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| Thread ID: 116371 | 2011-03-01 06:07:00 | Win7 install problem:Asus motherboard? | bot (15449) | Press F1 |
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| 1182575 | 2011-03-01 06:07:00 | I'm having trouble installing Windows 7 on my computer. Whenever I pop the disc in it does the "Windows is loading files" thing then hangs on the pretty screen without doing anything. The funny thing is that it did the exact same thing on my friends computer, and we both have the exact same model of motherboard:Asus P5GZ-MX. However it installed fine on my thinkpad and a HP DC7600. I don't see any reason on why it wouldn't work on that type of board. I have 1.5 GB ram and a pentium 3ghz dual core. | bot (15449) | ||
| 1182576 | 2011-03-01 06:40:00 | You may find its the 945GZ Chipset causing a problem. I've got a similar board with that chipset, and while the OS (32bit) installs, there are no drivers for it for Windows 7. Just looked on th Asus site, and the highest they go to is Vista. Have you got another OS, say XP, and see if that will try to load. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1182577 | 2011-03-01 06:41:00 | When I installed w7 on my desktop it took far longer than I thought it should have done. But it was apparently doing something all the while it was seemingly idle. If you're able to, perhaps do it from a flash drive ISO. I've heard it's far faster than a dvd or cd. |
8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 1182578 | 2011-03-01 06:42:00 | According to one post on the ASUS forum for this mobo, it only detects one core (if you use a dual core). And Win7 doesnt have any drivers for this mobo (there's no drivers on the ASUS site either). Unless the Vista drivers work) The forum here (vip.asus.com) And this post (vip.asus.com) this mobo is meant to only support 2 GB. Somehow, this guy got it to work with 4 GB lol. This mobo sounds screwed And here's the rest of the probs (vip.asus.com) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1182579 | 2011-03-01 06:46:00 | Also, in the BIOS, whats the HDD set to, IDE or AHCI | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1182580 | 2011-03-01 07:04:00 | It's an IDE HD. The friend has a SATA HD and an Intel Core 2 Duo ? Ghz Win XP works OK |
bot (15449) | ||
| 1182581 | 2011-03-01 07:09:00 | Probably because there's XP drivers. Install anything else but windows 7 on it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1182582 | 2011-03-01 07:31:00 | The plot thickens -- According to Microsoft compatibility (www.microsoft.com(GREEN)&pf=14&pi=5&c=Graphics%20Cards%20%26%20Components&sc=Other%20Components&os=32-bit) the board should work with W7 32 & 64. Just curious, is the W7 DVD burnt from an ISO or a genuine MS DVD ? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1182583 | 2011-03-01 08:01:00 | Yeah, well, with my thinkpad the fingerprint reader only had win vista drivers. I used them and it worked fine. I also needed drivers for the sound card on the HP and they worked fine as well | bot (15449) | ||
| 1182584 | 2011-03-01 08:46:00 | Question: :nerd: By any chance is the setup on yours, a IDE drive & IDE optical Drive on the one IDE Ribbon, one master one slave -- IF it is thats why it wont load. I have personally found if you are using an IDE Drive, the Optical drive MUST be on a separate cable - being on the one causing this exact problem. IF it is on the one Ribbon, what you can try is attaching a SATA optical drive, load in W7 ( hopefully - fingers and every thing else crossed), then once installed, reattach the optical drive as a slave - then it works. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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