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Message 1370108 - Posted: 20 May 2013, 19:58:25 UTC - in response to Message 1370104.  

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.


When I get able to , I plan on getting a new HD , a SATA 3 version ,Then do a clean install of the OS , and if that works I'll use that for the Boot sys , and keep this older drive to be used as a back up drive.
This new ASUS MB was built for the newer drives , that may be part of the problem also.

I'm just hoping for the best and grasping at straws right now !

As far as I know, all SATA controllers are backwards compatible, Backward and forward compatibility. Considering you've already exchanged the drive, the chances of the HD causing the problem is extremely remote. You can always call ASUS and ask their advice. Make sure you tell them about the problems with the Win 7 Install disk. As a side note, neither of my machines that passed the ram tests, but still had ram problems, gave any problems with the OS installer. The problem with the OS installer is a huge red flag.


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 !
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Message 1370142 - Posted: 20 May 2013, 22:50:18 UTC - in response to Message 1370076.  

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.


When I get able to , I plan on getting a new HD , a SATA 3 version ,Then do a clean install of the OS , and if that works I'll use that for the Boot sys , and keep this older drive to be used as a back up drive.
This new ASUS MB was built for the newer drives , that may be part of the problem also.

I'm just hoping for the best and grasping at straws right now !


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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