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Install failure on new system, running out of ideas
I have recently (last Wednesday) built myself a shiny new computer. Here's what's inside:
MB: ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX
RAM: GeIL Value PLUS 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model GVP34GB1600C9DC
Harddrive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R HE103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Graphics: XFX HD-687A-ZDFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower XT TPX-775M 775W
On trying to install Windows 7, I reach some percent before I:
"Windows cannot install required files error 0x80070570
The file may be corrupt or missing.. Make sure all files required for installation are available and restart installation."
Here are the things I've done about it:
-I have removed all but one stick of RAM. I can't remove much else, my motherboard has no integrated graphics, so I'm stuck with my graphics card, only one hard drive, etc...
-I have burned 2 different install disks and made a bootable USB drive, no dice. I do not believe it is my install file (downloaded twice and my boyfriend checked it with some utility called Febooti fileTweak Hash and CRC as per the recommendation of someone on the internet).
-I have run memory tests, everything appears to be fine in the memory department.
-I have reformatted the drive at least 3 times, from different utilities (from Windows 7 install, from Ubuntu install, from GParted) because I had been told that Windows 7 sometimes formats drives too quickly and also because I'm getting desperate.
-I have clocked up my RAM (to 1600), clocked down my RAM (to Auto and 1333), and stared at every setting in BIOS that I could think might make a difference.
I'm about to go run some hard drive tests. I don't expect this to tell me anything.
I'm running out of ideas. Please help me.