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Floyd Send message Joined: 19 May 11 Posts: 524 Credit: 1,870,625 RAC: 0 |
Not being able to install an OS is a pretty critical item. For most people that would be a show stopper. I doubt a weak Power Supply would cause that problem, it could, but it would have to be so weak that running SETI at all would be nearly impossible. That doesn't appear to be the case. You might want to concentrate on asking Corsair about those BSODs when running the install disk. Those BSODs point to a ram problem, no matter how many times it passes that test. My Intel board passed that test too, it was still the ram, the same ram that runs perfectly fine on my ECS board. Try testing the install disk again. To be safe you would need a different HD, I would remove the working drive you have and test the installer on a different drive. Until you are able to run the Installer successfully, there isn't any point in proceeding with anything else, IMO. Like I said, not being able to install the OS would be a Fatal event in most cases. Take a look at the specs of this MB: http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/#overview This OS was installed on a HD in my old ECS MB ( MCP61M-M3 ) , When I changed the MB , I just tried to install the newer drivers and all on the same HD and OS , Which may be causing some sort of conflict with this new MB . There is too much data on my 1.5 TB HD that I don't want to lose. That's why I said a new HD and do a clean install might correct these problems. That's what I am hoping anyway ! |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Not being able to install an OS is a pretty critical item. For most people that would be a show stopper. I doubt a weak Power Supply would cause that problem, it could, but it would have to be so weak that running SETI at all would be nearly impossible. That doesn't appear to be the case. You might want to concentrate on asking Corsair about those BSODs when running the install disk. Those BSODs point to a ram problem, no matter how many times it passes that test. My Intel board passed that test too, it was still the ram, the same ram that runs perfectly fine on my ECS board. Try testing the install disk again. To be safe you would need a different HD, I would remove the working drive you have and test the installer on a different drive. Until you are able to run the Installer successfully, there isn't any point in proceeding with anything else, IMO. Like I said, not being able to install the OS would be a Fatal event in most cases. Hi Floyd I thought you bought a new drive for that and cloned it. I'm thinking if the installation was bad on the old drive maybe when you cloned it you cloned the problem too .But I would buy the power supply as a first thing it is 6yrs old and they lose effinecy at about 5% each year so probably is below 500 watt by now. |
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