Question PC not able to install windows

[chumpy_]

I have recently built a PC out of majorly spare parts from previous builds. I got a new case and put my old CPU, MOBO, RAM, and GPU in there. I am a novice PC builder. PROBLEM: This PC is able to boot into my media creation tool USB drive but once i get slightly through the installer i always get a BSOD. Going from most common to least common they are " Kernel Security Check Failure, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA, IRQL_NOT_GREATER_OR_EQUAL, and some others i cant remember. Ive looked into these and they seem hardware related, but my RAM stick thats in the PC is definitely working correctly, so it must be something else. If anyone could shed some insight on this i would be forever grateful.
SPECS:
CPU: i7 10700 kf
GPU: 1080 ti DUKE edition 11gb
RAM: Vengeance LPX 1 stick currently 8gb ddr4. XMP Disabled
MOBO: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Prime-Z490-P/dp/B07ZT3F95V ASUS Z490 P
CASE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTJLFJ8F?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
PSU: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BZYG24D?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
HDD: random 1 tb seagate

 

[Lutfij]

PSU: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BZYG24D?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
This isn't something that I would call a PSU. You should look into a reliably built unit.

As for your installation, where did you source the installer for your OS?

 

[Bob.B]

I have recently built a PC out of majorly spare parts from previous builds. I got a new case and put my old CPU, MOBO, RAM, and GPU in there. I am a novice PC builder. PROBLEM: This PC is able to boot into my media creation tool USB drive but once i get slightly through the installer i always get a BSOD. Going from most common to least common they are " Kernel Security Check Failure, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA, IRQL_NOT_GREATER_OR_EQUAL, and some others i cant remember. Ive looked into these and they seem hardware related, but my RAM stick thats in the PC is definitely working correctly, so it must be something else. If anyone could shed some insight on this i would be forever grateful.
SPECS:
CPU: i7 10700 kf
GPU: 1080 ti DUKE edition 11gb
RAM: Vengeance LPX 1 stick currently 8gb ddr4. XMP Disabled
MOBO: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Prime-Z490-P/dp/B07ZT3F95V ASUS Z490 P
CASE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTJLFJ8F?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
PSU: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BZYG24D?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
HDD: random 1 tb seagate

Put a copy of memtest86 on a flash stick.
Boot the stick and let it run.......no errors allowed.

 

[DSzymborski]

While you should try this stuff, not until you get a new PSU. This one is so horrifying that I wouldn't even turn on the PC with it.

 

[35below0]

I have recently built a PC out of majorly spare parts from previous builds. I got a new case and put my old CPU, MOBO, RAM, and GPU in there. I am a novice PC builder. PROBLEM: This PC is able to boot into my media creation tool USB drive but once i get slightly through the installer i always get a BSOD. Going from most common to least common they are " Kernel Security Check Failure, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA, IRQL_NOT_GREATER_OR_EQUAL, and some others i cant remember. Ive looked into these and they seem hardware related, but my RAM stick thats in the PC is definitely working correctly, so it must be something else. If anyone could shed some insight on this i would be forever grateful.
SPECS:
CPU: i7 10700 kf
GPU: 1080 ti DUKE edition 11gb
RAM: Vengeance LPX 1 stick currently 8gb ddr4. XMP Disabled
MOBO: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Prime-Z490-P/dp/B07ZT3F95V ASUS Z490 P
CASE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTJLFJ8F?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
PSU: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BZYG24D?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
HDD: random 1 tb seagate

You have nothing to lose by trying to make a new USB installer. This time, instead of Media Creation, use Rufus (https://rufus.ie/en/).

Download the ISO image from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

Select "Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO) for x64 devices", then when asked to "Select the product language", select the same language you will be using when installing Windows.

Stick your USB in, run Rufus, select the ISO you downloaded and create a bootable installer.
Try to install windows using that.

Maybe it's a bad installer. I got a DUD USB stick in a Microsoft retail box. It's not uncommon.

 

[chumpy_]

Put a copy of memtest86 on a flash stick.
Boot the stick and let it run.......no errors allowed.

Already done. RAM is 100% okay. It has to be something else.

 

[chumpy_]

While you should try this stuff, not until you get a new PSU. This one is so horrifying that I wouldn't even turn on the PC with it.

Not an option. It turns on fine so i think something else is the issue. Thanks

 

[chumpy_]

You have nothing to lose by trying to make a new USB installer. This time, instead of Media Creation, use Rufus (https://rufus.ie/en/).

Download the ISO image from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

Select "Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO) for x64 devices", then when asked to "Select the product language", select the same language you will be using when installing Windows.

Stick your USB in, run Rufus, select the ISO you downloaded and create a bootable installer.
Try to install windows using that.

Maybe it's a bad installer. I got a DUD USB stick in a Microsoft retail box. It's not uncommon.

Could i do this with Windows 10 instead?

 

[chumpy_]

PSU: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BZYG24D?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
This isn't something that I would call a PSU. You should look into a reliably built unit.

As for your installation, where did you source the installer for your OS?

Will do once the computer actually works, no point wasting money on a PSU when the one i have now works fine enough to show me the computer is not usable

 

[35below0]

Could i do this with Windows 10 instead?

Yes. You did not mention which Windows so i assumed 11.

I did it directly using Rufus, as explained here (scroll down): https://www.digitalcitizen.life/easiest-way-legally-download-iso-images-windows-and-office/

You can also get an ISO direct from Microsoft but it's a little more convoluted because Microsoft is needlessly complicating things: https://www.howtogeek.com/427223/ho...-get-a-windows-10-iso-directly-from-microsoft

Not an option. It turns on fine so i think something else is the issue. Thanks

Your PSU is a bomb. When it dies it will take the PC with it. Buy a safe PSU. Doesn't have to be fancy, just has to be reliable.
Please.

 

[chumpy_]

Yes. You did not mention which Windows so i assumed 11.

I did it directly using Rufus, as explained here (scroll down): https://www.digitalcitizen.life/easiest-way-legally-download-iso-images-windows-and-office/

You can also get an ISO direct from Microsoft but it's a little more convoluted because Microsoft is needlessly complicating things: https://www.howtogeek.com/427223/ho...-get-a-windows-10-iso-directly-from-microsoft


Your PSU is a bomb. When it dies it will take the PC with it. Buy a safe PSU. Doesn't have to be fancy, just has to be reliable.
Please.

Thanks if i get the pc up and running i will get a new PSU. For now i will continue using this one. This rufus thing seems mighty complex and i dont really see why the creation tool would be the problem. Ive used it plenty of times in the past. Thanks

 

[DSzymborski]

Not an option. It turns on fine so i think something else is the issue. Thanks

I meant what I said. To turn on this PC at all is a very bad idea, a far bigger problem than being unable to install Windows.

 

[USAFRet]

Not an option. It turns on fine so i think something else is the issue. Thanks

Why is it not an option?
Are you prepared to replace ALL of the other components when that one dies?

 

[DSzymborski]

I agree. The PSU is a low-end part, but going through Win installer is not a high power draw situation, and PSU would not be the main suspect. Buying new PSU is not germane to the issue at hand, and is a waste of time and troubleshooting effort.

That's a bit like going to the ER a stomach ache while there's a knife in your arm and the doctor saying "removing the knife is a waste of time as it's not causing the stomach ache."

Trying to not destroy a 1080 Ti is an odd activity to describe as a "waste of time." God, even most *garbage* PSUs in the last decade tend to at least pretend they have active power factor correction.

 

[DSzymborski]

The issue in question is that OP can't get past Win install, not the "destruction" of GPU, which I find a rather heavy dose of melodrama. Whether said destruction will or won't happen is a matter to consider AFTER resolving this immediate issue.

This isn't a customer service line. Ethically, if we see a problem, we encourage people to fix it. We don't ignore serious problems here. This isn't a 1050 Ti in a marginal PSU, it's a very power spiky 80-series Nvidia card. We actually care enough to try and lower the chances that the user comes back here in three, six, or 12 months with a black screen and wondering what the odd smell is.

Like it or not, low-end PSUs are and have always been ubiquitous in many PCs. If they are such a danger of imminent "GPU destruction" as you claim, then we'd be reading about an epidemic of blown PCs on reddit, and every low-end PSU vendor would have been sued into oblivion.

Seriously? We get garbage PSUs killing things on these forums constantly. The people in this thread alone have solved more than 10,000 problems on just this site. I mean, that can't match up to the <checks notes> 1 problem you solved for someone, but it's something.

 

[35below0]

>That's a bit like going to the ER a stomach ache while there's a knife in your arm and the doctor saying "removing the knife is a waste of time as it's not causing the stomach ache."

I don't think much of analogies used as argument. You can find whatever comparison to shade the argument however you like.

>Trying to not destroy a 1080 Ti is an odd activity to describe as a "waste of time." God, even most *garbage* PSUs in the last decade tend to at least pretend they have active power factor correction.

The issue in question is that OP can't get past Win install, not the "destruction" of GPU, which I find a rather heavy dose of melodrama. ...

Please don't.

A dangerous power supply is dangerous.

The choice is up to the OP, but the proper advice is to replace the PSU ASAP.

This isn't a customer service line. Ethically, if we see a problem, we encourage people to fix it. We don't ignore serious problems here.

Quoted for truth.

 

[stonecarver]

HDD: random 1 tb seagate

As far as your power supply if I seen a 700 watt unit for sale for $36.99 I personally skip. Just old and wiser.

But have you made sure that your "some random seagate" hard drive is a healthy drive.

At the very least I would unplug the seagate.

Off your other computer download POP OS and use rufus to make it bootable on a USB drive.

There are a Nvidia only and a AMD only so get the correct for your GPU.

You said rufus seems hard , so take your time and learn it.

It really is super easy to use.

Don't worry you will boot just off the USB drive,

If you get to at least the POP OS working it tells us something.

If you keep glitching out that also leads us to an outcome.

 

[Zerk2012]

I would agree replace the PSU and go from that point on.
Now over 14,382 solutions from posters in this thread alone.

For the problem I would say bad memory, bent CPU pins, bad pen drive, or corrupt ISO.

Edit. For the memory you could try 1 stick in the correct motherboard slot, XMP disabled and manual set the voltage to 1.35

 

[chumpy_]

I would agree replace the PSU and go from that point on.
Now over 14,382 solutions from posters in this thread alone.

For the problem I would say bad memory, bent CPU pins, bad pen drive, or corrupt ISO.

Edit. For the memory you could try 1 stick in the correct motherboard slot, XMP disabled and manual set the voltage to 1.35

What does setting the voltage that high do? If im running XMP disabled like 2200 something mhz?

 

[Zerk2012]

Helps ensure the memory is stable.