trying to install windows 10

Tonydb · 17 Oct 2016 at 16:32

Hi all ,

hopefully someone can help me as im running out of hair to pull.

I recently brought the list below :

asus a68hm-plus
amd athlon x4 860k
kingston hyper x fury blue 8gb ddr3
palit geforce gt710
xfx ts 430w psu

Now this is a new build for my 8 year old so ive gone cheap to see how he gets on with it , this has all fit in an old zalman z11 case.

Now the system switches on fine , but when im trying to install windows 10 pro oem (which i got from a well known auction site) i have downloaded the windows create media file to put the installation on a usb stick , which worked but when im trying to install it keeps crashing at different points , furthest i got was it has installed windows , tried to restart and froze at start up . like right now ive got it to start installing but its stuck at 4% getting files ready for installation , ive tried 2 different usb sticks now. Im going to try and burn the iso to a disk and see if thats any better ??

Anyone know whats going on ?

Tonydb · 17 Oct 2016 at 16:39

ok so tried the disk , it it appears to be no different , froze on setup is starting..now im aware this can be a slow install but surely my cursors would freeze solid. No hdd led flicker , no lights on the dvd reader to say its being read. This isnt the first machine ive built so i know what im doing , but this is driving me nuts !!

archerz · 17 Oct 2016 at 16:44

can you download a differnt ISO? same version but from somewhere else?

Tonydb · 17 Oct 2016 at 16:45

its from microsoft website itself so it must be good right ?

archerz · 17 Oct 2016 at 17:02

yep i wouldnt think so.

Can you create a bootable usb and do a memtest?
what are you temperatures like (bios should show hopefully).

Tonydb · 17 Oct 2016 at 17:04

yea i can get into bios

cpu is at 42 oC
mobo is at 33 oC

No idea what its at when i try to install

Tonydb · 17 Oct 2016 at 17:20

ok so i tried memtest and now that has frozen ???

Could i have a bad cpu??

archerz · 17 Oct 2016 at 17:22

memtest is testing the RAM. Do you have 1 or 2 sticks of RAM installed? you can try just with one (if you have 2)

Tonydb · 17 Oct 2016 at 17:22

i have 2

Tonydb · 17 Oct 2016 at 17:23

trying the 1 now

Tonydb · 17 Oct 2016 at 17:26

ok so windows appears to be installing ..fingers crossed

archerz · 17 Oct 2016 at 17:31

seems like you have a faulty ram module or ram slot. Kingston have a liftime warranty possibly? worth checking out! (obviously if Windows installs correctly

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Tonydb · 17 Oct 2016 at 17:33

well it has installed and restarted and is now checking the disks , never got this far before. seems to be working. How will i know if its the ram or the slot? would it be a case of moving this apparent good one into the other slot ?

Tonydb · 17 Oct 2016 at 17:41

ok so it seems that im finally going to get into windows.its setting up windows as we speak.

Thanks loads for your help here archerz...much appreciated

archerz · 17 Oct 2016 at 17:54

no problem.

to answer your question; yes just move the ram into the other slot. or try and boot with the one that isn't in there at the moment!

glad you finally got there! now just loads of Windows updates to go...