win 7 installation issue

[azteen]

hi,

here is the problem i'm having. i downloaded both 32 bit rc and 64 bit rc from microsoft. burned both to dvd as i have with numerous images before.
used 3 different programs. downloaded the iso's from microsoft twice.

i have my boot order set to dvd 1st. when it asks me to hit any key to boot dvd the machine restarts. i am able to boot to xp home and xp pro cd and load windows from each, also my hiren's boot cd will load and run.

no matter how many times i burn this or what speed i burn it at i get the same issue. even when i used an older beta of 7 that i installed previously although on another system and i know the disc worked. i recently upgraded the pc.

i have machine overclocked, but i already reverted back to defaults and same issue. all the hardware is in good working order.

system specs
core i-7 920 @ 3.7ghz
evga x58 tri sli motherboard
6gb ddr3 corsair dominator 1600mhz
500gb sata2 seagate 32mb
asus dvd-rw sata
creative x-fi extreme music pci
true 1366 w/120mm fan
ati 4870 hd 1gb
750w psu

system more than meets the requirements. i also tried a few different ways to try to get win 7 setup to go on a usb thumb drive. i kept having problems with it.. i know machine is capable of booting to usb. i tried different ide/achi settings, did'nt seem to help either. also i tried ide dvd-rw instead of the sata, again the same rebooting.

my machine is stable even with the overclock tested with prime95 and intelburntest 1.9 and all the temps are good too. everything basically works great until i run a win 7 installation dvd. i have not tried to use the upgrade while in windows, but i probably will. i would prefer a fresh install anyways.

anyways i hope someone can help me figure this one out. thanks.

 

[DocBrown]

Some members have said to not have more than 2gb ram during install

 

[azteen]

thanks i'll give it a shot and let you know what happens.

 

[azteen]

well you nailed it right on the head i took out 2 of the 3 2gb sticks and it went straight to setup like it should have. thanks for the quick and accurate reply.

when i get it loaded i'll send some feedback with this issue.

 

[DocBrown]

Welcome azteen, Update your specs & user profile. Lots of great members here

 

[azteen]

well got it installed...but now that it is installed and i tried to add my ram back in it reboots just like it did when i tried to run setup from cd.
this happens with 2 2gb sticks or 3 2gb sticks..if i go back to 1 2gb stick it works fine. whats the point of having the 64 bit if you are stuck at 2gb lol.

anyway thanks again for your help.

 

[DocBrown]

I am sure others have resolved this problem, you will have to do a little bit of searching & reading th many post here. Because I have seen members running with 6gb & 8gb

 

[azteen]

turns out a bios update allows me now to use 6gb without issue.

 

[Robber79]

I started installing win7 RC from scratch, at first it was working till it reached "completeing installtion" and it went to restart it freezed on the windows logo and no action from the H.D.D or the DVDRom when i tried it again it freezed after "windows preparing files" only the "starting windows" with the win logo, i tried to upgrade running it on winXP it didn't work also, i made 2 copies from the iso source with 2 different DVDRom and 2 different DVD discs. PS: i installed this copy from the same DVD disc i used on my desktop, on a my Dell Notebook with 3G RAM it worked so fine with no sweet and no problems.:sarc:
PS: I have one ram with double side chips and the other one is single side chips.
I am really stuned, plz help.

 

[azteen]

could be ram issue..try it with each single stick..or run memtest

try partitioning the drive with another utility...not setup from win cd/dvd
like gparted patition magic even the utility for your specific hd manufacturer data lifeguard (wd) all the major drives offer one

if you can find a hiren's boot cd it has all the stuff you need on it..it's about 97 mb iso

more than likely your setup dvd is ok if it worked on a different machine.

i hope something might work for you

 

[Robber79]

could be ram issue..try it with each single stick..or run memtest

try partitioning the drive with another utility...not setup from win cd/dvd
like gparted patition magic even the utility for your specific hd manufacturer data lifeguard (wd) all the major drives offer one

if you can find a hiren's boot cd it has all the stuff you need on it..it's about 97 mb iso

more than likely your setup dvd is ok if it worked on a different machine.

i hope something might work for you

I have the Hiren's boot cd already and my hard drive is partitioned with partition magic 8 from hiren's cd, i even did a ram test with hiren's cd utility and it came out ok, so i guess that leaves me with only one option which is to give it a try with a single stick ram. Thank you azteen, i will update when i am done trying your suggestion.

 

[Robber79]

Nothing here man I still can't setup win7, first i started with the double side chip memory stick in slot one the H.D.D led light was on but not blinking or anything and no action from the DVD then I tried the other three slots left, nothing not even the H.D.D led light on, only starting windows that is all.
Then i tried the other stick the single side chip, slot 1 was working it started copying files, expanding, installing updates then completing installtion it goes to restart and it happend again just hanging on widows starting, slot 2 was the same the happend with the double side chip no hard led light or the DVD just windows starting, slot three came to the stage of completing installtion then it hang so i manually restarted my pc then it asked if i want to enter in safe mode, so i gave it a try then it said the windows need to restart to complete the setup so I gave it the ok then it restart and opened, on the window of the setup in the satge of copleting installtion and my monitor flicker and the resultion changed to 1680x1050 then the final restart to complete the setup and prepare my desktop but that didn't happen it hanged again so i gave it a manual reset again then safe mode then it opend on "setup is preparing your desktop for the first time" and it hang again :shock:, the fourth slot offcourse nothing.
then the big shock I removed both ram sticks and sprayed the slots with a cleaner and pluged them both the double chip in slot 1 and the single chip stick in slot 3 as y MB setting manual says then i gave it the last shot, it went ok till the completing installtion then comes the restart and i am back to where i started nothing only starting windows.

 

[DocBrown]

What is you boot order set for on your computer?

 

[DocBrown]

Also disconnect any un-needed extra devices during the install. USB hubs, flash drivers, printers, external drives, etc. Try it with bare necessities.

 

[Robber79]

What is you boot order set for on your computer?

Well first boot device is the DVDRom drive, second boot device is the hard drive, third boot is set on "other"

 

[Robber79]

Also disconnect any un-needed extra devices during the install. USB hubs, flash drivers, printers, external drives, etc. Try it with bare necessities.

I have the UPS pluged and the webcam in the usb ports nothing else no printers no scanners or flash drivers, external drivers, etc.

should I unblug them???

 

[DocBrown]

Ok, some members have had to do this:
Hard drive first, DVD second.
When you first boot up HIT F8 key to get boot order menu screen.
Then choose DVD for Win 7 Install DVD already inserted.
Let it go thru the standard process on install.
When it does the auto reboot sequences, it will go to the hard drive for the rest of the install.

Just a few bumps along the way!

 

[DocBrown]

Webcam caused a problem for me.

 

[Robber79]

Ok, some members have had to do this:
Hard drive first, DVD second.
When you first boot up HIT F8 key to get boot order menu screen.
Then choose DVD for Win 7 Install DVD already inserted.
Let it go thru the standard process on install.
When it does the auto reboot sequences, it will go to the hard drive for the rest of the install.

Just a few bumps along the way!

ok i will try that and see how it goes?? and get back to you..
well i did wht you said and setup my MB to hard drive first, DVD second but wnen I hit F8 to get boot order menu screen it doesn't appear i get NTlodder is missing press alt+ctrl+del to restart, and on winxp I hit F8 i get all the usuall selection but nothing says DVD for win7 install. Man i starting to get so depressed here.

 

[Robber79]

Webcam caused a problem for me.

If the webcame is the reason for all my suffering i will smash it under a the wheels of a bus