Having trouble installing windows 7 on an old Motherboard

Hi there, not been on here for a while

I'm trying to install windows 7 (preferably 64 bit) on a friends pc. It currently asks for DVD drive drivers when installing the 32 bit version, which I don't have access to. When installing the 64 bit version it just gives an error before the windows installation can do anything.

The motherboard is an Abit AW9D-MAX, with 2GB of (potentially dodgy) ram, and a dual core processor. I can find more specific details about the the RAM/CPU if needs be.

The DVD drive is a Sony Optiarc AD-5280s, I can't find any drivers for it online. I realise this is quite badly worded (i'm in a rush, and quite stressed :cry ). So please for clarification on anything that does not make sense

 

If you have a spare DVD drive that's the right type (IDE or SATA), I'd try disconnecting the one that is installed and temporarily connecting the spare one. This has worked for me in the past.

Hope this helps.

 

Hey guys, thank you for the replies!

I managed to fix it by using a USB stick to install windows! Thanks David!

 

I may have spoke too soon, the pc now turns of seemingly randomly after about 10 minutes... It doesn't give any kind of BSOD or error message.

All the temperatures are fine, and I don't think it's the psu as it's a fairly new Corsair CX600!

Anything else I can try?

 

Me back again with some more problems with this pc ^^

We replaced the motherboard and ram, and install a new 64 bit os with a usb drive. But now the pc turns off after a seemingly random amount of time, sometimes giving a BSOD "clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor within the allocated time interval" or sometimes just turning off with no BSOD.

I'm starting to run out of ideas so I thought i'd ask what i should try next

 

And now it's giving BSOD "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"

:cry

 

And now this BSOD as well -_-



The IRQL one

 

shameless bump

 

Silly question, BUT:

Do the RAM modules match exactly?

And, how does behave in Safe Mode?

 

Tried safe mode, got this error and yes the RAM modules are identical.

Any ideas?

 

Stop error 101
http://www.sevenforums.com/crash-lo...0x101-clock_watchdog_timeout-troubleshtg.html

 

One more question. Is the Windows disc you're trying to install from at least Service Pack 1a? If you're trying to install a version of Windows with no service pack installed, setup errors can happen. I'm not sure why - this is based solely on my experience.

 

Thanks i'll try the suggested stuff later this evening.

I did re-install, yes. Yes, I just found an update so i'll try that this evening and report back. And yes I have tried resetting the BIOS.

How would i know?

thanks guys!

 

What is the product number, not the serial number for the disk?

 

product no. - GFC-00025

 

It's Windows 7 Home Premium 32/64 bit
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/microsoft-windows-7-home-premium-retail-(green)-32-and-64-bit
It does not include SP1.

Based on personal experience, I did a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit and I could not get SP1 to install. I tried 5 times. I updated the installer, ran system readiness tool and tried a manual download and install. Nothing worked.

I then downloaded the Win 7 with SP1 included ISO from Digital River, burned the ISO to a DVD and put in the serial number with my boxed disks. I now have a working Windows 7 computer.

 

Okay, the win 7 with sp1 install doesn't help. The driver crash tool suggested returns no errors. I've updated the BIOS and I've tried everything in plodr's first post, but it's still having the same issue!

I have a copy of windows 8, is that worth a try? I also have a spare graphics card I can use.

Thank you so much for your help so far, we can't be too far away now