New pc, Install hangs at the logo then throws 0x00000e9 error after 15 min or so, always

[Nadrac]

Parts
Corsair CX 430W
Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V
Gigabyte GTX750 1GB DDR5
Intel Pentium G3258
Kingston 4GB DDR3 1600MHz KHX16C9B1B/4
Western Digital 1TB 64MB WD10EZEX

I don't have sata optical drive or other pc to test parts with. Bios recognizes everything, it's on factory default. I ran a check on the pendrive and formatted it slowly just in case, but frankly i am running out of ideas.

I also tried without the hdd plugged in, ram reseated, all usb pulled out with the exception of the pen drive (supposedly windows has a thing against usb ?), it threw the same error, hardware seem to be in a working order as far as i can tell. Most hdd-s are either dead or not, but it's possible bios recognizes it and it's unreadable, but currently i can't test it.

Would love some ideas.

 

[Titillating]

That error code is usually HDD related. Most likely your HDD isn't getting recognized (has happened to me with new HDDs that are not formatted or prepped for Windows installations) or it is just plain busted. If you can, do some testing with other drives or stick the one in question into another PC to see if it will read.

 

[Nadrac]

That error code is usually HDD related. Most likely your HDD isn't getting recognized (has happened to me with new HDDs that are not formatted or prepped for Windows installations) or it is just plain busted. If you can, do some testing with other drives or stick the one in question into another PC to see if it will read.

Thanks i did check hdd already with another pc, even tried ubuntu and it got stuck the same, shown in bios, but can't see it even in disk management in windows. I am getting it replaced.

 

[RobertJr]

That error code is usually HDD related. Most likely your HDD isn't getting recognized (has happened to me with new HDDs that are not formatted or prepped for Windows installations) or it is just plain busted. If you can, do some testing with other drives or stick the one in question into another PC to see if it will read.

I am having the exact same problem at the moment. My pc boot will not go any further than the logo. Everytime I put in a USB it starts to also give these "snowflakes" or white dots on the screen. This problem does not occur with the USB removed. I really hope that it's the fault of the HDD because, if so, it would save me alot of money. Today I will be going to school and try to use my HDD on other computers. See if it works or if the same problem occurs. Anyways, even if your post was a few months ago. I will still place my own post in hopes of you being able to maybe contact me through this forum. Also, I will ask the school to lend me an HDD. If that does not solve the problem, then atleast I know it's not the HDD's fault