Driver Install Freezes Computer

[willgtl]

A few days ago I reformatted my Win7 drive. Installed it from the same disc (Win7 Home x86) that I've always used. But after installing it, any update or driver installation would cause it to fail to fully boot. It would get to the desktop, but explorer.exe wouldn't load or anything, not even the cursor. Pressing ctrl+alt+del would turn the screen black as if it couldn't load the security options (Pressing esc would take me back to the desktop). I reinstalled it a couple of times, each time was the same. Then when I tested possible solutions I simply used a restore point since I know there's nothing wrong with the physical copy.

Eventually I fixed it, but I'm not entirely sure how. I did a lot of things without testing individually. But now my problem is I cannot install the driver for my Adaptec SCSI card. During the driver installation, my computer would freeze, and if I restarted, after the Windows loading screen the screen would just go black.

I can't figure out what the problem is.. Chkdsk is fine, SFC reports fine, the only hardware difference is new RAM (Changed from 1 2x2GB G.Skill Performance DDR3-1333 to 2 2x2GB kits of Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333) and a PCI-E USB v3 card, which I unplugged and still had the problem.

Anyone have any idea what the problem is? My Win10 x64 install works fine, although I didn't reinstall that.

Edit: Specs:

OS: Win7 Home 32-bit
Mobo: Gigabyte NA-EP54T-UD3P r1.0
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8600
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
RAM: 8GB (2 2x2GB kits) Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333

 

[Lutfij]

1| It may seem far fetched but have you made sure your BIOS is up to date? If so, you may want to flash it again to rid of any underlying corruption.
2| Switch back to the older ram kit as with 2x2GB only and see if the installation of your drivers pull through.
3| You may want to pass on your full system's specs inclusive of your add-on USB card(in case that is the culprit) and the PSU as well as the information on the sticker on the Corsair rams.
4| Have you tried running your installer under an elevated command?
Right click installer>Run as Administrator