Installation hangs on black screen

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  1. Posts : 23
    Vista
       #1

    Installation hangs on black screen


    I thought I'd move with the times and picked up a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate. I had Vista installed before.

    Booted from CD, delete/recreate partition and did a clean install.

    The installer hangs on a black screen after the first reboot. Even left it overnight without progress. Forcing a reboot and going into Safe Mode the setup tries to continue, then comes up with a prompt saying 'Setup cannot run in Safe mode, rebooting your computer', whereupon it hangs again.

    These are my specs:

    1 x Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Hard Drive SATA II 7200rpm *32MB Cache* -
    1 x MSI P35 Neo2-FR iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
    1 x Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 Socket 775 (1.8GHz) 1MB L2 Cache OEM
    4 x OCZ 1GB DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Platinum XTC Memory Kit CL4 2.1V
    1 x Sapphire HD 2400PRO 256MB DDR2 VGA DVI HDTV out PCI-E Graphics Card
    1 x Sony AD-7200S 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM Internal SATA Bare Black Drive - OEM
    1 x LiteOn 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer & Ram SATA Black Bare Drive - OEM

    My 500GB hard drive is split into 2 partitions, 100GB boot partition and the rest (350GB or so) as storage.

    This is the sequence I tried:
    1. Boot from CD, delete boot partition, new partition, clean install (HUNG)
    2. Disconnect router, then as 1. (HANG)
    3. Reset BIOS to factory defaults, then as 1. (HANG)
    4. Disconnect external hard drive and printer, then as 1. (HANG)
    5. Disabled on-board chips like sound, legacy USB etc, then as 1. (HANG)

    I've tried booting to the CD and doing a 'repair windows' but that comes back without problems.

    The only other thing I could think of is that the graphics card is incompatible... but I don't have onboard VGA and I don't have another card just lying around.

    I've never had a problem doing a clean Windows install. I'm really disappointed they're making it so difficult. Does anyone have any suggestions? I might have to just go back to Vista...
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  2. Posts : 23
    Vista
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Actually I've just checked and it seems my graphics card is compatible so I'm out of ideas...
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  3. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #3

    Try removing one of your ram sticks and then install.. This is often the cause of system hangs during installation...
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  4. Posts : 23
    Vista
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Really? How come? I've got 4 x 1GB in at the moment, do you suggest I go to 2GB?

    Sounds crazy to me. Should I try and install the x64 version? I've been trying the x86 build up to now...
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  5. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #5

    Your specs show 2 x OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Platinum XTC Memory Kit CL4 2.1V... now you say that you haved 4 1gb sticks... remove all but one stick of ram and reinstall... also.. have you overclocked anything?? If so, return everything to default values before installing..
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  6. Posts : 23
    Vista
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Tews said:
    Your specs show 2 x OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Platinum XTC Memory Kit CL4 2.1V... now you say that you haved 4 1gb sticks... remove all but one stick of ram and reinstall... also.. have you overclocked anything?? If so, return everything to default values before installing..
    Sorry, I just copied that from an invoice, I bought 2 x 2 GB Packs, each made up of 2 x 1GB sticks I've amended the spec above to make more sense.

    I did over clock but I've restored the factory settings now...
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  7. Posts : 12,177
    Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 Pro x64
       #7

    Welcome to Seven Forums.

    First try Tews suggestion, taking out all of the RAM cards except one, if overclocking CPU, GPU or RAM return all to defaults, try the installation.

    If it still doesn't work, tell us if your computer is an OEM or custom build. The model and manufacturer if OEM. If custom build then what mother board are you using.
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  8. Posts : 23
    Vista
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Dave76 said:
    Welcome to Seven Forums.

    First try Tews suggestion, taking out all of the RAM cards except one, if overclocking CPU, GPU or RAM return all to defaults, try the installation.

    If it still doesn't work, tell us if your computer is an OEM or custom build. The model and manufacturer if OEM. If custom build then what mother board are you using.
    Hi there,

    Its a custom build, the motherboard is a MSI P35 Neo2-FR iP35 Socket 775

    Out of interest, why could there be a problem with the RAM? Vista ran fine with the same config...
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  9. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #9

    Friend, just try what has been suggestged, if you choose not to then Im 10-7..
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  10. Posts : 23
    Vista
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Removed all memory but a single 1GB stick with the same results. Tried both x86 and x64 versions.

    I'm installing XP at the moment and I'll see there are any BIOS updates for my motherboard, can't think of anything else
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