Windows 10 installation troubles

[HA_VE]

Hi

I need assistance with a problem of a friend of mine. Today, he built his own pc, but theres a small problem. Windows 10 64bit wont install at all, crashes on start of install, BUT, windows 10 32bit doesnt crash there, and it looks like it could be installed. It hasnt yet been installed though, since im not sure if that would even fix anything, and it would require a reinstall again.
I am thoroughly perplexed by this and have no idea what is causing this.

the PC has these following parts

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler	$39.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 860 QVO 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$109.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card	$239.99 @ B&H
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$114.99 @ Corsair
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$934.82
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-20 15:24 EDT-0400

I would be grateful for any pointers, right now we will try installing windows with one ram stick removed, since i saw it can help sometimes with similiar cases, but im not too sure.
I cannot go to his place due to the ban on non-essential travel due to the virus in my country.

[Viper9]

This might be a RAM issue, try with your DIMMs in another slot and use memtest86 to test your RAM. 

[Shimejii]

Run your ram at default speeds, you more then likely have a bad board (x470/b450 are known to have memory issues) or the ram kit itself isnt happy with ryzen. Do not enable XMP until after windows is fully booted. If your windows fails to boot, go to bios and turn off the computer and try again. Whenever i make changes in my bios for the x570/3800x i have to power off the system entirely. 

[HA_VE]

1 minute ago, Viper9 said:

This might be a RAM issue, try with your DIMMs in another slot and use memtest86 to test your RAM. 

Switching slots doesnt do anything sadly. How to run the memtest? the only other PC my friend has runs DDR3 memory

[Viper9]

3 minutes ago, HA_VE said:

Switching slots doesnt do anything sadly. How to run the memtest? the only other PC my friend has runs DDR3 memory

You need to create a bootable usb stick with memtest86 on it: https://www.memtest86.com/

 

Then you boot on it and run the test. 

[HA_VE]

1 minute ago, Shimejii said:

Run your ram at default speeds, you more then likely have a bad board (x470/b450 are known to have memory issues) or the ram kit itself isnt happy with ryzen. Do not enable XMP until after windows is fully booted. If your windows fails to boot, go to bios and turn off the computer and try again. Whenever i make changes in my bios for the x570/3800x i have to power off the system entirely. 

oh shoot, that would be quite bad. XMP is off.
If it helps anything, the RAM displays in bios, 16gigs of dual channel at 3200mhz.

[Shimejii]

I can get my Ram to run at 3600 mhz in bios, i cannot get that to boot into windows. It crashes literally every single time. So just because it posts, doesnt mean you can get it to boot into windows sadly.

[HA_VE]

1 minute ago, Shimejii said:

I can get my Ram to run at 3600 mhz in bios, i cannot get that to boot into windows. It crashes literally every single time. So just because it posts, doesnt mean you can get it to boot into windows sadly.

I see. The ram is running at the stock speeds (3200 is the stock speed)
my friend is currently downloading yet another windows install tool for another USB drive to see if it wasnt two bad usb sticks, and is also downloading the memory test recommended by the other reply to this.

[Shimejii]

Default speeds is 2133 mhz, 3200 mhz is XMP default. There is a difference, anything above 2600 mhz is considered non default by Motherboard Manufacturers (Straight from gigabyte on trying to troubleshoot why my ram wouldnt even post properly with XMP, let alone boot into windows)

[HA_VE]

Update: The main reason were TWO bad USB sticks. Amazing. Windows is now installed without problems. Thank you for the help @Shimejii , @Viper9