Problems with windows 7 installation.

despotofmidnor said:
ok.
Do you know if there number is free because i only have a contract phone :-s
I will talk to them and ask if they have a suitible board in the same price range, or if i should just downgrade the ram.
I cant afford to move much more in the price im at, especialy with costs for shipping stuff back to them :(
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Have a search for the Asus board I suggested it's around the same price as the Foxconn but a far better board. Unfortunately overclockers mATX board choice is limited to higher end stuff and don't stock much in the way of "budget"

EDIT : forget that board I've just realised you are using an AMD chip :o
 
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despotofmidnor said:
recon burn it at 4x speed?
That not tooo slow is it?
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Burn it at the fastest speed your drive can. I really don't get all this burn it at the slowest speed. They wouldn't make the drives able to burn at those speeds if it didn't work. As well as using a decent disc and burning it at no higher than its rated highest speed, your discs will be fine.

I've never had a disc fail due to 'burning too fast' I've discs fail due to bad ISOs though.
 
If you look back a page I had failures on the memtest. Does this clarify it as the ram, or might it still be something else?
Is it possible to put the hdd in another computor, install the OS and then put it back across?
 
Try running the RAM at 800Mhz, it should do 800Mhz at 1.85v.

Its only going to want 2.0v to run at its proper 1066Mhz speed

Its throwing up ram errors possibly as its not getting enough juice.
 
ok, so upping the voltage to 1.85 should give it just enough juice to run?
I will give it a go :-s
Otherwise, if i put the HDD in my pc and intall windows 7, then take it out and put it back in this pc will it run ok in theory if the ram is ok?
 
despotofmidnor said:
If you look back a page I had failures on the memtest. Does this clarify it as the ram, or might it still be something else?
Is it possible to put the hdd in another computor, install the OS and then put it back across?
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despotofmidnor said:
Deuce, does that mean the hdd could be faulty? Or does it need formating again?
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despotofmidnor said:
Can anybody clarify for me that its the ram based off what has been shown in the memtest resaults?
Thanks for all your help so far.
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seen the edit button? :p
 
Sorry, wasn't at a pc at the time, was doing it on my phone and it dont like thte edit function too much :(
Will compile them now im on a lappy
...damn, how do you delet a post!

Im trying another install. If it fails i will take the hdd to my house and install windows there. Hopfuly that will work.
 
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MeatLoaf said:
Try running the RAM at 800Mhz, it should do 800Mhz at 1.85v.

Its only going to want 2.0v to run at its proper 1066Mhz speed

Its throwing up ram errors possibly as its not getting enough juice.
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You need to do the above first Despot, check your memory setting and timings. (If you haven't done so already.)

If you can, set the memory manually to 800MHz and leave the voltage at 1.85v as it will do your memory no harm whatsoever.

Run memtest again...

I’m just finding your manual again and your memory specs…
 
Ok, something could be going right, or i could jinx it now, but the install has got futher than ever befor and all i did was up the voltage.
If it installs all the way ok i will see if i can drop it to 800MHz if it isn't running at that already.
If windows installs i will still do a memtest.
*fingers crossed* time
 
Whenever I've used OCZ memory in the past I've always had to have the voltage up to its stated speed, in your case 2.1v and sometimes slightly more, as reccommended by OCZ. Providing of course your board can do this.

But asking OCZ would confirm this.
 
With that mobo i suspect it will be running at 800MHz by default - but you could still be short on juice.

If it fails you could try slackening the timings - i'm still waiting on this manual to download.

EDIT: My Kingston memory, for example, runs at 800MHz @ 1.8v and 2.1v @ 1066. Your problem is that 1.85v may still not be enough to power the OCZ memory even @ 800MHz.
 
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howiepoohs said:
You could alway try mounting the DVD ISO via a working OS and Virtual clone drive. You can do the full install as it copies all the files it needs off the dvd before rebooting back into setup. The disk is never referenced again and this may save you time redownloading the iso due to a dodgy burn. This method allows dual boot.
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you can't do this from XP 32 to windows 64bit :( I tried. It won't run the ISO even mounted.
 
OK, downloaded the manual - and jesus - you have very limited options (if the BIOS update didn't give you more).

If by some miracle you have managed to install Win 7 and it's passing memtest consistently (as in a few hrs of testing) run with it but just don't ever look back…

If it's still failing memtest, it's likely to be the mobo is just not man enough to run that memory but, unfortunately, you can’t rule out that you may have a dodgy stick - you'll never know until you've swapped the board or memory. (When i say 'swapped the board' - i mean for a different make - such as Asus or Gigabyte if you're keeping that memory.)

Have you tried running a 1 stick setup – and memtesting each stick individually?
 
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ok, so the installation completed, though it will only display correctly on a tiny res, other wise it looks like this:
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Also i just tryed installing the drivers and i got a blue screen with something about the memory, so i think we can be safe to say this mobo doesnt support the mem.
Im running memtest now, but i think im gona have to send the mem back and get a lower voltage.
Ah well, hopfuly they will be ok with the return and i will just get a 1.5v to be safe.
 
Unfortunately, you had no where to go with the options that were available to you.

Memtest each stick individually - as there may be a very slim chance you have a corrupt stick...

If they both come back as fail - blame the mobo's lack of memory skills.
 
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