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I may be barking up the wrong tree here, but I figure it can't hurt to try. I'm going to suggest you take a look at your drive, as a little corruption can do some very noticeable damage. Step 1 is to check your SMART status. Download CrystalDiskInfo from here. Right click on the ZIP file in...

All of these point toward something being wrong with Windows, which to me points to some sort of corruption on your drive. I see you ran an SFC scan, which is a good first step. I would also run a chkdsk and check your SMART status. First, download CrystalDiskInfo from here. Unzip the...

The Xeon E5345 processors use the LGA 771 socket. This is generally a socket used on server boards, so your Dell may have been a server in its past life. I'm assuming you looked on PCPartpicker for compatible motherboards, and they don't offer any LGA771 boards. If you're planning to use this as...

I've got a flash drive which I routinely use to install Windows. In fact, I just used it this morning to install Windows on a desktop computer with no issues whatsoever. I've just put a new SSD in an older laptop of mine, but when I go to install Windows, I get a message saying "A required...

Is this a laptop that came with Windows 8 pre-installed? Who's the manufacturer?

Sounds like something's DOA. I'm thinking either RAM or mobo, and the fact that you already tested your RAM out somewhat and that you had to mess around with the CPU pins has me leaning towards mobo.