Why Won't Windows 10 Install on my PC? (HARDWARE FAULTS)

Getting Windows 10 Installation errors? repeating bootloops? Or just not installing on your PC and giving out error messages, think something is faulty on your pc and getting messages like "PAGE FAULT IN NON PAGED AREA" or "ATTEMPTED WRITE TO READ ONLY MEMORY"?

Well today I go over all the potential problems from ram to motherboard to power supply.

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[fragalot]

I've seen this EXACT same problem with a friend's PC back in the Sandy Bridge days. He got a brand new i7 2700k, and one of the cores was bad, and windows wouldn't install. Linux installs fine since it doesn't care if a core goes bad, since it just won't use it. windows wants all the cores and is much more picky about it.

[justinhealy]

I had an issues with installing windows when i built my first pc, after a few tries it worked but games and applications would corrupt, after 4 days of testing i figured out it must be a ram issue which led me to realise 2 of my 4 ram sticks were doa, fun first ever build i would say

[zgoaty]

Another suggestion I might give is incompatible software drivers that the vendor lists as “compatible”. Built myself a Ryzen 5 5600X, RTX 2080 Ti, 32 GB RAM mini-ITX system using a Gigabyte B550I Aorus Pro AX motherboard a couple months ago, and when I was in the process of updating all of my motherboard, CPU and GPU drivers, I ended up getting a BSoD error with the message “BOOT_DRIVE_INACCESSIBLE”. For a couple of days I could not figure out what was causing it; so after a few Windows reinstalls and after going through every driver install one by one, I found out it was a RAID driver Gigabyte listed on the driver download page for my motherboard. Every other driver installed without causing any issues after rebooting the computer.

Case in point: have a restore point set up in case of faulty software and/or drivers.

[Victor_Castilho]

Your video worked for me! after the second day of troubleshooting a early i7 pc that came as an extra on a deal, it saved a msi h81m-p32l from being thrown to trash (for no reason). Thanks

[The_Jack_Doe]

having spare parts that you know work is always good idea. For what I can tell I have never seen pc refusing to install windows and giving BSOD then it must be something really rare

[emdea]

Brian that CPU might still be salvageable. Play with offset voltage - higher might help stabilize the core while lower should make it boost lower in which case instability might disappear. It worth a shot, i've fixed both a GPU and a stick of ram by actually UNDERVOLTING while leaving the frequency intact. Its a little counter intuitive to reduce voltage to get stability but it apparently works differently in the case of some degraded microchips.

[theheaddon]

A pc I bought for a flip in 2019 had this problem. No matter what I did it wouldn’t install windows. It had 2x8gb of ram. It ended up being a bad stick of ram. Took me about 6-7 hours before I realized it. A quick $63 fix at the time.

[buildersedge]

Hey Mate. Great video! I discovered your post while trying to sort out a problem I'm having with a bare-bones PC I purchased on Ebay. Exact same symptoms that you described. I think I've narrowed down the issue to either being a bad motherboard...or, as you suggested, the processor. Further testing will need to be done to solve the issue. By the way, I was very impressed with your speaking skills. Super articulate...but clearly, you're not reading off a script. You know the subject matter so well, you just talked through it, as if you were speaking to a friend. Very impressive! That's a huge skill! Anyone who has ever taken a class in public speaking knows how difficlut that can be. Thanks again. You're the man!

[Tanzu]

Man having an issue with hardware today is a fucking death sentence. The price and availability of hardware is literally atrocious.

[michaelthompson]

As I used to work in customer service and I’ve seen it many (vast majority), not all time, the user is at fault and often not the product. Also as a loooong term EBay seller (about 20years~) I’ve had buyers claim a “faulty” product especially a GPU, claim a fault and demanded a refund…..upon testing and sending photos or video showing it working and the buyer still says it faulty regardless ……. In ALL cases I’ve diagnosed either they have a way under spec’d PSU to power the GPU, don’t have the PCI-E connector available &/or connected OR they’re using an old OEM motherboard which only support Nvidia GPU’s! The customer is NOT always right!

[cryinx]

Holly moly please like my comment so other can see after hours of trying to figure out my problem on my 100% new pc build I had to unplug the WiFi card from my mobo. I googled this apparently windows was looking for drivers for it that didn’t exist yet because it’s all new. Now I can install windows reinstall WiFi card then download driver for it from usb! 😊

[vinnyt]

I had the same issue. It turned out to be an incompatibility issue with the X570 motherboard and the M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD. Put the M.2 SSD in another PC, installed windows 10 there without any issues. I then moved the drive back to the 1st PC and it has been working fine since.

[David.d]

Never underestimate the ilucid CMOS battery. They can cause your windows not to boot automatically using the dedicated Gpu sometimes after a change. Just need a new battery if this is an issue you get.

[ThatPaulGuy]

Such a strange problem. It's even more strange because I just found an issue with a Ryzen 7 1700X with a bad memory controller and I never would have known if not for a video that Greg Salazar did on his Fix or Flop series. I never would have thought the CPU would only partially work; they either usually work or they don't with no in between. I was blaming it on the Motherboard thinking it had a bad memory slot. Great video. Oh, and I think I would consider it fixed. The CPU isn't fixed, but the PC itself is.

[Buffalobob]

A CPU that is effectivly neutered but still functions is probably ok for you to utilise but would be no good to pass on as not everybody would understand what is done to it and it could possibly fail completly further down the track

[xephorce]

back in the win XP days, i got a GeForce 7600gs gpu that gave me nothing but trouble. any time i tried to play a 3d based game it would crash with an nvidia infinite loop error. didn't matter what driver i used but if i installed windows 2000 or vista it never had the problem. I never figured out the issues. my only guess was some incompatibility between WinXP and the hardware. the good old days.

[nelin]

A few years ago I got an Intel i7 from a sweepstakes and after a year it killed the motherboard so I got a replacement and it still didn't work. I figured out that it would only boot into windows with 1 core enabled, even at 5GHz it was useless for web browsing. So I got to use an i7 for a year and then ended up with a motherboard and ram that lost more than half of their value. Thanks Intel! I didn't even do anything out of the ordinary, it ran below 75C when gaming and the mobo was above average.

[catriona_drummond]

As Graham form Adamant IT usually says: "It's never the CPU... until it is."

[WellBeSerious]

About your i9 ES AliExpress video:
I bought QTJ1 10th Gen. I used same MB (GIGABYTE Z370 HD3), second to latest modded UEFI (what they gave), XPG GAMMIX D10 16GB (2x8G) DDR4 3.2Ghz (guaranteed working on Ryzen build on XMP auto settings), new M.2 and HDD. Problem is UEFI is buggy and shit! Like XMP doesn't work, it and other various things can't be changed from default else reset UEFI settings and start over (forcing me to change one settings at a time > apply to profile > test). And I don't know where to begin overclocking it of fear of burning CPU, MB, Cooler (Cryorig A40 Ultimate), or other parts. Hoping 5Ghz stable somehow. Stock 'works', but won't allow me to sell this PC at a profit.

Maybe ask seller for latest BIOS but modded?

[Darth]

Was there no option to turn into a 6 core at all? I know some ryzen motherboards allow to turn single cores off