Hello, I built this computer 2 weeks ago and I've been experiencing some issues with actually getting an operating system installed properly. Windows Vista Ultimate 32 Bit was very slow during the installation and once successfully installed it would usually freeze on the loading bar whilst booting.
My last attempt was with Windows XP Home Edition SP3 32 and I was able to install it but it was still freezing on boot and no network was detected, so I reinstalled. This time I pressed F6 and installed the SCSI/RAID drivers of a floppy disk. The network worked and all that and it didn't freeze for the rest of the reboots that night. I played Left 4 Dead before I shut it off for the night.
The next day I turn it on, it is still freezing on the loading bar and sometimes it can get past that but the screen stays blank and nothing loads. The HDD activity LED does not emit any light once it has frozen so I'm asking myself if the hard drive would be the issue or perhaps the motherboard/RAM.
Specs:
E2200
Gigabyte EP43-DS3L
G.SKILL F2-8500CL5D-2GBPK PC2-8500
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 500-GB Hard Drive
SATA DVD Drive
Please help.
Thanks.
My last attempt was with Windows XP Home Edition SP3 32 and I was able to install it but it was still freezing on boot and no network was detected, so I reinstalled. This time I pressed F6 and installed the SCSI/RAID drivers of a floppy disk. The network worked and all that and it didn't freeze for the rest of the reboots that night. I played Left 4 Dead before I shut it off for the night.
The next day I turn it on, it is still freezing on the loading bar and sometimes it can get past that but the screen stays blank and nothing loads. The HDD activity LED does not emit any light once it has frozen so I'm asking myself if the hard drive would be the issue or perhaps the motherboard/RAM.
Specs:
E2200
Gigabyte EP43-DS3L
G.SKILL F2-8500CL5D-2GBPK PC2-8500
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 500-GB Hard Drive
SATA DVD Drive
Please help.
Thanks.
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