Question Why is my windows always restarting when it boots up.

[Nightangel323]

I got a new motherboard its a Asrock Z87 Extreme4, I got this so I can run Two AMD radeon HD 6900 series in Crossfire.. with 1000psu. and i am going to be running a outdated i7-4790s cpu. With 32gb of ram,, i am running Win7x64,, when I install the new Motherboard it boots up when it gets to the Windows loading screen it will restart or say Fail to boot.. Can anyone help me with this thank you..

 

[Ralston18]

Make and model PSU? 1000 watts noted. Efficiency? Age? Condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)? History of heavy use for gaming, video editing, or even bit mining?

My thought is that there is a problem between the now unsupported Windows 7 and the drivers for the HD 6900s.

Will just one GPU work by itself without a restart or failure to boot?

When the system does boot, check Reliability History for any error codes, warnings, or informational events that occur with either the restart or the failure to boot.

Try booting into Safe Mode. Does that work without a restart or boot failure?

 

[USAFRet]

I got a new motherboard its a Asrock Z87 Extreme4, I got this so I can run Two AMD radeon HD 6900 series in Crossfire.. with 1000psu. and i am going to be running a outdated i7-4790s cpu. With 32gb of ram,, i am running Win7x64,, when I install the new Motherboard it boots up when it gets to the Windows loading screen it will restart or say Fail to boot.. Can anyone help me with this thank you..

With this new motherboard, did you do a full wipe and reinstall of your OS?

 

[Nightangel323]

Make and model PSU? 1000 watts noted. Efficiency? Age? Condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)? History of heavy use for gaming, video editing, or even bit mining?

My thought is that there is a problem between the now unsupported Windows 7 and the drivers for the HD 6900s.

Will just one GPU work by itself without a restart or failure to boot?

When the system does boot, check Reliability History for any error codes, warnings, or informational events that occur with either the restart or the failure to boot.

Try booting into Safe Mode. Does that work without a restart or boot failure?

the make and model of my psu is a Rosewill CMG1000 Modular power supply 80 plus gold.. I also did it with one GPU,,well it kept on trying to find a solution online,, or wanted me to do a system restore.... also my harddrive is set to RMB,, not UEFI..

 

[Nightangel323]

With this new motherboard, did you do a full wipe and reinstall of your OS?

no I did not do a full wipe of my os,, I don't have any CD to do that,, I have a digital CD key..

 

[USAFRet]

no I did not do a full wipe of my os,, I don't have any CD to do that,, I have a digital CD key..

Well, that is almost certainly the problem.

A Windows install is not modular, to be moved around to different systems.
When presented with a new motherboard, an existing Win 7 install is likely to fail.

 

[Nightangel323]

Well, that is almost certainly the problem.

A Windows install is not modular, to be moved around to different systems.
When presented with a new motherboard, and existing Win 7 install is likely to fail.

ok,, but i took this OS from a OLD build to my current build of a Asrock H97 anniversary,, i didn't have no problem with that..

 

[USAFRet]

ok,, but i took this OS from a OLD build to my current build of a Asrock H97 anniversary,, i didn't have no problem with that..

3 possible outcomes:

1. It works just fine
2. It fails completely
3. It works, but you're chasing issues for weeks months.

With this system, you are squarely at #2.
With the previous change, you may have been at #3 but did not realize it.

In any case...this current thing is not working. What you are seeing is classic signs of an old OS not working with different hardware.

 

[Nightangel323]

3 possible outcomes:

1. It works just fine
2. It fails completely
3. It works, but you're chasing issues for weeks months.

With this system, you are squarely at #2.
With the previous change, you may have been at #3 but did not realize it.

In any case...this current thing is not working. What you are seeing is classic signs of an old OS not working with different hardware.

ok but how can i install a new OS system,, with no CD,, but i only have the CD key

 

[USAFRet]

ok but how can i install a new OS system,, with no CD,, but i only have the CD key

From some other working system (or a friends) you'll have to create a new USB to install with.

I recommend moving to Win 10, instead of staying with the deprecated Win 7.
You can use your existing Win 7 license key, for free.

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[Nightangel323]

Yes I would look into this.. would upgrading cost me anything.. also.. could I make the USB I to a boot drive. Where it only boots from my usb.

 

[DSzymborski]

Yes I would look into this.. would upgrading cost me anything.. also.. could I make the USB I to a boot drive. Where it only boots from my usb.

No, it shouldn't cost you anything, so long as the license was legal in the first place and not tied to a prebuilt.

A wipe is a must.

 

[Nightangel323]

No, it shouldn't cost you anything, so long as the license was legal in the first place and not tied to a prebuilt.

A wipe is a must.

Well I got the CD key from a website.. I only used it one time and that is on my current build.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes I would look into this.. would upgrading cost me anything.. also.. could I make the USB I to a boot drive. Where it only boots from my usb.

Assuming you have a valid Win 7 license, it would only cost you the price of an 8GB flash drive.

You use the USB to install to your internal HDD or SSD.
This WILL wipe out everything on the resultant drive.

Read through that link.

 

[USAFRet]

Well I got the CD key from a website.. I only used it one time and that is on my current build.

There are lots of "websites".
Some more valid than others....

 

[Nightangel323]

Assuming you have a valid Win 7 license, it would only cost you the price of an 8GB flash drive.

You use the USB to install to your internal HDD or SSD.
This WILL wipe out everything on the resultant drive.

Read through that link.

I have a 125gb USB drive that I o ly use for a ready boost

 

[USAFRet]

I have a 125gb USB drive that I o ly use for a ready boost

Yes, you could use that.

Whatever is on it WILL be wiped out, and the drive reformatted to FAT32.
Giving a 32GB partition and total size.

If you wish to return it back to the original 128GB, you'll have to do a /clean operation in commandline function diskpart.

 

[Nightangel323]

Yes, you could use that.

Whatever is on it WILL be wiped out, and the drive reformatted to FAT32.
Giving a 32GB partition and total size.

If you wish to return it back to the original 128GB, you'll have to do a /clean operation in commandline function diskpart.

I will work on this tonight when I get off work..