Boot Problem w/ Asus P8Z77-V LX

[Swedishish]

I just replaced my old AMD cpu and its mobo for a new i5 3570K 3.4ghz w/ the above mentioned mobo. I can get into BIOS but windows 7 won't load properly.
Unfortunately the new mobo doesnt have connex for my 2 older dvd rom drives (IDE), so I'm having trouble repairing/reinstalling windows despite my efforts booting from a USB drive.
If I try to boot 'normally' it gets to the windows logo loading page (with the swirly lights), hangs for a half second and goes to a blue screen w/ some yellow text for another half second before rebooting.
Running the Startup Repair utility yields '0x0' results for all tests.

Any advice is appreciated.
Much thanks,
Swedishish

 

[Binky]

Did you make an image of the drive before you swapped the MB?

The problem *could* be related to the AHCI setting for the hard drives. You're moving to an entirely different platform of it could be lots of things.

 

[Swedishish]

Changing the SATA settings from AHCI to IDE allowed me to boot into safe mode successfully. I managed to get the network adapter (on the mobo) drivers installed but I don't know why I can't load into Windows non-safe mode. Attempting to just results in a reboot loop.
Thanks for your help.

 

[nature1ders]

Sorry to say, faulty mobo most likely