Windows 7 ultimate install

[Snowolf]

ok i just got win7 and tried to install it. and i can get to the completing instation and to the first white screen , then it restarts and boots back up, then it just seems to sit there. Is that normal or is there a problem? oh and i'm trying to install the 64 bit vertion

 

[Shaun o]

On the last boot windows 7 does a test of all your components, Cpu, mem, Graphics,HDD,ect.
It will be doing that.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Sounds like a hardware issue!

 

[Snowolf]

Sounds like a hardware issue!

buti installed the 32 bit vetion just fine

 

[welshmousepk]

yes, it does this for a lot of people including me. just leave it and it will continue eventually (can take 10 mins sometimes, just be patient)

 

[Snowolf]

yes, it does this for a lot of people including me. just leave it and it will continue eventually (can take 10 mins sometimes, just be patient)

even if there is no activity with the lights and the disk stops spinning?

 

[Snowolf]

ok when i leave the second white screen alone it goes to sleep mode. what is going on with it?

 

[welshmousepk]

oh okay, there should still be activity. sounds very suspicious. did the system work fine with another OS installed?

sounds like a GPU driver issue perhaps. could you list full system specs please?

 

[ricky_critic]

ok i just got win7 and tried to install it. and i can get to the completing instation and to the first white screen , then it restarts and boots back up, then it just seems to sit there. Is that normal or is there a problem? oh and i'm trying to install the 64 bit vertion

Follow the instructions from http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/windows-7-installation-win7-ultimate-rtm.aspx

 

[dalta centauri]

Only problem I had like that was with installing Ubuntu. I didn't know how to fix it though D:

 

[Snowolf]

oh okay, there should still be activity. sounds very suspicious. did the system work fine with another OS installed?

sounds like a GPU driver issue perhaps. could you list full system specs please?

yes it worked fine with xp and vista. and my specs r
ga-ma69g-s3h mob
8 gb ram
1 tb hdd
and for the full mob specs heres the link http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2554#sp
XFX ati radeon 4350
and an AMD Athalon 2 x2 64 bit cpu

 

[Snowolf]

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[Snowolf]

it was a hardware issue. but ti was 2 things that were needed. first i needed a graphics card and second windows 7 64 bit can only be installed with 2 gb ram, any more and it will errer out.

 

[welshmousepk]

it was a hardware issue. but ti was 2 things that were needed. first i needed a graphics card and second windows 7 64 bit can only be installed with 2 gb ram, any more and it will errer out.

You mean that one of your RAM sticks was faulty?

because you certianly can install W7 with more RAM than that.

 

[Snowolf]

no none of my ram is falty. cheacked each stick, all work fine. but i could only get it to install with 1 2gb stick of ram. but that seems to be it. as in i cant get it to boot in normal mode with all 8, only 2gb

 

[welshmousepk]

How odd...

 

[Snowolf]

HEY if u can tell me how to fix this PLEASE do. the whole reson i got the 64 bit os was for more ram

 

[welshmousepk]

what PSU do you have?

 

[FALC0N]

HEY if u can tell me how to fix this PLEASE do. the whole reson i got the 64 bit os was for more ram

You need to provide more detail on your hardware, such as brand and specs of the RAM. Also, more background. For example, you said it worked with XP and Vista. What versions and for how long? Was hardware upgraded and if so what was there before? As complete as you can would be mighty helpful in troubleshooting.

 

[Snowolf]

ok heres more details on my specs
the cpu is an amd athalon 2 x2 running at 2.70 ghz this is its orginal and current cpu
the mother board is a GA-MA69G-S3H. hers the link for more info http://www.gigabyte.com/products/p [...] id=2554#sp
the ram has been upgraded. it had 2 sticks of 1gb pny ram. and they worked fine with xp home and pro 32bit and with vista home premum 32. they r pc-6400 sticks. i have 2 disk drives, 1 is a cd burnner with ide connections and the other is a liteon dvd/cd recorder with sata connection. both work great, even with win7. the new ram i have is 4 sticks of 2gb Adata ram pc -6400, running at 800hz, and they worked fine with win xp pro 32 bit , and sence it was a 32 bit u know how much it read. the power supply is a 350w. works great even now. i have 3 fans in the case the first 1 is a black widdow cpu fan, the next is an exsost fan, and the last 1 is an intake fan. no complants. this all worked good for gaming on xp and vista and worked till i droped them like hot rocks. the new graphics card i got was the only thing that let me install the 64 bit win7 os. its a XFX radeon hd 4350. pci express x16, 1gb ddr2 graphics memory, running at 600mhz. thats all i can think of. if i find more i will add it.

 

[welshmousepk]

350w seems low for that system, what brand is the PSU?

Its the first thing that jumps out at me in those system specs.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Get a 600 watt psu!

 

[Snowolf]

350w seems low for that system, what brand is the PSU?

Its the first thing that jumps out at me in those system specs.

its an Antec. but why would that matter?

 

[welshmousepk]

A high quality PSU may be okay, but i'm not sure a low end 350w is enough for that system.

is it an earthwatts? antec make some good PSUs but some bad ones. its the only thing i can see right now that could be causing the issue, no enough power with all those sticks of RAM. though it certainly not guaranteed, its just whats sticking out.

 

[Snowolf]

A high quality PSU may be okay, but i'm not sure a low end 350w is enough for that system.

is it an earthwatts? antec make some good PSUs but some bad ones. its the only thing i can see right now that could be causing the issue, no enough power with all those sticks of RAM. though it certainly not guaranteed, its just whats sticking out.

this is all i can find on the psu so if u need more i can try to put the sembules on here.

s/n:LT09011111185
model: BP350

DC Output +5V +12V, +12V2 +3.3V -12V +5V SB
Max. 20A 10A 13A 20A 0.3A 2.54
Min. 0.5A 1.0A 1.0A 0.3A 0A 0A

+3.3V,+5V Max.load 130W; +12V1, +12V2 Max.load276W

thats all i could find on it. and i looked all over the thing.