Cannot install Win7 on older machine

[overst33r]

Mobo - Asrock KS741GX
CPU - XP-M 2600+
Integrated Video
2gb of RAM
Most recent BIOS

It cannot boot off of a DVD, gives me error code 5. This leads me to blame the BIOS according to google. I tried booting off of a USB stick with a Win7 ISO, still won't boot. Both the DVD and USB stick work on another more recent computer, so they are good.

This mobo most likely isn't supported by Win7 so I'm thinking that's why it won't install. Just wanted to make sure before I give up on it.

Next step?

 

[RebateMonger]

Is this a post by you?

http://social.answers.microsoft.com...l/thread/F98ECB06-F556-4D20-A1C8-C3802637C2AC

Here's a site that discusses this problem with older ASRock or MSI motherboards:
http://www.unawave.de/windows-7-tipps/code5-error.html?lang=EN

 

[JackMDS]

I installed Windows 7 Ultimate on an eMachine with similar specs.

It installed OK.

The on-board video will not do hardware acceleration and Aero, but it will work for regular applications.

With a PCI Video card like FX5200-128MB and above it will do good Video too.

I.e., the trouble is Not Win 7 per-se but the specific Motherboard BIOS that do not let the DVD to boot.


😎

 

[SimMike2]

This is usually hardware problems related to faulty RAM.

 

[Iron Woode]

This is not the board's BIOS fault.

This is caused by the IDE controler.

I have win 7 on an Asus 741GX board. In my case I used a SATA DVD drive.

Solutions:

1. by a SATA DVD drive and card

2. by a cheap IDE raid card and use that to boot your Win7 DVD.

 

[Lorne]

Just for a S&G clarafication, Are you trying to put Win7 64bit?

Seen the same oddities with some older laptop hardware with ATA controller and CD drive not working after, After the install was done and booted up in Win7 you could no longer use CD drive as it became non-existant, Bios could see it and you could re-install again but no use once up or after the repair tools were booted up.
It did not do this with the 32bit version.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Just for a S&G clarafication, Are you trying to put Win7 64bit?

Seen the same oddities with some older laptop hardware with ATA controller and CD drive not working after, After the install was done and booted up in Win7 you could no longer use CD drive as it became non-existant, Bios could see it and you could re-install again but no use once up or after the repair tools were booted up.
It did not do this with the 32bit version.

I ran into something like this on an NF4-chipset motherboard, AMD64 S939 CPU, Win7 64-bit. It would boot the installer, but then when it went to install, it asked me to insert drivers for the CD/DVD drive. Strange, since Ubuntu installed just fine on it, as did XP. Standard IDE controller and IDE DVD-burner.