Newly built PC failing to install/boot Windows

TD1987

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Sep 27, 2016
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Hello everyone, I have been trawling these forums the past couple of days but I'm well and truly stuck and I'm hoping you will be able to help me!

I've just put together a budget PC (for the first time since a socket 939 build around 11 years ago) using the following:

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 R5
AMD FX8350
Sapphire R9 270
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 16gb (2*8 with only 1 stick currently installed)
Corsair CX600 psu

My problems started yesterday when I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7. I didn't use a new HDD but erased the partitions/formatted using the options in the Windows 7 installer. The installation failed a couple of times, which I assumed could be due to using a DVD-RW disc, but was eventually successful.

Once in Windows I began to install the mobo drivers from the disc which came with the motherboard but after a few minutes the machine froze. Having restarted I managed to install the various drivers individually and moved onto the GPU's drivers...again the installer caused Windows to freeze. I downloaded the GPU drivers to install from the HDD rather than disk in case that was the issue, but again the installer locked up Windows.

Due to the above I burnt a new disc and reinstalled Windows, this time the installation went without a hitch until it reached the point of saying Windows would restart and the installation would continue. Upon restarting the system hung at Starting Windows, before the coloured logo usually appears.

When I attempt to boot in safe mode it tells me the installation can't be completed whilst in safe mode and restarts.

If I try to boot from my Windows disc it freezes on the grey loading files bar at the bottom of the screen. For the sake of clarity I'm using a genuine x64 Windows 7 Pro .iso from Microsoft.

I've tried many different things such as disabling UEFI in the bios and I've ordered a better psu (850w) and a new HDD to try tomorrow in case either of those is the problem. I'll also pick up a USB stick to boot from in case the DVD-RW disc or drive is at fault...I also wonder whether the CPU could be bad...?

For now I'm stumped and I hope someone smarter than me has some idea as to what's up.

Thanks for reading and any suggestions would be welcomed, if anyone can suggest a fix the beers are on me...

Tom

 
I haven't been able to test a Win10 installation yet and still no joy after swapping the PSU and HDD...I've bitten the bullet and ordered a replacement CPU which I suspect is the culprit and a mobo just in case 🙁

Edit: I have tried booting from a Win7 USB and that fails too, hence why I'm guessing CPU