computer restarts when i try to load windows

[jll138girl]

i custom biult this computer i started from scratch i have tried everything i try to get windows to install on 2 differnt hard drives and it gives me a difernt error for each hard drive and i took the solid state out of my husbands computer that already has windows on it and it wont load it gets the little balls spinning for a few seconds than restarts i have tried every sata hard drive in my house and they are ones that i know work because i took them out of other computers can some one please help i have been fighting with this computer for over a year trying to get it going and running well

EDIT: i got windows to install on my old laptop hard drive but i still cant get it to install on the terabite it was saying that its the wrong format and when i tried to run windows off the solid state drive it would crash not just restart it was just showing the bluescreen way to fast for me to see it

 

[Ztruker]

What is the make and model number of the motherboard? Is it UEFI or BIOS?

 

[Ztruker]

Got the motherboard info from your Specs, didn't see them last time, sorry. That board uses BIOS, not UEFI.

What do you have Raid Mode set to? What are the choices. Try IDE or AHCI.

 

[jll138girl]

i havent messed with any of the settings in the bios really i dont wanna mess any thing up im cool with hardware not so much software i have no idea what raid mode is let alone the choises of what i can set it to ... sorry if you can tell me where to find the info i will be more than happy to find it for you

 

[Ztruker]

Page 3-10 of the manual for your motherboard shows you where it is.

You can get the manual here: MSI USA ? Download Center

 

[gregrocker]

Make sure you have the latest BIOS version from MSI USA ? Motherboard - 890FXA-GD70. Follow the steps carefully to flash BIOS.

If you have the latest BIOS then boot into BIOS setup using the key shown on BIOS splash screen, look for the SATA controller setting, set to AHCI to try install. If that fails try IDE mode.

Unplug all other HD's during install.

 

[jll138girl]

the bois should be UTD i just got the thing back from msi i have it running now but it says only 8 gb of my 16 gb of ram are useble but it recignises all 16 gb

 

[Decoman]

1) If your computer ends up with a BSOD (blue screen of death), then there might be two different error messages that keep repeating if an overclock attempt does not work as planned (too little voltage for vcore or something else).

2) In the motherboard manual, there might be a table showing how far a mainboard has gone in the POST (power on self test) process. Failure to boot properly might perhaps have the computer booting and restarting in a continuous loop. Such diagnostic lights might not be present on your mainboard.

 

[gregrocker]

What is the BIOS version number? It should say when you boot into BIOS setup, or run Belarc Advisor.

Type Resource Monitor into Start Search box. On Memory Tab how much RAM is apportioned to hardware?

 

[jll138girl]

tthis should be the stuff you were looking for

 

[gregrocker]

You have the latest BIOS version.

Your hardware is reserving more than 8gb of your RAM so that explains the disparity reported on System page. I would confirm that your Video card uses this much RAM because its seems high. A hardware expert will know for sure.

Have you tried to set SATA controller to AHCI in BIOS setup yet to retry install?

Another suggestion from BlueRobot:

Ask if they have placed the RAM sticks in the specified slots by their motherboard manual, some motherboards require RAM to be in certain slots if using a certain amount of RAM or certain slots are being used.

Do they have a matched set of RAM? Have they checked compatibility with their motherboard?

 

[Layback Bear]

Could you post one of these.

 

[Britton30]

Could you post one of these.

View attachment 280679

To get there type msconfig in the rb:search fields and hit Enter. Go to the Boot tab and click the Advanced button.