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Help Needed....BSOD during Windows 7 Installation
Hi Everyone,
It's a sad day - my PC was turned off at the wall switch sometime during the boot-up/load. I couldn't get it too reboot after this, and system restore just resulted in a BSOD (I dont have the details for that BSOD unfortunately).
I decided to re-install from scratch using 2 x brand new Samsung F3 SATAII drives I purchased. I decided to setup a RAID0. This is what I did:
1. Install drives into MOBO (see system specs)
2. Enter BIOS and configured RAID0, saved and exit
3. Boot from Windows 7 x64 Ultimate disk
4. New drives found
5. Installed RAID driver for x64
6. Proceed to installation
During the expanding of the installation files, after a few percent progress, I get the BSOD shown. The error main message is:
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
I'm lost as to what the issue might be. Could it be a RAM or MOBO problem? Surely, I wouldn't even be able to start the installation if it was? Perhaps I should default my BIOS settings to factory settings and try again?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm lost as to where to start.
Thanks,
Golden