- Feb 16, 2010
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Hi all. Just got all the parts in from newegg for my new pc and im having some issues. My problem is that everytime i go to install windows 7 it crashes. After the first screen comes up and i choose my language, click next, click install, it will say windows is starting setup but after about 30 sec the cursor will freeze and it will not let me install. I have tried this with two different copies of windows 7. One freezes while loading setup, the other copy freezes as it gets to the completeing installation screen. I know at least one of these copies is good, because i installed it on the laptop i am using now (the one that gets to completeing setup and crashes). Normally i would have dissmissed this as me having the bad luck as to download 2 bad copies. BUT i also downloaded Fedora 12 (Linux) and it would get half way through booting (live cd) and it would freeze also. This leads me to believe it is a hardware issue. Also windows 7 gave me a BSoD error that said: "quota_underflow 0x00000021 (0x82a6e740, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0xffffffff)" i googled this and it came back saying i should uninstall any new hardware and find drivers for it. Well i cant exactly do that since all my hardware is new. Heres what ive done so far.
1. Ruled out dvd drive as problem. I tried booting from my new Asus drive, and also tried through usb on a Pioneer drive. Fails to boot on both.
2. Ruled out ram. Although Fedora 12 would not boot, i was able to select memtest86 from the menu and the ram passed.
3. Ruled out dvds as problem. I burned two copies of each windows, and one copy of fedora. All five disks failed to boot. Although it may be worth mentioning that i was able to boot into Chrome OS (Flow) from a usb flash drive.
Really all this leaves is the CPU, motherboard, and hard drive to cause the problem. Im at a loss as of what to do and im really disappointed that my first gaming rig is already having problems. Ive RMA'd the motherboard back to newegg because it doesnt support ACC. Ill have a new Asus board in a few weeks and ill be able to rule that out as the problem. If anyone had any insight into this id love to hear it. My setup is:
AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE
4GB OCZ Platinum DDR3
Biostar TA890GXE
Antec 650W psu
XFX Radeon 5770 (i used onboard video while trying to install everything)
160Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
1. Ruled out dvd drive as problem. I tried booting from my new Asus drive, and also tried through usb on a Pioneer drive. Fails to boot on both.
2. Ruled out ram. Although Fedora 12 would not boot, i was able to select memtest86 from the menu and the ram passed.
3. Ruled out dvds as problem. I burned two copies of each windows, and one copy of fedora. All five disks failed to boot. Although it may be worth mentioning that i was able to boot into Chrome OS (Flow) from a usb flash drive.
Really all this leaves is the CPU, motherboard, and hard drive to cause the problem. Im at a loss as of what to do and im really disappointed that my first gaming rig is already having problems. Ive RMA'd the motherboard back to newegg because it doesnt support ACC. Ill have a new Asus board in a few weeks and ill be able to rule that out as the problem. If anyone had any insight into this id love to hear it. My setup is:
AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE
4GB OCZ Platinum DDR3
Biostar TA890GXE
Antec 650W psu
XFX Radeon 5770 (i used onboard video while trying to install everything)
160Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
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