I am trying to install Windows 10 64-bit on my computer.
System:
-CPU: Intel 2 Quad Core Q9550
-MOBO: EVGA 780i SLI FTW
-GPU: (x2) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
-RAM: (x3) PC2-6400 2GB DDR2
I started with a non activated copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. I used the Windows Media Creation Tool (WMCT) from Microsoft's website to make a bootable USB drive with Windows 10 64-bit (W10 64). When I tried to boot from the USB I got the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). I tried multiple times getting various errors.
List of Errors:
-page fault in nonpaged area
-kmode exception not handled
-system thread exception not handled
-phaseo exception
-critical initialization failure
-attempted to write readonly memory
I then used WMCT to make a USB with Windows 10 32-bit. This worked and I was able to do a clean install. I then tried again at making a USB with W10 64. And when I tried to boot from this, again I got the BSOD with similar errors as before. I tried using this same USB on a friends computer, and he had no problem installing W10 64. So then I thought it might be a problem with old driver files (apparently the clean install did not wipe old drivers), so I downloaded DBAN to completely wipe my hard drive.
After wiping my hard drive, I tried again. Still no success. I had a copy of Windows Xp 32-bit. So I installed that to get a functioning OS. Using DBAN and a clean install (as well as deleting partitions) seemed to clear away any old drivers. Tried again with W10 64. No success. I found a free download of Windows 7 64-bit ISO. And made a bootable USB with Rufus. Tried to install this, and no luck.
Is there possibly a BIOS setting or compatibility issue not allowing me to install 64-bit? My CPU is 64-bit compatible, and there are 64-bit drivers for my graphics card.
Any ideas?
Edit1: So apparently I had some faulty RAM. While messing around with testing my RAM the system beep stopped happening. So I troubleshooted that which lead me to
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/295297-28-system-boot-beep-sound-display
So I breadboarded my system and discovered it was in fact the RAM. Found some old RAM, that I had (4 DDR2 1gb sticks) and sure enough I was able to get through the process with the correct system beeps. Then tried booting from the USB with Windows 7 Ult 64-bit, had no problems. Have a clean install and everything is looking good. I did notice that it is only reading 3GB out of the 4GB I I had installed.
Now trying to upgrade to Windows 10 64-bit. I'll let you guys know how that goes
Thanks for all the great suggestions!
System:
-CPU: Intel 2 Quad Core Q9550
-MOBO: EVGA 780i SLI FTW
-GPU: (x2) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
-RAM: (x3) PC2-6400 2GB DDR2
I started with a non activated copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. I used the Windows Media Creation Tool (WMCT) from Microsoft's website to make a bootable USB drive with Windows 10 64-bit (W10 64). When I tried to boot from the USB I got the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). I tried multiple times getting various errors.
List of Errors:
-page fault in nonpaged area
-kmode exception not handled
-system thread exception not handled
-phaseo exception
-critical initialization failure
-attempted to write readonly memory
I then used WMCT to make a USB with Windows 10 32-bit. This worked and I was able to do a clean install. I then tried again at making a USB with W10 64. And when I tried to boot from this, again I got the BSOD with similar errors as before. I tried using this same USB on a friends computer, and he had no problem installing W10 64. So then I thought it might be a problem with old driver files (apparently the clean install did not wipe old drivers), so I downloaded DBAN to completely wipe my hard drive.
After wiping my hard drive, I tried again. Still no success. I had a copy of Windows Xp 32-bit. So I installed that to get a functioning OS. Using DBAN and a clean install (as well as deleting partitions) seemed to clear away any old drivers. Tried again with W10 64. No success. I found a free download of Windows 7 64-bit ISO. And made a bootable USB with Rufus. Tried to install this, and no luck.
Is there possibly a BIOS setting or compatibility issue not allowing me to install 64-bit? My CPU is 64-bit compatible, and there are 64-bit drivers for my graphics card.
Any ideas?
Edit1: So apparently I had some faulty RAM. While messing around with testing my RAM the system beep stopped happening. So I troubleshooted that which lead me to
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/295297-28-system-boot-beep-sound-display
So I breadboarded my system and discovered it was in fact the RAM. Found some old RAM, that I had (4 DDR2 1gb sticks) and sure enough I was able to get through the process with the correct system beeps. Then tried booting from the USB with Windows 7 Ult 64-bit, had no problems. Have a clean install and everything is looking good. I did notice that it is only reading 3GB out of the 4GB I I had installed.
Now trying to upgrade to Windows 10 64-bit. I'll let you guys know how that goes
Thanks for all the great suggestions!