Components:
Motherboard: MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
VGA: GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 (X2)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Black 1TB
Power Supply: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II PPCMK2S950 950W ATX12V v2.2
Ok, so I just pieced together a new computer which I pretty much replaced everything but the hard drive. I have around 20 builds under my belt so I know a thing or 2. I came up with Windows Vista Ultimate (was going to then use Windows 7 upgrade disc). I knew something was off when the fresh wipe and install of Vista took roughly an hour. First boot of the OS and every boot there after takes about 10 minutes to come up. I tried putting the mobo drivers in it installs 3 drivers in about 30 to 40 minutes time then fails of the 4th and quits.
I have tried swapping the SATA Optical and HDD around to various different plugs on the mobo. SATA slots 1 - 6. 7-8 are for 6GB/s which I have no supporting hardware for.
I have tried changing many different things in Bios for several hours and still nothing.
I'm at my wits end. I don't want to believe that it is some kind of hardware failure. Bios sees all the hardware states that the processor is i7 running at 3.07 ghz with all 4 cores, temp is 98 F. Memory is reading right with all the timings correct. Sees the 1 TB hard drive.
The LED Debug tool on the mobo also always states AA when windows (in ugly mode) is booted up. Manual says that means: "Enter OS (Vista or Windows XP). The CPU power phase LEDs also bounce around from like 4 or 5 to 16 at random intervals.
Every other LED on the mobo has the double LEDs lit up blue.
Help me out gang, please.
Randolph
Motherboard: MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
VGA: GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 (X2)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Black 1TB
Power Supply: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II PPCMK2S950 950W ATX12V v2.2
Ok, so I just pieced together a new computer which I pretty much replaced everything but the hard drive. I have around 20 builds under my belt so I know a thing or 2. I came up with Windows Vista Ultimate (was going to then use Windows 7 upgrade disc). I knew something was off when the fresh wipe and install of Vista took roughly an hour. First boot of the OS and every boot there after takes about 10 minutes to come up. I tried putting the mobo drivers in it installs 3 drivers in about 30 to 40 minutes time then fails of the 4th and quits.
I have tried swapping the SATA Optical and HDD around to various different plugs on the mobo. SATA slots 1 - 6. 7-8 are for 6GB/s which I have no supporting hardware for.
I have tried changing many different things in Bios for several hours and still nothing.
I'm at my wits end. I don't want to believe that it is some kind of hardware failure. Bios sees all the hardware states that the processor is i7 running at 3.07 ghz with all 4 cores, temp is 98 F. Memory is reading right with all the timings correct. Sees the 1 TB hard drive.
The LED Debug tool on the mobo also always states AA when windows (in ugly mode) is booted up. Manual says that means: "Enter OS (Vista or Windows XP). The CPU power phase LEDs also bounce around from like 4 or 5 to 16 at random intervals.
Every other LED on the mobo has the double LEDs lit up blue.
Help me out gang, please.
Randolph