Help Please, I'm Really Stuck!

danewesley · 1 May 2012 at 21:51

the ultimatebootdisc for windows, can it be installed to a usb, its says no on the site and i dont have a dvd/cd drive. i have hirens boot cd somewhere, will that help?

honosuseri · 1 May 2012 at 21:55

danewesley said:
the ultimatebootdisc for windows, can it be installed to a usb, its says no on the site and i dont have a dvd/cd drive. i have hirens boot cd somewhere, will that help?

Yeah that's a similar thing mate. It's simply to test the hardware first then we can go from there.

shannowdr · 1 May 2012 at 22:25

No expert on these things but have you a 4 pin speaker you can connect to the motherboard and see if beeps much

Sorry I can't tell on thee video, is the CPU 4 pin power connected up?

danewesley · 1 May 2012 at 23:12

the motherboard has an 8 pin cpu connector, that is plugged in, there isnt a speaker connector, but there is a bios 2 digit error display on the motherboard, the error codes flick through quite quickly though so im assuming its just going through post as it doesnt hang on a particular code. i can video that though if you like.

cobbly123 · 2 May 2012 at 00:25

are you removing the usb pen on restart ? my sabertooth just sits at a flashing cursor if i leave my win7 install pen in

danewesley · 2 May 2012 at 01:09

yes i take the stick out

cobbly123 · 2 May 2012 at 01:15

oh poo

sorry no idea

wazza300 · 2 May 2012 at 01:28

few things to try,still could be a bios issue with that make/model of ssd,using latest bios? download bios and put on usb stick formatted in fat32 and update it with qflash from within the bios

also try with only one stick of memory in any of the white ram slots

Buchanan0204 · 2 May 2012 at 01:57

Looking at that video. It doesnt look like you can do much!

If you go into the BIOS can you disable the splash screen. You can then read what POST messages appear and see what's happening. Where it's hanging for e.g.

danewesley · 2 May 2012 at 09:04

ive tried my set of ram in all slots and another set of ram in all, it is the lastest bios on the motherboard too. i think i will build it outside of the case today and try a friends windows install dvd, thinking it might be something stupid.

BuToNz · 2 May 2012 at 09:42

What USB devices do you have plugged in? Just the keyboard and mouse?

danewesley · 2 May 2012 at 10:12

yeh just those two and the usb whilst installing.

BuToNz · 2 May 2012 at 10:28

Boot from the Windows 7 USB and go to 'Repair your computer' then select 'Memory Diagnostics' let it reboot and run it through. Post the results

danewesley · 2 May 2012 at 11:09

hi, just ran through memory diagnostics, no problems with it.

BuToNz · 2 May 2012 at 13:03

When you say you've tested the SSD in a mates PC did you just plug it in and it worked? (Windows 7 install should just work, you don't need to reinstall)

danewesley · 2 May 2012 at 13:55

yeh i tested the ssd on another computer, i reinstalled windows on it to see if it was the installation as well as the ssd, both worked.

Just got a copy of windows 7 basic off a friend, and it worked, computer is up and running, so it must have been a duff transfer when i made the original home premium into a bootable usb.

Edit, its strange as the usb i was using has worked before.

SOLVED.

BuToNz · 3 May 2012 at 15:26

I've had this before, I always use the Windows 7 Boot Creation Tool now and I've never had a problem. Glad you are up and running!