Hello everyone...
Went from one little problem to a new one it seems... I've been searching for what to do and I figured I'd ask you guys. As the topic title says, whenever I try to install windows the setup just stops at that one part... I've read so many different reasons why with many different situations. First let me give you my specs...
Motherboard: ASUS P5N-D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131232
Processor: Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034
Video Card: GeForce 9600 GT 512MB PCI Express 2.0 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133239
Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288
DVD Drive: ASUS [insert a lot of media types here]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156
Now when I go into the BIOS I see all my of RAM and it detects my processor type just fine. I've read many things to try... One such thing was to disable USB through the BIOS, which I did, also taking out any components I don't actually need. I've unplugged my USB mouse, all I have going in there is my monitor and keyboard.
Inside I've taken off all connections for external USB and Firewire. Is there anything else in the BIOS I should look for, or disable? What if I took the harddrive to a different computer and formatted windows on it there and brought it back? I don't believe its the disk itself because I've used this very disk many times before on my other computers.
Another suggestion was to update the BIOS of my motherboard... When I go to the ASUS website I've gotten a .bin for the updated bios.. But I have no idea how I'm going to flash it. The site goes on explaining how to do it via DOS and a floppy but I don't have a floppy drive on my new machine, is there some way I can make some sort of CD for it? If so do you think that doing this will honestly help?
Been reading topics and such for a couple hours now and haven't found any sort of working solution yet... Please feel free to give ideas to help me out.
I really appreciate your time, thank you
Went from one little problem to a new one it seems... I've been searching for what to do and I figured I'd ask you guys. As the topic title says, whenever I try to install windows the setup just stops at that one part... I've read so many different reasons why with many different situations. First let me give you my specs...
Motherboard: ASUS P5N-D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131232
Processor: Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034
Video Card: GeForce 9600 GT 512MB PCI Express 2.0 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133239
Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288
DVD Drive: ASUS [insert a lot of media types here]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156
Now when I go into the BIOS I see all my of RAM and it detects my processor type just fine. I've read many things to try... One such thing was to disable USB through the BIOS, which I did, also taking out any components I don't actually need. I've unplugged my USB mouse, all I have going in there is my monitor and keyboard.
Inside I've taken off all connections for external USB and Firewire. Is there anything else in the BIOS I should look for, or disable? What if I took the harddrive to a different computer and formatted windows on it there and brought it back? I don't believe its the disk itself because I've used this very disk many times before on my other computers.
Another suggestion was to update the BIOS of my motherboard... When I go to the ASUS website I've gotten a .bin for the updated bios.. But I have no idea how I'm going to flash it. The site goes on explaining how to do it via DOS and a floppy but I don't have a floppy drive on my new machine, is there some way I can make some sort of CD for it? If so do you think that doing this will honestly help?
Been reading topics and such for a couple hours now and haven't found any sort of working solution yet... Please feel free to give ideas to help me out.
I really appreciate your time, thank you