Intel DQ965GF Motherboard

[trucatchtraps]

Hi, I have an old DQ965GF Motherboard with a Core 2 Duo E6600 that I am trying to piece together (one of our computers crashed yesterday) and I am trying to install Windows 10. But when I boot to the USB, I get a black screen with the Blue Logo and some spinning dots. I have had this screen up for an hour or so and no changes. One time I left it running longer and it actually went to just a black screen. Should I take the GPU and some of the RAM out? I am also trying to install on a Intel SSD. Do I need to use a DVD instead of a USB 2.0? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

[cin19]

1) Like you said, yes, take out the GPU and use the onboard iGPU.
2) Double check your memory to see what kind of the memory they are, single sided or double sided? don't mix them up. If you are, then take out one of them. Here is the info for the RAM. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/boards-and-kits/desktop-boards/000005925.html

 

[trucatchtraps]

1) Like you said, yes, take out the GPU and use the onboard iGPU.
2) Double check your memory to see what kind of the memory they are, single sided or double sided? don't mix them up. If you are, then take out one of them. Here is the info for the RAM. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/boards-and-kits/desktop-boards/000005925.html

Looks like 3rd time was a charm! I finally received the setup screen. Currently installing, hopefully everything goes well. As for the RAM, I currently have 4 - 2GB DDR2 800MHz double-sided sticks in. The only difference is 2 are 5-5-5-18 and 2 are 6-6-6-18, is this going to cause any issues?

 

[cin19]

Yes, when you mixed the RAM, like your RAM have different timing, there is a 50-50% chance you will get problem.

You may try to manually to set the timing to 6-6-6-18 in the BIOS first by using the 6-6-6-18, saving and exit, shutdown the PC, then install the 5-5-5-18 RAM set to see you can boot the PC up.

 

[trucatchtraps]

It looks like I was able to get Windows 10 installed with the additional RAM and GPU installed. I just need to be patient. Now hopefully I can find all the drivers! I don't know why but Windows 10 seemed like it took forever to install, right around 6 hours or so. I have never had this issue with previous Windows versions before. But anyways it's up and running now. Thanks for you help cin19!