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Put a new CPU in and it all worked perfectly. Quite unbelievable, but there you go. Now all i have to do is RMA the CPU and I've got a second PC sat in the office with all the replacement parts!!! Thanks for the advice and encouragement on here which was much appreciated.

Thanks - I'm using Windows 10 using the windows media creator . I don't understand the UEFI thing - when I had a working PC (albeit with freezes) I had just used the windows media creator to install from a USB drive and it was fine. I have tried booting from the USB marked UEFI and also not...

Bought a cheap graphics card. It was recognised in BIOS but still cannot install windows. Tried an HDD instead of the SSDs and that doesn't work either. So I next it's the CPU, and if that doesn't work then who knows what happens next. Please say a little prayer for me!

No - I only have the one graphics card unfortunately. I suppose I felt it was more likely that the CPU would be blocking a windows install than the graphics card?

Yes, CPU fan is turning nicely and CPU is reporting temperature of 35 degrees in BIOS (same on both boards) and motherboard 26 degrees

OK - tried different RAM from the compatability list in the same motherboard - no improvement. I then tried a new motherboard - a B450 Tomahawk (https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B450-TOMAHAWK) Again, no difference - can get into the BIOS and see RAM and CPU working, but can't install windows...

Thanks for that. Interestingly my original RAM isn't on that list. Is that perhaps a pointer?

I have tried at various speeds but the bios always ends up running it at 2133 (ie: after crashes, that is where it ends up - but it still crashes afterwards!)

Thanks both. It is reassuring to know the hardware should at least work in theoty; Unfortunately after messing about with it all day it has got even worse! Upgraded BIOS and now cannot get windows to install. It always hangs 2/3 of the way through. BIOS wont downgrade so can't roll it back...

Any help with this would be massively appreciated. I built a PC for my son but it is constantly crashing (freezing) and I am worried I have bought incompatible RAM or otherwise am just failing to identify what I've done wrong. The spec is as follows and the freezes happen whether bios is in...