What could be wrong?

Option for you. Put his HDD in your system do the install of windows then put the HDD back in his system and boot if you have the same motherboard it will work. if it still fails when loading windows it as to be PSU
 
So the power will rise enough, when installing the software to cause a blue screen? It is only installing the OS. Nothing stressfull about that surely? I don't know.

Worth trying a dif PSU then? Didn't think the PSU would ramp up while installing software.
 
you know your system works so do a full switch out, but his motherboard in your system will all your items, but his HDD and try to install windows.

installing windows is the biggest install your system will do.
 
koolpc said:
So the power will rise enough, when installing the software to cause a blue screen? It is only installing the OS. Nothing stressfull about that surely? I don't know.

Worth trying a dif PSU then? Didn't think the PSU would ramp up while installing software.
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It uses more processing power to do the software commands it's told to do. Depends on the install.
 
What a mission.. If i suspected DVD drive, just plug in another and test. when that's out the way (easiest) do the HDD's. Then PSU. THEN do the full system swap - takes some time to take two systems apart, rebuild, take apart, and rebuild again... plus rarely isolates the problem immediately.

One part at a time starting with the easiest/most likely.
 
It was the CD guys. He used a dif one supplied by his local PC shop, with SP3 on it and it worked fine!!
 
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