Hello guys,
Please bear with me as this is will be a long thread, but please do your possible to read it all as I am desperate and in need of help..
So I bought hardware to build a budget skylake gaming PC, and I'm using the MSI h110m Pro-VD as it was cheap and fulfilled all my basic needs (it's my first ever build), these are the specs:
CPU: Intel I5 6400 Skylake processor
Motherboard: MSI h110m Pro-VD
GPU: Gigabyte RX 480 Gaming G1 4GB
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 2400mhz 1x8GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1tb hard drive
PSU: XGE 525W
I mounted everything well, PC booted on first attempt, accessed BIOS successfully (updated bios via USB to the latest version on the MSI page for the board), everything was going so well. So I downloaded the ISO for Windows 10 using the media creation tool from Microsoft, made a bootable USB out of it using Rufus, and went on to try and install Windows on my PC, now here a bunch of issues just starting raining on my head!
First, I am able to boot into the USB and start the Windows 10 installation setup, but, it reaches a certain percentage when getting files ready for installation then throws at me the error message "Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code : 0x8007025d". At first I said ok so maybe the ISO is corrupted or something, downloaded another ISO from another website, same thing (and sometimes the setup won't even start and it shows me a blue screen saying "stopcode error: MEMORY MANAGEMENT" or some other error", then I said maybe the USB stick I'm using is bad, I went and bought a new one, made a bootable windows 10 on it but again, the same errors (each time a different error). Went back to the BIOS, windows OS configuration, noticed that support for Windows 8/10 was disabled by default, I thought it was it, enabled it, tried again but nothing worked. And I noticed that when I enable windows 8/10 support, the boot menu shows only UEFI (it usually shows Legacy + UEFI), tried a bunch of tutorials on forums saying that the HDD should be converted to GPT instead of MBR, so I did it, but it didn't resolve the issue. Then I read on another forum someone who said that the motherboard doesn't support OS installation from USB and that I need a DVD, I didn't have a drive as I thought I won't need it, anyway I got one, hooked it up to the SATA port and put a Windows 10 CD inside of it, same story again. As a last resort I went to install windows 7, and it installed, but it was so buggy that it was showing a blue screen every now and then and randomly rebooting. I've read somewhere that it was caused by RAM, so I removed it, changed it to the other slot, but it didn't work, my RAM is working fine and is detected in the bios, I have tried about everything there is to try. I also read somewhere that this has something to do with UEFI/BIOS support or whatever but I don't get it. I've been trying everything for 3 days now, not getting enough sleep and getting so angry and frustrated. I'm even considering selling the PC as it's not usable without an OS, and I don't want to settle for a buggy windows 7 installation.
Guys I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me in any way
Please bear with me as this is will be a long thread, but please do your possible to read it all as I am desperate and in need of help..
So I bought hardware to build a budget skylake gaming PC, and I'm using the MSI h110m Pro-VD as it was cheap and fulfilled all my basic needs (it's my first ever build), these are the specs:
CPU: Intel I5 6400 Skylake processor
Motherboard: MSI h110m Pro-VD
GPU: Gigabyte RX 480 Gaming G1 4GB
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 2400mhz 1x8GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1tb hard drive
PSU: XGE 525W
I mounted everything well, PC booted on first attempt, accessed BIOS successfully (updated bios via USB to the latest version on the MSI page for the board), everything was going so well. So I downloaded the ISO for Windows 10 using the media creation tool from Microsoft, made a bootable USB out of it using Rufus, and went on to try and install Windows on my PC, now here a bunch of issues just starting raining on my head!
First, I am able to boot into the USB and start the Windows 10 installation setup, but, it reaches a certain percentage when getting files ready for installation then throws at me the error message "Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code : 0x8007025d". At first I said ok so maybe the ISO is corrupted or something, downloaded another ISO from another website, same thing (and sometimes the setup won't even start and it shows me a blue screen saying "stopcode error: MEMORY MANAGEMENT" or some other error", then I said maybe the USB stick I'm using is bad, I went and bought a new one, made a bootable windows 10 on it but again, the same errors (each time a different error). Went back to the BIOS, windows OS configuration, noticed that support for Windows 8/10 was disabled by default, I thought it was it, enabled it, tried again but nothing worked. And I noticed that when I enable windows 8/10 support, the boot menu shows only UEFI (it usually shows Legacy + UEFI), tried a bunch of tutorials on forums saying that the HDD should be converted to GPT instead of MBR, so I did it, but it didn't resolve the issue. Then I read on another forum someone who said that the motherboard doesn't support OS installation from USB and that I need a DVD, I didn't have a drive as I thought I won't need it, anyway I got one, hooked it up to the SATA port and put a Windows 10 CD inside of it, same story again. As a last resort I went to install windows 7, and it installed, but it was so buggy that it was showing a blue screen every now and then and randomly rebooting. I've read somewhere that it was caused by RAM, so I removed it, changed it to the other slot, but it didn't work, my RAM is working fine and is detected in the bios, I have tried about everything there is to try. I also read somewhere that this has something to do with UEFI/BIOS support or whatever but I don't get it. I've been trying everything for 3 days now, not getting enough sleep and getting so angry and frustrated. I'm even considering selling the PC as it's not usable without an OS, and I don't want to settle for a buggy windows 7 installation.
Guys I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me in any way