Windows 7 doesnt work?

ZeroWing

ZeroWing

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Hi, I have a DFI LP DK 790FX-M2RS motherboard with an old IDE HDD and when I install windows 7 the setup finishes but as im logging in for the first time before its done logging in it says shutting down and hangs on the bios screen after that on backup CMOS ok! It works fine with xp, what could be the problem?
 
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ZeroWing said:
Hi, I have a DFI LP DK 790FX-M2RS motherboard with an old IDE HDD and when I install windows 7 the setup finishes but as im logging in for the first time before its done logging in it says shutting down and hangs on the bios screen after that on backup CMOS ok! It works fine with xp, what could be the problem?
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now it hangs on verifying DMI pool data ...........
 
is there a way to update the bios without a floppy disk? i dont have a floppy drive in any of my computers
 
i have a feeling its because your trying to install to IDE...but i could be wrong, i was under the impression that win7 was not going to allow installation onto IDE drives, SATA only
 
FuryRosewood said:
i have a feeling its because your trying to install to IDE...but i could be wrong, i was under the impression that win7 was not going to allow installation onto IDE drives, SATA only
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Not true at all - IDE will be fully supported until Motherboard makers stop providing the port for cables.

What type of memory, and in what configuration are you using? If dual channel, pull one stick and see if it boots. If so, see if you have a new Win7 friendly bios update that will fix memory addressing issues.

Are you running x86 or x64? If x64 be sure you have a 64bit ready processor (Athlon 64 or better; or Pentium D or better) - obviously if it's not a 64bit processor it won't run. If your processor is 64-bit, you could still be having memory addressing problems, that memtest won't show, but windows 7 can't address your memory properly causing hard faults and restarts.
 
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