Stop code 7B / New PC - Old HDD

This tutorial by Brink needs completed on troubled computer.

Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions

someguynumba5 said:

So, a friend of mine just started building his new PC. I've been helping him every so often over the past 2 days with issues he has come across, as this is his first time. After about an hour of troubleshooting, I'm out of ideas as to what the issue/solution could be.

Steps taken so far:
- Everything is plugged in and connected correctly.
- HDD confirmed to work in 2 other PCs.
- Alternative SATA ports tested - same result
- Boot order is correctly booting from HDD
- Safe mode/Last known configuration result in same stop code.
- Start up repair makes the screen briefly go black, and then reloads the menu.
- No known viruses on HDD.
- BIOS was updated, and reverted, both resulting in the same stop code.
- CMOS cleared.

Partlist:
AMD FX 6300
Asus m5A97 R2.0
Ripjaws X 8GB DDR3 1600
WD Caviar Black 1TB - (old HDD)
R9 270x reference (I know)
Corsair CX 600W

As a side note, he has a USB drive and a fresh SSD, but no windows installation/repair disk.

Sorry but this post indicated the the system would boot.
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- No known viruses on HDD.
- Alternative SATA ports tested - same result

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***Do you or do you not get a BSOD?***

Here is a tutorial by gregrocker that should be very helpful.

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Boot