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Constant BSOD on brand new setup
Hi all - hope you can help!
Scenario:
Brand new Gigabyte EP45T-UD3LR motherboard
Brand new 1TB Hitachi SATA HDD, 3.0GB/s
2GB DDR3 RAM
SATA DVD-RW
Core 2 Quad Q6600
I am trying to set up a new install of Win 7 on the above, with no success. (Retail CD bought today, too)
I used my external caddy to partition the drive (1 partition, whole drive), and built up the board etc.
So, I boot from the Windows 7 DVD, wait for the "press any key to boot from CD/DVD, do so, and the "Windows is loading files" message appears with the white progress bar.
All OK so far.
Then, I get the Windows splash screen, followed by the screen to chose Language, Time and currency and keyboard screen. Having done so, I click NEXT.
As we all know, the next screen is "Install now"
When I click on "Install now", Setup is starting appears briefly, followed by a BSOD
REFERENCE_BY_POINTER
STOP: 0X00000018
I'm guessing this is an issue with a driver, but at no point do I get the opportunity to point to a driver?
Does anyone have any ideas please?
Thanks in anticipation
Andrew