So I have my own machine that I've built, and recently I put in a new video card (EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti). I also bought Windows 7 64-bit to make the most of my AMD Phenom II X4 840. When I installed my new video card, I found I didn't have the proper power supply connections to it, so I went and got a 600W Thermaltake PSU.
I plugged it all in, stuck in Windows 7, installed it on a fresh partition, and I began to install all of my drivers, such as video, sound, etc, so forth. I then noticed it wasn't reading an old hard drive I used to back up some files (the BIOS picked it up fine.)
I restarted my computer, farted around with BIOS for a bit, and after that Windows 7 froze every time it came to the loading screen. I tried safe mode, booting from the windows CD, recovery mode, and I got nothing. Still froze at the same place. A friend tried to tell me it was a faulty hard drive. To test that, I unplugged BOTH hard drives, and booted from the Windows 7 CD. STILL froze at the same place, so it couldn't be that.
Getting fed up, I threw in my Windows XP CD and it booted up fine. I reformatted the hard drive with it, put in my Windows 7 CD, re-installed Windows 7, but this time with the old hard drive unplugged. Everything seemed to work great. Began to install drivers again, etc., then I went to bed.
Got up this morning, and again it froze in the same place, even with the second hard drive unplugged. This is where I'm stumped. I'm fairly certain it's Windows 7 not cooperating with my new power supply because XP works fine, and I've read reviews online about Windows 7 having issues with PSUs.
Any insights on what the root issue might be would be really appreciated. I'm happy to answer any questions about my machine.
I plugged it all in, stuck in Windows 7, installed it on a fresh partition, and I began to install all of my drivers, such as video, sound, etc, so forth. I then noticed it wasn't reading an old hard drive I used to back up some files (the BIOS picked it up fine.)
I restarted my computer, farted around with BIOS for a bit, and after that Windows 7 froze every time it came to the loading screen. I tried safe mode, booting from the windows CD, recovery mode, and I got nothing. Still froze at the same place. A friend tried to tell me it was a faulty hard drive. To test that, I unplugged BOTH hard drives, and booted from the Windows 7 CD. STILL froze at the same place, so it couldn't be that.
Getting fed up, I threw in my Windows XP CD and it booted up fine. I reformatted the hard drive with it, put in my Windows 7 CD, re-installed Windows 7, but this time with the old hard drive unplugged. Everything seemed to work great. Began to install drivers again, etc., then I went to bed.
Got up this morning, and again it froze in the same place, even with the second hard drive unplugged. This is where I'm stumped. I'm fairly certain it's Windows 7 not cooperating with my new power supply because XP works fine, and I've read reviews online about Windows 7 having issues with PSUs.
Any insights on what the root issue might be would be really appreciated. I'm happy to answer any questions about my machine.