New mobo - Windows BSODs

ShellShock · 29 Aug 2014 at 22:59

I have just replaced my Gigabyte EP45 mobo with a Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 5, TeamGroup Xtreem LV 16B and Intel i7 4790K 4Ghz. This may be daft but I was hoping to boot into my existing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit HDD that I originally installed on the old mobo. But Windows BSODs during boot, even safe mode BSODs and the error screen disappears before I have time to read it.

Is this a hardware fault? A BIOS config problem? A Windows driver problem? If the latter, is there a simple way to repair Windows without reinstalling?

Thanks

wazza300 · 29 Aug 2014 at 23:04

you cant as far as i know,soem chipsets you can switch to and windows will sort itself out but others need a fresh install

you can put windows into out of the box state (win7)

ShellShock · 30 Aug 2014 at 18:05

I am now doing a fresh Windows install, but it still BSODs when Windows starts for the first time. This is a OCZ Vertex 2 SATA which is 3Gb/s, the mobo only has 6 Gb/s SATA ports. Could that be a problem? I thought SATA was backwards compatible?

freddie64 · 31 Aug 2014 at 08:36

Could be the old sandforce controller on the Vertex 2 not being compatible with the new Z97 chipset.

ShellShock · 31 Aug 2014 at 10:18

I updated the motherboard BIOS to the latest F5, and it is a lot more stable now. Still had one BSOD, but Windows and Gigabyte etc are installing a ton of updates so I'll have to see how it goes. Probably did not need to reinstall Windows after all :rolleyes:

but I have not lost any data, just need to reinstall everything...probably best to have a clean install anyway.