dark_jedi said:

vbangle said:

I know you don't need any help but with all that ram I'd take out all but one stick, ( or do they have to run in pairs?) and try that. The other thing possibly hanging is your video cards. Try running just one for install.

And last but not least boot into safe mode and installing windows from there might help.

Still a no go, I used You_Too bios settings, and removed all but 1 4GB stick, and removed 1 video card and sli bridge, and it still will not install friggin Windows 7.

Looks like I have exhausted all suggestions, damn this sux!

I hate to say this but...it is possible that it is a memory issue but not the memory's fault. I really hate to say this but becuase of the way it is failing it might be a bad main board. The main board could be a dud. But please don't go and rip everything apart just yet. You really want to wait and do that as a last resort. Do you have a known good memory stick that you could try? It just really sounds like a memory problem to me.

Also if you have a large enough USB thumb drive you could install Win7 onto it and then tell your bios to boot from USB and see if your new rig can run off the stick. even in safe mode with networking or something.

Sorry again about the problems with your rig, but you'll get it fixed, its just a bitch right now and kinda takes the fun away for a while...been there.