First of all I'd like to make clear that I'm using all new parts.
I have tried every possible method of installing windows 10 as I can.
I have made multiple bootable USBs using the official microsoft 'media creation tool' and rufus of course, on three separate USB sticks. I've made a bootable external hard drive, and I've just bought the official windows 10 pro 64bit CD.
Every single time I try to install windows 10, it shows up with a new BSOD every time.
EDIT: First on the screen is either the ASUS Logo, or the Windows 10 Logo. If Windows 10, it BSODs before the white rotating loading dots appear.
I've had the parts for an entirely new PC (also my first) for about a month. They all came from the same online store. I've RMA'd both my RAM and my Motherboard but the techies said that their wasn't anything wrong with either of them and that they managed to boot to windows fine. I can only assume then, that it has something to do with some other hardware component.
I wondered whether it was the CPU but I thought that you couldn't enter BIOS without a CPU. I didn't want to try that in case something broke.
I also wondered whether it was something to do with incompatible drivers, but I googled that and it seams like you can only update drivers after you have installed the OS. That being said I have updated the UEFI BIOS, but that's different.
Here is a list of all the parts that I'm using:
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Motherboard: ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming Intel Z170, DDR4, ATX, LGA1151
Processor: Intel Skylake Core i5-6600 3.30Ghz, 6MB, LGA1151
CPU Heat Sink + Fan: Noctua NH-U12S CPU Cooler with NF-F12 PWM
RAM: Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4-2400 CL14
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB 6Gb/s SATA3
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO Series 120GB M.2 SSD (MZ-N5E120BW)
Graphics Card: ASUS STRIX-GTX950-DC2OC-2GD5-GAMING GeForce GTX950 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E3.0
PSU: Corsair RM Series RM750 750W Fully Modular PSU 80Plus Gold
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 330R Blackout Edition Ultra-Silent Mid-Tower
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Please help, It sucks having a brand new PC there in front of me for 4 weeks but not being able to do anything with it.
UPDATE:
I've just successfully installed Windows 10 on my NEW hard drive using my OLD computer.
I then installed the hard drive back into my NEW computer and tried to boot from it.
Exactly the same thing: Windows 10 Logo then BSOD.
UPDATE:
Here is a list of the BSOD messages I'm getting
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kmode_exception_not_handled
kmode_exception_not_handled acpi.sys
irql_not_less_or_equal
driver_irql_not_less_or_equal
system_thread_exception_not_handled
system_thread_exception_not_handled acpi.sys
page_fault_in_nonpaged_area
driver_overran_stack_buffer
driver_corrupted_expool
unexpected_kernel_mode_trap
attempted_execute_of_noexecute_memory
interrupt_exception_not_handled
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I have tried every possible method of installing windows 10 as I can.
I have made multiple bootable USBs using the official microsoft 'media creation tool' and rufus of course, on three separate USB sticks. I've made a bootable external hard drive, and I've just bought the official windows 10 pro 64bit CD.
Every single time I try to install windows 10, it shows up with a new BSOD every time.
EDIT: First on the screen is either the ASUS Logo, or the Windows 10 Logo. If Windows 10, it BSODs before the white rotating loading dots appear.
I've had the parts for an entirely new PC (also my first) for about a month. They all came from the same online store. I've RMA'd both my RAM and my Motherboard but the techies said that their wasn't anything wrong with either of them and that they managed to boot to windows fine. I can only assume then, that it has something to do with some other hardware component.
I wondered whether it was the CPU but I thought that you couldn't enter BIOS without a CPU. I didn't want to try that in case something broke.
I also wondered whether it was something to do with incompatible drivers, but I googled that and it seams like you can only update drivers after you have installed the OS. That being said I have updated the UEFI BIOS, but that's different.
Here is a list of all the parts that I'm using:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Motherboard: ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming Intel Z170, DDR4, ATX, LGA1151
Processor: Intel Skylake Core i5-6600 3.30Ghz, 6MB, LGA1151
CPU Heat Sink + Fan: Noctua NH-U12S CPU Cooler with NF-F12 PWM
RAM: Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4-2400 CL14
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB 6Gb/s SATA3
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO Series 120GB M.2 SSD (MZ-N5E120BW)
Graphics Card: ASUS STRIX-GTX950-DC2OC-2GD5-GAMING GeForce GTX950 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E3.0
PSU: Corsair RM Series RM750 750W Fully Modular PSU 80Plus Gold
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 330R Blackout Edition Ultra-Silent Mid-Tower
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Please help, It sucks having a brand new PC there in front of me for 4 weeks but not being able to do anything with it.
UPDATE:
I've just successfully installed Windows 10 on my NEW hard drive using my OLD computer.
I then installed the hard drive back into my NEW computer and tried to boot from it.
Exactly the same thing: Windows 10 Logo then BSOD.
UPDATE:
Here is a list of the BSOD messages I'm getting
------------------------------------------------------------
kmode_exception_not_handled
kmode_exception_not_handled acpi.sys
irql_not_less_or_equal
driver_irql_not_less_or_equal
system_thread_exception_not_handled
system_thread_exception_not_handled acpi.sys
page_fault_in_nonpaged_area
driver_overran_stack_buffer
driver_corrupted_expool
unexpected_kernel_mode_trap
attempted_execute_of_noexecute_memory
interrupt_exception_not_handled
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