Didn't try a different DVD drive but did try installing from an ISO on the hard disk and no go.
However, I finally got Memtest86+ to boot up. Not sure why it wouldn't before. 400 errors in less than 5 minutes. So I'm guessing at least one of these sticks is bad. Really should have figured...
Well it isn't the mobo, unless this new one that I just got is faulty as well. Found an ASUS P8P67 Pro at a Micro Center and went ahead and grabbed it so I could test it out. Installed all the mobo drivers, exact same problem.
Turns out it's the JMicron JMB SATA 6Gb/s drivers that cause everything to fail and be awful. I'm guessing this is a component problem like you guys have mentioned. Guess I'll have to RMA the board, and hope my luck is better with the next one.
Well, I just got a different drive from a friend. It's also a raptor. Went ahead and reformatted it and started installing SC2. Worked flawlessly. Uninstalled, reinstalled. Perfectly flawless again. And did it again. Same result. Now here's the weird part. At that point I hadn't...
Just built a sandy bridge system, i5 2500k, asus p8p67 deluxe, gskill ripsaw 8gb ram, pcp&c psu. I kept my old 150gb WD raptor though. I have this plugged into the SATA 3Gb/s ports.
Reformatted drive with Windows 7 after I installed the new hardware. On first reformat, computer was locking...
Just got a pc power and cooling silencer 950w today and hooked it up. For some reason the sata, pcie, 24pin and 4pin 12v connectors are all working fine, but the 4 pin peripheral connectors are not giving any power at all. I've got 2 cables and neither of them work. Plugged in hard drives and...