new system hung on setup

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arnold22

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Hi,

I am having some issue which I spend 5 hours trying to trouble shoot and I am running out of idea. I just built a new system:
- ASUS P7P55D LGA1156 P55
- Intel Core i5 750 Quad Core Processor 2.66GHZ 8MB Cache
- Kingston Value RAM DDR3 2X1GB DDR3-1066
- Diamond Radeon HD 5670 775MHZ 1GB GDDR5
- Antec Earthwatts 650W Power Supply ATX12V V2.2
- Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Dual Proc SATA
- Old IDE dvd burner

The system loads without any issue and detects both the harddrive and dvd burner. The issue is when I load Windows 7 or Ubtuntu from the dvd burner it hungs after loading the files at the Windows logo "starting windows". I have left it like that for 30 minutes with no change. The same goes for Ubuntu.

I tried using my harddrive (IDE) from my previous system and see if it would load the OS and the same things happen.

I have rested the BIOS to default setting, removed everything which is not needed and tried different power cord and SATA slots on the mother borad. The only things I am finding weird is how long it take for the system to go from it's POST on boot up and when you press the rest button, it take a few seconds before it reboot (it shuts down first then restarts it on it's own).

Anyon have any idea?

Thanks,
Kris
 
I've been having the same problem, replaced ram, then replaced motherboard and CPU, still no change. I'm starting to think that it's a problem with ASUS motherboards...

I have a ASUS P6TD Deluxe. Piece of garbage :mad:
 
Arnold, are you saying that the computer is hanging on the setup for windows 7 to install? Same with Unbuntu? If that is the case, then yes, it takes quite a while. I recently installed windows 7 on one of my hard drive and it took for ever to get to the install setup screen. Same with unbuntu.
 
Elimin8or said:
Arnold, are you saying that the computer is hanging on the setup for windows 7 to install? Same with Unbuntu? If that is the case, then yes, it takes quite a while. I recently installed windows 7 on one of my hard drive and it took for ever to get to the install setup screen. Same with unbuntu.
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yeah vista and 7 both take forever. i usually can go and do something like get something to eat and when i come back it will be ready to go. if you are installing, just be patient.
 
The system hang during installing at the Windows Logo sceen "Starting Windows" or something like that. I left it do it's thing this morning for almost 40 minutes and nothing changed. I managed to install Windows 7 on my P4 (old system) in less then 30 minutes.

I tied using my harddrive from my old system which had Ubuntu 8.10 installed and booting and when I tried with my new system, the system hung as it was loading.

Could the power supply be the issue here? I know system can hang, freeze or even reboot when voltage drops.

Any other ideas would be grea. I really can't think of anything else.

Thanks again,
Kris
 
Sounds like your computer is freezing. I dont think that it is due to the PSU.maybe bad RAM, or overheating in the system. can you install XP on it? or try?
 
It is not Asus motherboards, I have had XP, Vista and 7 on my old Asus P5N-E SLI and have had Vista and 7 on my current Asus M4A79XTD EVO. I doubt very much that it is the motherboard

Check your memory for the recommended settings, making note especially of the voltage. When the system is booting up enter setup and look for overclocking settings (refer to your motherboard manual for how to find the required settings) and change memory voltage from auto to manual, and set the voltage to whatever the recommended voltage is for your memory. Save these changes and exit. See if it hangs now

If it does and you still have your Ubuntu disc, put it and run memtest with it. Leave it running for atleast 6 hours and if any errors show up, you know your memory is the problem
 
I don't think it's the motherboard either but I will try and have a look in the BIOS setting for the RAM votage and see if that works.

I may always try to swap RAM from my brothers computer and see if that work and at the same time test his power supply on my system to eliminate that possibility.

I will update later tonight.
Kris
 
I figured out what the problem is and turns out I did not push down enough on one of the RAM stick. What a dumb mistake. It's always the obvious things that we over look. I'm surprise the POST didn't beep on bootup. Oh well.
Thank you guys for helping me figure this out.

Kris
 
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