I am having a problem with my new PC build: I cannot get Windows 7 to load further than 7% when it tries to re-boot.
My new system is basically the Sept $1000 build as follows:
Asus P7P55D-E LX
Intel I5 760
Coolermaster GS-650 power supply
2x2gb Patriot 1333 RAM
Galaxy 460 video card
Antec 300 Illusion case
WD 500 Blue harddrive
64bit Windows 7
Lite-On IDE 18x optical drive
HP 24x SATA optical drive
The motherboard arrived with a cover over 4 of the 8 pins for the power supply near the CPU. I saw a post on the Asus site where this was discussed and I don't think that is my problem.
The system booted right up and I checked the BIOS and all looked good. It saw the CPU, RAM, harddrive, and optical drive correctly. Life was good! I checked that the CD-rom was above the harddrive in boot order and I placed the Windows7 disk into the drive to reboot. The system booted off of the CD and began to install Windows7. It got up to 2% and the CD drive stopped spinning and the mouse stopped moving. It sat for 4 or 5 minutes before I shut it down and tried again.....same story. I have checked and re-checked the boot order and harddrive settings and out of ideas. After the first install attempt, Windows creates a partition on the drive which I delete before trying to install. If there is no disc in the drive, the system reports 'no boot manager'.
The first optical drive I bought was not a SATA drive and I do not like the big cable, and I thought that might contribute to the problem. The HP SATA drive does the same thing.
I also saw where the Marvel controller does not work right until the driver is installed, but I am using the gray SATA connection, not the blue one.
Anyone else have this problem and know how to overcome it?
Thanks for any help!
Jay
My new system is basically the Sept $1000 build as follows:
Asus P7P55D-E LX
Intel I5 760
Coolermaster GS-650 power supply
2x2gb Patriot 1333 RAM
Galaxy 460 video card
Antec 300 Illusion case
WD 500 Blue harddrive
64bit Windows 7
Lite-On IDE 18x optical drive
HP 24x SATA optical drive
The motherboard arrived with a cover over 4 of the 8 pins for the power supply near the CPU. I saw a post on the Asus site where this was discussed and I don't think that is my problem.
The system booted right up and I checked the BIOS and all looked good. It saw the CPU, RAM, harddrive, and optical drive correctly. Life was good! I checked that the CD-rom was above the harddrive in boot order and I placed the Windows7 disk into the drive to reboot. The system booted off of the CD and began to install Windows7. It got up to 2% and the CD drive stopped spinning and the mouse stopped moving. It sat for 4 or 5 minutes before I shut it down and tried again.....same story. I have checked and re-checked the boot order and harddrive settings and out of ideas. After the first install attempt, Windows creates a partition on the drive which I delete before trying to install. If there is no disc in the drive, the system reports 'no boot manager'.
The first optical drive I bought was not a SATA drive and I do not like the big cable, and I thought that might contribute to the problem. The HP SATA drive does the same thing.
I also saw where the Marvel controller does not work right until the driver is installed, but I am using the gray SATA connection, not the blue one.
Anyone else have this problem and know how to overcome it?
Thanks for any help!
Jay
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