You_Too said:

Actually guys I might have found what's wrong. Just waiting for DJ to see the pm and reply!

After googling around I found this guy who had plugged his keyboard and mouse into the USB 3.0 inputs on the back of his motherboard and tried to install windows 7. He described it just like DJ, that it "froze" once the first install screen comes up and he couldn't use the keyboard or mouse, since windows 7 doesn't have native USB 3.0 support.

With all my heart, I hope this is what's wrong since it's so easily fixed.

Bingo! Yep. Damn it why didn't I think of that? Makes perfect sense. I have had keyboard errors too at boot. At least now DJ can stop tinkering with it and have some fun with it finally.