i5 2500k/P67 nightmare, please help!

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Hi guys, I need your help badly please,

Basically, I purchased the required parts for my 2nd gen i5 build. This consisted of an i5 2500k processor, Asus P8P67 motherboard with 4 Gb of Corsair XMS3 DDR3 memory. I have a fair bit of build experience so set about putting it all together. So, fired her up, went in to bios, confirmed the default settings and rebooted. Got to the Windows 7 splash screen for the current Windows 7 install....then....blue screen and rebooted. Restarted, only got to the splash screen again and restarted....and so on. Bugger!

Replaced the board for an MSI P67 GD65 thinking the Asus was faulty, same thing happened though no blue screen, just restarts went it gets to the splash screen. Tried 2 different GPU's and had the same issue. Tried more powerful Antec TP650 PSU, same issue. Tried a fresh install of Windows 7 on a different HDD, same problem. Contacted OCUK who advised to test the memory with memtest86 so ran this for 10hrs, no errors reported. so, with the MSI GD65 board and the Corsair XMS3 ram seemingly fine I sent the processor back to OCUK for testing and just had an email to say the processor booted fine on 3 different systems. Bugger again!

I am literally going mad as I have had these parts now for nearly 1 month and I literally have ran out of ideas/possibilities so I desperately need your help please people. Any thoughts or suggestions will be massively appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Does the blue screen occur while installing or after the install of Win7?
Is the windows 7 install a original cd or a burned/digital copy? if it is a burned one reburn the image from m$ at the slowest speed possible and retry. I would laugh at that suggestion 3 months ago untill it happend to me :P
 
I had same problem with my last ASUS build, I got BSOD every time I went to load windows. Took out one stick of RAM and it was no problem. After install put it back in and all was fine.
 
Best way to detect a fault! Remove everythin that isn't nessasary to run eg, only leave in memory, CPU, gpu, 1 hdd. If it's running ok, plug in the DVDRW and try load windows. If it runs ok, then install every other device one by one and test, eventually it will stop again and your'll know the culprit!! I bet it's either a pci card, dvdrom or a hdd.
 
It's also worth checking to see what controller you have the installation drive on. If it's on the Intel sata then there should be no problem. But, for example, on the GD65, if you are connected to the marvel controller then that may be a driver issue. Hard to comment firther as I don't know at which stage you are getting to on the install - does it get as far as drive selection, picking your drive and then continue

Also might be worth trying to install from usb instead, details in this thread.
 
Thanks for your replies. The windows install on the HDD is a fresh complete install which, when connected to my LGA775 rig works fine and completed the install on that rig and even downloaded the Nvidia Drivers so I could set the correct screen res once up and running on the i5 rig in the other case. Then I removed took the HDD from the 775 rig and connected to the i5 and then the issues started. As for connected devices, I only have those suggested by JasonKnights, the DVDRW is still in the LGA775 case.

Memory wise, I forgot that I had even tried the 1 stick at a time method, with both sticks individually, but still no joy. That was when I tried memtest86 which was fine.
 
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Yup, it is a tricky one. The power supply was part of my efforts to solve the issue. I purchased a new Antec True Power 650W PSU which is more than enough to power everything including the new Gigabyte GTX460 which works fine on the 775 rig. The 775 rig it is running a Corsair CX400w PSU and it runs fine on this. I currently have an old 8800GT for the purpose of testing everything. Then, if everything works I will build the new i5 hardware including the GTX460SOC in to the main case currently housing the 775 rig.

Has anyone had any experience with SATA settings- IDE and AHCI, within the bios? Could these be having an effect and causing the BSOD?
 
I would defo try taking out one memory stick at a time and trying again, I have had this happen a couple of times (both on XP however) and it was always the RAM.
 
I would suggest running them with AHCI. Just for info, I am running an i7-2600k, with corsair xms 1600 ram and the MSI P67A-GD65 motherboard you have. My hard drive is on the Intel Sata 3 connection and I installed Windows with no issue.

I'm not trying to rub it in, just to let you know really.

Also don't rely on an already installed Windows 7, sometimes you get away with existing installations on new hardware but tbh most of the time it does not work and you end up with what you describe. Only try fresh installations from this point. The MSI motherboard also has a memory tester built into the bios, might it be worth trying that.

Also setup a usb key install as I suggested before, it will rule out the disc,optical drive,cable etc. Have you tried installing windows with only 1 memory dimm installed?
 
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I agree with the last comments, I remember a similar thing happend to me but years ago, there was no problem with the memory or the board! They just wouldn't work together, and it was only in windows when the problem was apparent. The shop just swapped the ram for another make as it was only generic stuff and the problem was solved! Hope it's just something simple like that for you.
 
3vil Tom, I appreciate what you are saying but I have tried this already at least 3 times, different sticks, different dimms, individually and together plus the MSI memory test through the bios was a pass as was memtest86 mentioned before so I am just not convinced by the ram being faulty. The final confirmation of this would be to try the memory in another working DDR system.

Liquid, please don't worry about me thinking you're just rubbing it in, I don't, if anything it's good to know the board can be made to work one way or another.

Maybe a re-install whie the HDD is connected to the i5 rig is the way forward with 1 stick of ram, hopefully then get a functioning install which I can add the ram to. Just tracked the processor which should be back with me tomorrow. 48hr turnaround for testing is pretty good, just a shame I'll probably now be slightly lighter in the pocket because of it though at least the processor is taken out of the equation now.
 
I've had a similar problem to this twice. Once it was a Zotac Nvidea card doing it, once switched to ATI is was fine. Have you tried an ATI card?

The other time was when the HD was set wrong in the BIOS. The IDE/SATA thing. I think most install as IDE.
 
morguk, thanks for you input though from what you have described that sounds more like you may have had a driver issue to me. Swapping from a 1 month old Gigabyte GTX460 SOC to an ATI card would be bit of an extreme measure, especially when the card is technically fine, plus the older 8800GT, which was working fine when removed and I'm sure it is not an MSI/ATI conspiracy to be able to run only their products.

In regards to IDE and AHCI- from what I can work out AHCI supports 'hot swapping' so you can connect/disconnect HDD's without shutting the system down but need to install OS to the HDD with the AHCI setting selected via the bios.

I'll make sure I keep you all posted when I try this later.
 
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Try a fresh install on the new system. Transferring windows installs from one machine to another tends to throw up all kinds of problems, usually to do with chipset drivers.
 
This sounds to me like it could be a problem with SATA ports, move everything onto the 6gig ports and just literally plug in your primary hard drive and optical drive.
Also if you have spare new Sata cables make sure the one on the primary hard drive is a new one, this will rule out the cable.

Stuff like this can be a nightmare, are all the parts new? The only way to fix stuff like this is like someone said earlier unplug as much as possible
 
Yeah I have tried all ports with all manner of cables, 6Gbs cables, then 3Gb cables then some older standard red ones from the old build. All combo's of cable and ports were tried but to no avail. As for the parts, yes they are all brand spanking new hence the massive disappointment although the HDD's are existing. The current HDD in the 755 build is a WD Cavair Blue 500Gb which is the main functioning version of Win7 with al games/programs etc installed. The HDD in the new rig, for the purpose of testing, is an older Seagate Barracuda 200Gb drive that was formatted and had a fresh install of win7 put on it whilst connected to the 775 rig.

Think I'll connect the SB 200Gb to the 775 rig, re-format, then connect it to the new build, fit the returned i5 CPU and install Win7 again. Then, sit with fingers crossed on one hand, a bible in the other and pray as hard as I can to the computer gods and hope they answer my prayers. :)
 
Sounds to me like a problem with the power to components, in my experience if windows restarts at the splash screen without a blue screen its usually related to that.

Go into your BIOS settings and see how much volts are being given to your CPU, also check what voltage your memory is running at.

You can also try underclocking your cpu to see if it boots. If it does, then its likely not receiving enough Vcore.

Had this problem recently with a brand new build.
 
I'm bit of an amateur when it comes to overclocking/underclocking. Can you offer any advise as to safe amounts to increase or descrease by as I don't want to go and give it too much and cook the CPU or something. I presume that is what would happen (told you, amateur, lol). The memory runs up to 1.65v but if I remember it was showing as 1.48v in the bios the last time I saw this.

Ste59w, did you have to increase/decrease your voltage for your current i5 build? If so, how much by?
 
You shouldn't have to mess with voltages just to get the system running? If I'm asumming correct it's working alright until you try to use windows? Messing with volts is just for overclocking! I've put together hundreds of pcs and never come across the problem with the board not giving enough volts. I'd take. It to a shop and give it the technicians, they will have a propper testing bench and it's not expensive! About £20 for a diagnostic! Much cheaper changing volts and voiding warrantys!
 
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