Windows 8.1 Boot Failure

[_stuartbrooks_]

I'm trying to install Windows 8.1 on my new custom PC that I finished building less than a month ago. As stated in the topic title, it didn't work. I've got

AMD FD9590FHHKWOF Fx-9590 Oem-Series 8-Core Processor Black Edition

Asus M5A97 R2.0 Socket AM3+/AMD 970/Quad CrossFireX/A and GbE/SATA3 and USB3.0/ATX Motherboard

16GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Windforce

Booting onto a 240GB Kingston Digital Solid State Drive

Booting from Asus's External Slim DVD-RW drive (SDRW-08D2S-U)

Using 64 bit version of Windows on a disk 

 

Any known compatibility issues? Also using the Logitech G105 and the Mad Catz R.A.T. T.E. I've heard that this particular mouse isn't always recognized as a mouse by Windows. Recommendations for a compatible mouse (Without drivers obviously)

 

When I click through the start menu and I get to chose which drive I wish to boot onto, does my SSD need to be in drive 0? If so, how do I configure it to be. Last time I checked (A couple days ago) it was on drive 1, and my 3TB WD Green HHD was drive 0.

 

If the drive 0 isn't an issue, then I don't know what is. After the little dots run around chasing themselves underneath the Windows 8 logo for a while, my computer will restart itself a few times, then it will continue, but a couple minutes later a "Recovery, Windows was not properly downloaded!" menu pops up with options such as:

-Restart PC

-Troubleshoot menu

-Select another drive

-Turn off PC

-Enter BIOS

 

Any tips and pointers on anything above are greatly appreciated.

[dragoon20005]

let me ask a few questions

 

are you booting from a Win OS DVD or from a thumbdrive?

 

also how did you manage to get your FX9590 to run on the AMD 970 chipset?

 

I will suggest disconnecting the HDD from the system to avoid the confusion

 

from the looks of it 

 

the BIOS is picking the HDD as the boot device instead of the SSD

[_stuartbrooks_]

let me ask a few questions

 

are you booting from a Win OS DVD or from a thumbdrive?

 

also how did you manage to get your FX9590 to run on the AMD 970 chipset?

 

I will suggest disconnecting the HDD from the system to avoid the confusion

 

from the looks of it 

 

the BIOS is picking the HDD as the boot device instead of the SSD

Not booting from a thumb drive, and maybe the CPU is the issue. I assumed that because the CPU was compatible, with it being AM3+, that it would work with the AM3+ motherboard socket

[dragoon20005]

the FX9590 is to be paired with the 990FX chipset due to the high current draw

 

 

see if you are able to select the SSD as the first boot device in the boot sequence

[_stuartbrooks_]

the FX9590 is to be paired with the 990FX chipset due to the high current draw

 

 

see if you are able to select the SSD as the first boot device in the boot sequence

Would you recommend that I sell and buy a new motherboard because the processor is such a statistical beast, or replace the CPU so that I don't need to take everything apart then put it all back together with a new Motherboard? I'd say sell the motherboard and get a new one, but as my title states, I'm a bit of a newbie

[dragoon20005]

Would you recommend that I sell and buy a new motherboard because the processor is such a statistical beast, or replace the CPU so that I don't need to take everything apart then put it all back together with a new Motherboard? I'd say sell the motherboard and get a new one, but as my title states, I'm a bit of a newbie

return the board and get the Asus 990FX Pro 2.0

[_stuartbrooks_]

return the board and get the Asus 990FX Pro 2.0

This one from Amazon? 

 

Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Socket AM3+/AMD 990FX/Quad CrossFireX and Quad SLI/A and GbE/SATA3 and USB3.0/ATX Motherboard

[dragoon20005]

 

This one from Amazon? 

 

Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Socket AM3+/AMD 990FX/Quad CrossFireX and Quad SLI/A and GbE/SATA3 and USB3.0/ATX Motherboard

 

yes

[0x1e]

Unplug all the drives you ain't using and try again.

only your boot drive should be plugged in when formatting.

[_stuartbrooks_]

yes

 

 

Unplug all the drives you ain't using and try again.

only your boot drive should be plugged in when formatting.

Ok thanks for your help guys

[Sn4tchBandicoot]

I'm trying to install Windows 8.1 on my new custom PC that I finished building less than a month ago. As stated in the topic title, it didn't work. I've got

AMD FD9590FHHKWOF Fx-9590 Oem-Series 8-Core Processor Black Edition

Asus M5A97 R2.0 Socket AM3+/AMD 970/Quad CrossFireX/A and GbE/SATA3 and USB3.0/ATX Motherboard

16GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Windforce

Booting onto a 240GB Kingston Digital Solid State Drive

Booting from Asus's External Slim DVD-RW drive (SDRW-08D2S-U)

Using 64 bit version of Windows on a disk 

 

Any known compatibility issues? Also using the Logitech G105 and the Mad Catz R.A.T. T.E. I've heard that this particular mouse isn't always recognized as a mouse by Windows. Recommendations for a compatible mouse (Without drivers obviously)

 

When I click through the start menu and I get to chose which drive I wish to boot onto, does my SSD need to be in drive 0? If so, how do I configure it to be. Last time I checked (A couple days ago) it was on drive 1, and my 3TB WD Green HHD was drive 0.

 

If the drive 0 isn't an issue, then I don't know what is. After the little dots run around chasing themselves underneath the Windows 8 logo for a while, my computer will restart itself a few times, then it will continue, but a couple minutes later a "Recovery, Windows was not properly downloaded!" menu pops up with options such as:

-Restart PC

-Troubleshoot menu

-Select another drive

-Turn off PC

-Enter BIOS

 

Any tips and pointers on anything above are greatly appreciated.

I know my PC for some reason from time to time, will get messed up in the boot order (usually when I unplug a drive) and if the SSD isn't the first one in priority, then it simply won't boot properly.