i recently built a new computer.
Antec 300 mini tower
OCZ 650w PSU
ASUS p8z68-v
intel i5-2500K 3.3GHz LGA1155
Muskin DDR3 ram 1333MHz dual channel 2x4GB
kingston SSD 128GB Sata3
I pwr on and i get BIOS. i make sure it boots from DVD drive or USB drive depending upon what im booting with.
i get part way through the windows install until it says Starting windows setup and then i get stop error 0x7b. the harddrive is brand new therefore no viruses. i also tried another drive from another comp and same error occurs so it isnt the harddrive. i even swapped out dvd drive with another and still same error. i tried windows xp 64 bit and linux mint. linux doesnt give stop error but says grub2 boot file cant be installed or somethin. ive tried booting from usb drive too and same issue.
Ooo so i wanted to give myself an early christmas gift but ive been at this for 3 days. i would sincerely appreciate any and all help and suggestions.
Additionally, it wouldnt even bios post till i removed my second stick of ram and im using the right config method as per asus manuel but it insists that i use only one stick of 4gb ram. not two. and i unno why it does that cause im pretty sure the system is built to handle two (8gb). soooo thats another less critical issue but worth mentioning. just... i have integrated graphics so far so i thought itd perform better with 8gb instead of 4gb, graphically wise.
Antec 300 mini tower
OCZ 650w PSU
ASUS p8z68-v
intel i5-2500K 3.3GHz LGA1155
Muskin DDR3 ram 1333MHz dual channel 2x4GB
kingston SSD 128GB Sata3
I pwr on and i get BIOS. i make sure it boots from DVD drive or USB drive depending upon what im booting with.
i get part way through the windows install until it says Starting windows setup and then i get stop error 0x7b. the harddrive is brand new therefore no viruses. i also tried another drive from another comp and same error occurs so it isnt the harddrive. i even swapped out dvd drive with another and still same error. i tried windows xp 64 bit and linux mint. linux doesnt give stop error but says grub2 boot file cant be installed or somethin. ive tried booting from usb drive too and same issue.
Ooo so i wanted to give myself an early christmas gift but ive been at this for 3 days. i would sincerely appreciate any and all help and suggestions.
Additionally, it wouldnt even bios post till i removed my second stick of ram and im using the right config method as per asus manuel but it insists that i use only one stick of 4gb ram. not two. and i unno why it does that cause im pretty sure the system is built to handle two (8gb). soooo thats another less critical issue but worth mentioning. just... i have integrated graphics so far so i thought itd perform better with 8gb instead of 4gb, graphically wise.