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Asus X58 Mobo/windows 7 boot issues

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f1fan_18

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Hey guys, I'm having an issue booting up my new motherboard. It’s a Asus X58 Sabartooth mobo, 12gb DDR3 Corsair vengeance ram, Nvida GTX260, and a Corsair H80 cpu cooler running on windows 7 64. The issue is that the mobo seems to fault on setup (might be the memory) and restarts itself about 3 times. Once it starts however it proceeds to the windows startup and stops in the same place in the boot sequence for windows. The harddrive that I’m using with the operating system on it was previously used in my dell xps 9000. I've double checked all my connects, tried booting it up with different ram, I've checked that the bios is updated and I've also insured that my hd is installed in the correct sata port... Please Help!
 
Check your memory settings in BIOS? You may need to specify them manually.

2 issues that need addressed:

1. The POST issue (restarting 3 times before it actually loads - this is a hardware detection/BIOS configuration problem)
2. The windows loading issue - this could be the result of the POST issue, or it could be you need to reinstall the OS, because its going from a different chipset on the xps9000 so it can't boot on the new motherboard
 
The windows loading issue may be part of the different chipset IMOG was talking about, but not so much in the chipset, but with IDE mode and AHCI settings. If on your prvious system the OS was installed in IDE mode, then your current mobo should be set to IDE mode (not chipset specific).

That said, if you have a modern HDD that takes advantage of AHCI, you would want that enabled. Here is how to do that:

1. In the Windows start menu search box type "regedit" (without the quotes) then right click the entry and click "Run as Administrator".
2. Enter your user credentials for the User Account Control prompt and then click Yes to open regedit.
3. In the Registry Editor window, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services
4. In the left pane click "msahci"
5. In the right pane, right click on "start” and then click "modify".
6. In the window that opens, change the value to "0" and click OK.
7. Close the registry editor by clicking on File menu on the top and then Close.

Now you'll need to restart your computer and then get into the System BIOS. Change the mode from IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) to AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Save the changes and exit.

Windows will now install the drivers for your AHCI. You would need to restart one final time to finish the process after the drivers are installed.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-enabled/1ed33ae9-b2ff-4d1f-b28c-406153e04faa
 
Doesnt sound like he can go your route ED.. its locking up at windows splash screen from how I read it.

The other choices would be trying to strip down the system and see if it becomes a PSU issue as well.
 
Thanks...I left that part out by accident.

Set the BIOS to IDE FIRST. This should get you to windows.
 
Doesnt sound like he can go your route ED.. its locking up at windows splash screen from how I read it.

The other choices would be trying to strip down the system and see if it becomes a PSU issue as well.

He would need to put the drive back in the original system to go Ed's route, before removing it and installing it on his new mobo. If Ed's suggestion didn't fix it, the next option would be using sysprep with the /generalize switch to make the HDD portable to the new system.

Your PSU comment is a good thing to keep in mind too, I tend to forget about the PSU. :)
 
No no.. Psionic98 caught my omission. If you have an OS installed under IDE, you need to bring it up in IDE mode first, then once you are in windows you can change that registry entry to enable AHCI. it does not need to be on his old system. Sorry if I was vague.
 
Thanks guys for all the information, I'm going to apply your advice and see what happens. I'll let you all know what happens
 
Thanks guys, that was it! Windows is working, and I have changed the rams timing and that seems to be working also.
 
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