Am I in the clear?

[boozie]

In short, new computer, installed Win 7, installed a handful of updates and the software on the mobo. Got 2 BSODs, one with the Mobo CD trying to Auto-run and another while trying to transfer ~100 GB of files at once from one HD to another HD (neither of which have the OS on them).

Left it on in a working state, went to work, came home to it constantly trying to boot (fan spins for 1 sec, stops, pause 5 sec, repeat never posting).

Pinned it to the mobo, RMA'd for a new one. Upon firing it up with the replacement I get a message:

Your system's firmware did not preserve the system memory map across the hibernate transition. If you proceed with resume, your system could behave in an unexpected manor after resume completes. It is recommended that you save all your data and reboot the system after resume finishes. Kindly check for a firmware update with your system vendor as it may fix this problem.


( Use the arrow keys to highlight your choice.)


Continue with system resume
Delete restoration data and proceed to system boot menu.

For better or for [likely] worse I select delete restoration data. Computer would blue screen at the loading windows screen every time, tried windows repair, couldn't repair. Tried restore points, couldn't restore. So I reinstalled Windows and am now scared to do anything else because I don't want to break it. I ran memtest just because I thought I should, the memory is okay.

So do I first pop in the mobo CD? Do I get new bios straight from mobo website? Update windows? Did hibernate kill my computer somehow? I just don't want to break anything.

In case it matters, i5-2500k w/ P67 ASRock PRO3, Win-7 Pro 64-bit, and Intel 320 120GB SSD.

Also extra information:
I have two more HDs that were hooked up when the computer went kaput that I haven't attached yet. One is an old HD that I was transferring data over to a new HD that will be used in conjunction with the SSD that I currently have connected. Is there any concern that I should reformat the new HD, or can I keep what was previously transferred on it.

Thanks a million in advance.

 

[denis280]

First start your pc with only 1 hdd.put other hdd after.install windows first then drivers.update bios only if you have too.if everything is working fine you dont need to update bios.

 

[boomerang]

If it was mine I would do this. Update the bios if there is a newer version available. This is the first thing I do on every build. Do it and get it out of the way.

I would reinstall Windows. Who knows what may have been corrupted with the previous board. It's not a lengthy process to do a fresh install.

The advice above to have only one HD in the system initially is essential advice with Windows 7.

Update BIOS.
With only boot drive installed, do a fresh install wiping out the previous version.
I feel you could keep what is on the second HD, but if it was mine, I'd format and start over fresh. Once again, the bad mobo would be what influenced that decision. Think of it also as a nice test for data transfer.