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Problem with installer hanging
I am sorry in advance if I am posting something that has already been resolved but I cant seem to find anyone on here who has had a problem similar enough to mine for a proper solution to my problem.
For starters My sys specs are as follows:
psu: 450 watt coolmax
mainboard: xfx nvidia nforce 780i sli
processor: intel q8400 2.66ghz 1333fsb 4mb cache
ram: 2x 1g OCZ platimum ddr2
hdd: hittachi 1tb drive sata deskstar
gpu: 2x evga geforce 9500 gt 521mb
optical drive: lg super multi dvd rw drive
I was having an issue with startup after an unknown window update install (unkown as in its my wifes rig and I was told second hand by her that it was after a windows update install). I attempted startup repair multiple times with no real outcome until i swapped over my main os hdd and was then able to run startup repair on her hdd. From that point on I was able to run win 7 from either drive rather succesfully until the next day. I receieved a text message from the wife while I was at work stating windows updated again and startup was not possible ( thus again i have no idea what update it was). since that point I have been unable to even run startup repair on her hdd even with the previous fix of using my hdd to do so (I know using my HDD doesn't make a whole lot of sense but I was desperate for a solution at the time.) I finnally gave up with trying to repair the installation booted into 7 using my hdd and backed up her essential files. I then attempted to boot the win 7 installer from dvd. I was not able to boot to dvd from the installed drive. I then swapped out her sata dvd drive for my ide drive. I was still unable to boot into dvd. I then decided to just wipe the hdd altogether and start from scratch. DBAN booted just fine from the ide drive but would not load from the sata drive.
After a quick wipe (well 1tb drive so ill let you all be the judge of quick there lol) I then shut the rig down and removed my hdd and her sata optical drive and attempted to load into the installer. The dvd begins to load into the installer but hangs everytime at the loading windows screen. I have tried multiple reconfigurations of hardware to resolve this issue inculding but not limited to:
*video cards in/out of sli (i do not have onboard graphics otherwise i would have tried that)
*sata optical drive and ide optical drive
*ps2 mouse and keyboard v. usb
* i swapped my mem out for hers (4x 1gb sli ready ocz ddr2 mem)
* tried every combination of mem dimms immaginable (1 to4 gigs and all variations in between)
*tried removing her hdd and installed mine and still the installer hangs at starting windows.
*while i had my hdd installed i booted to windows to test hardware stability and ran pcmark burn in 6 to test stability ran tests for 30 mins without any glitches or hardware failures
so any guidance and help would be much appreciated. this problem has had me stumped for about 3 weeks now and it is just unimaginably frustrating.
thanks in advance for the help guys.