Major PC Problems!

[SkimmyMcG]

So a friend of mine sent me an i7-3770k I got a Asrock Z75 Pro 3 for it, so today I've been trying to get it to work, no dice. Can't reinstall Windows I either freeze or get thrown into an infinite restart loop with no end until I turn the computer off. I'm all out of ideas, when trying to just boot off the OS that's already on the hard drive it says something like, "An unexpected problem occurred, Windows is restarting your computer." And once again I get an infinite restart loop. I really just want this to work, have spent all day trying, haven't slept in over 30 hours, this is driving me mad! What do you guys think the problem is and how do I solve it?

[AlwaysFSX]

Reset the CMOS? Reflash the BIOS if it's stable?

[techguru]

what cpu did you have before?

[erty176]

bootable linux USB to help solve the problem if it is with your window's install, this will also tell you if it's a hardware issue as if it doesn't boot from the USB, then it is not the operating system. Also, Reset CMOS and BIOS as mentioned above.

 

So a friend of mine sent me an i7-3770k I got a Asrock Z75 Pro 3 for it, so today I've been trying to get it to work, no dice. Can't reinstall Windows I either freeze or get thrown into an infinite restart loop with no end until I turn the computer off. I'm all out of ideas, when trying to just boot off the OS that's already on the hard drive it says something like, "An unexpected problem occurred, Windows is restarting your computer." And once again I get an infinite restart loop. I really just want this to work, have spent all day trying, haven't slept in over 30 hours, this is driving me mad! What do you guys think the problem is and how do I solve it?

Also, please follow your topic.

[SkimmyMcG]

Reset the CMOS? Reflash the BIOS if it's stable?

Tried resetting the CMOS, no change. Don't know how to flash the BIOS.

[SkimmyMcG]

what cpu did you have before?

The CPU in my sig, AMD Athlon X4 760K and an MSI A78M-E35.

[AlwaysFSX]

Tried resetting the CMOS, no change. Don't know how to flash the BIOS.

Usually you just stick the bios file on a usb drive, go to the flashing utility, select the usb, select the bios, and hit flash.

[kronickiller]

check your ram settings

there usually the culprit

and are u sure your windows install insnt corupted

[SkimmyMcG]

Usually you just stick the bios file on a usb drive, go to the flashing utility, select the usb, select the bios, and hit flash.

I can't really do that since my only computer is this one that I'm having all the problems with.

[SkimmyMcG]

check your ram settings

there usually the culprit

From what I can tell my RAM settings are fine, both sticks are being read, running in dual channel, what should I be looking for exactly?

[kronickiller]

lower the speeds see what happens

1333 seems to be universal get through bs option

[techguru]

so you had a amd cpu with amd motherboard

and now you have a intel setup..and you are trying to boot into windows without reinstalling the OS??

 

I think I found your problem....

[SkimmyMcG]

so you had a amd cpu with amd motherboard

and now you have a intel setup..and you are trying to boot into windows without reinstalling the OS??

 

I think I found your problem....

I've tried reinstalling Windows like I said in my first post, but it says, "Windows is loading setup files" Then takes me to the, "Starting Windows" screen and it starts on a never ending restarting loop. So it appears as though I can't reinstall Windows.

[SkimmyMcG]

lower the speeds see what happens

1333 seems to be universal get through bs option

I'll give it a try.

[SkimmyMcG]

I'll give it a try.

Doesn't seem to have helped anything.

[SkimmyMcG]

lower the speeds see what happens

1333 seems to be universal get through bs option

Gave it a try, no improvements.

[kronickiller]

set every setting u can find manually and turn off all power save options

this always fun i tend to do it to all my systems anyway 

auto is the route of all evil

[techguru]

I've tried reinstalling Windows like I said in my first post, but it says, "Windows is loading setup files" Then takes me to the, "Starting Windows" screen and it starts on a never ending restarting loop. So it appears as though I can't reinstall Windows.

ahh ok

 

are you use a burned dvd or an official ms disc?

[SkimmyMcG]

ahh ok

 

are you use a burned dvd or an official ms disc?

Using a bootable thumb drive, couldn't even reinstall Windows, tried with Windows 7 and 8.1 kept getting, "Windows has encountered an unexpected error and is restarting." No matter what I did, I think the only way I'll be able to get the new stuff up and working is if I get another HDD or SSD to do a fresh install of Windows. I think it's the drivers from my old stuff conflicting with the new stuff, what should I do?

[k4p84]

Hi,

 

So you are booting to the bootable USB with the windows install media on it ?

 

You should be seeing the drive options during the early stages of the install, delete all partitions, create new one (windows creates some extra ones too..), format the main partition try and install to that.

 

If you are doing similar then there are no files remaining from your old install so they can not be affecting anything chap.

 

Enter BIOS and reset all settings (usually on the same page as save and exit) if you are using an SSD set your sata mode to AHCI then install Windows.

 

Try making a new bootable USB drive, always possible that it did not copy across ok...

 

If you are getting errors from there I would say it will be hardware related so try the usual, rebuild everything to make sure everything is plugged in fine, no shorting on the motherboard etc, try with a single RAM stick ....

 

Report back

 

Regards

 

Ed

[SkimmyMcG]

Thanks for the help everyone, was able to get Windows 7 installed tonight, pretty happy!