turned on.
After assembling everything I was able to boot to bios no problems, temperature at idle on the cpu is around 30C. I was also able to install Windows 7 quickly on the ssd. Everything seemed fine for a couple hours. Only thing of note I did was install about seven updates Windows said were important. Later the computer rebooted unexpectedly and Windows would no longer boot.
Tried repair install and no luck. Tried reformatting the drive several times and could not get Windows 7 to go past “Expanding Windows Files” step. I got Error 0x80070057 several times and also got Error 0x80300025 at least once.
This morning I was able to get Windows 7 to install again. Prior to that I had used the command prompt tool in the Windows install and the program there diskpart and did a format and clean of the disk. Not sure if that made a difference.
In any event shortly after having Windows up and running again I ran into the same problem. This time it happened as I was installing some drivers off the Asus disc (Intel Chipset, Realtek LAN driver, and JMicron Controller). It was painfully slow to get the drivers to install and when it went to reboot after the JMicron I got an error saying Windows hadn’t shut down properly would I like to repair (ugh!).
So since then I have had no success at all in getting anywhere with installing Win 7. I have a live disc of the latest distro of Ubuntu and that boots no problem can surf the internet etc. From there I did a ntfs format of the ssd still no luck. Also tried formatting it and leaving out the file system also no luck.
I have also run a check of the memory with Memtest86+. It completed one pass through all the tests with no errors.
I’m about out of ideas, so I’m turning to you all for help. Anyone have some suggestions?
Thanks,
Matt
Motherboard: Asus Rampage II GENE
Processor: Intel Core i7-920
CPU Cooler: Thermalright AXP-140
Memory: 3X 2gig CORSAIR VS2GB1333D3 G
Graphics: Gigabyte GV-N98TSL-1GI GeForce 9800 GT 1GB Silent Cell
Hard drive: Kingston SSDNow V-Series SNV125-S2BD/64GB
Optical: Pioneer BDR-205
PSU: Enermax Liberty ELT500AWT-ECO 500W
Case: Lian-Li PC-V351B
OS: Windows Professional 7 OEM
All settings in the bios are at their default position. SATA Configuration is set at Enhanced and Configure SATA as IDE. No type of overclocking is turned on.
After assembling everything I was able to boot to bios no problems, temperature at idle on the cpu is around 30C. I was also able to install Windows 7 quickly on the ssd. Everything seemed fine for a couple hours. Only thing of note I did was install about seven updates Windows said were important. Later the computer rebooted unexpectedly and Windows would no longer boot.
Tried repair install and no luck. Tried reformatting the drive several times and could not get Windows 7 to go past “Expanding Windows Files” step. I got Error 0x80070057 several times and also got Error 0x80300025 at least once.
This morning I was able to get Windows 7 to install again. Prior to that I had used the command prompt tool in the Windows install and the program there diskpart and did a format and clean of the disk. Not sure if that made a difference.
In any event shortly after having Windows up and running again I ran into the same problem. This time it happened as I was installing some drivers off the Asus disc (Intel Chipset, Realtek LAN driver, and JMicron Controller). It was painfully slow to get the drivers to install and when it went to reboot after the JMicron I got an error saying Windows hadn’t shut down properly would I like to repair (ugh!).
So since then I have had no success at all in getting anywhere with installing Win 7. I have a live disc of the latest distro of Ubuntu and that boots no problem can surf the internet etc. From there I did a ntfs format of the ssd still no luck. Also tried formatting it and leaving out the file system also no luck.
I have also run a check of the memory with Memtest86+. It completed one pass through all the tests with no errors.
I’m about out of ideas, so I’m turning to you all for help. Anyone have some suggestions?
Thanks,
Matt