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I hope my post is in the right SE section, please let me know if my post shouldn't rely on SU.

Abstract

I recently bought my computer (homebuilt), and I now try to install Win10 on it. I have a single problem that I don't manage to get through: when booting on the USB device, the install freezes after few seconds.

Long Story

After having a laptop, I want a desk computer. With the advices of a friend, I bought components separately (with special offer). You can find all components here. I then downloaded the Win10 Media Creation Tool here. I tried both:
- Create installation media (USB flash drive)
- Create installation media (ISO) and use Rufus to put it on an USB device

In both case, the same things happen:
1. Logo shortly appears
2. Boot on USB device
3. Windows loading dots appears

And now different possibilities:
- Screen freezes while dots are turning
- Installation starts screen appears for an eternity
- Installation starts screen appears then language selection screen appears and freezes
- I manage to hit Next during language selection, it asks my product key and freezes

I have tried to stay on the language selection screen when it worked, and after a few seconds the screen freezes as well. I have tried to wait for a whole night, still frozen. I have tried two different USB devices (16Go and 8Go), same results. When in BIOS menu, screen never froze.

I noticed this morning that, when I start my computer, the EZ Debug LED are lighting on for a short time, in this order: 

[BOOT] [VGA] [DRAM] [CPU]   - off    • on

---• (0.2s)   --•- (0.2s)   ---- (4s)
-•-- (4s)     •--- (0.1s)   ---- (forever)

Edit 1: Ubuntu installation works perfectly, Win7 installation fails as well
Edit 2: Win10 installation works on another computer
I do NOT have a disc drive, so USB is my only choice.

Things I already tried

  • power off and disconnect for half an hour
  • factory reset the motherboard
  • not to use the 3.0 USB slots
  • disconnect a ram memory
  • disconnect the other ram memory
  • disconnect mouse and keyboard
  • disconnect SSD
  • disconnect HDD
  • probably some other things I forgot

Does anyone know what is the problem, and how I could fix it?

Maxime Recuerda
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Following @Keltari's comment, I tried to use memtest86. However, my BIOS didn't recognize the key, so I searched for a solution, and the only one was to flash my motherboard, which I did.

As this solution has already been adviced to solve my problem, I tried to install Win10 before using memtest86. I didn't want to do it before, because all advices were followed by At your own risk, and I was scared.

Flashing my BIOS actually solved my problem. It was really easy (using M-Flash), and fast (which limits the probabilities of powering off).

Maxime Recuerda
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