Hello forum, I recently bought a Zoostorm desktop PC which came without an OS installed. I found a copy of W7 Professional x64 and installed, but I'm having trouble activating it. I tried to use Daz's Windows Loader, having had success with it on another machine previous, but it's not working. Whenever I run it, I see a message saying that it has installed successfully & that I should reboot my PC, but upon rebooting, nothing has changed. By default the SLIC/Certificate/Serial entries in the profile section were all set to be "Dell". Does this matter? I tried playing around with this settings a few times, using Asus instead (the PC has an Asus motherboard) and also Zoostorm itself, but nothing changed. I also looked at the readme file (or those parts of the readme file that I could understand, anyway) and it said that in cases like this I could play around with the memory settings - legacy mode, disable type 4, etc. I don't know what any of these things mean, but I tried them anyway and again, no joy. Can anyone help? I apologise for my slight lack of technical expertise here...perhaps the solution is really obvious to someone who knows more about this stuff than I do. Grateful for any advice, suggestions, etc. Alan.
Thanks - like this? Had to cut some lines out because this forum wouldn't let me post otherwise - said I wasn't allowed to post links until I had posted 20 times (or something like that) - hope that doesn't affect anything...? See below: Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0): ----------------------------------------- Windows Validation Data--> Validation Code: 50 Cached Online Validation Code: 0xc004c4ab Windows Product Key: *****-*****-TMVMJ-BBMRX-3MBMV Windows Product Key Hash: 55n8g6xdzhe4AOWhmTzdzQoLfa4= Windows Product ID: 00426-292-0000007-85082 Windows Product ID Type: 5 Windows License Type: Retail Windows OS version: 6.1.7601.2.00010100.1.0.001 ID: {DE0B75B5-AE02-450C-A8E5-BE1CDD20F5EA}(3) Is Admin: Yes TestCab: 0x0 LegitcheckControl ActiveX: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Product Name: Windows 7 Ultimate Architecture: 0x00000009 Build lab: 7601.win7sp1_gdr.130104-1431 TTS Error: Validation Diagnostic: Resolution Status: N/A Vista WgaER Data--> ThreatID(s): N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Windows XP Notifications Data--> Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 File Exists: No Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGA Notifications Data--> Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGAExec.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGA Data--> Office Status: 109 N/A OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002 Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Office Diagnostics: 025D1FF3-364-80041010_025D1FF3-229-80041010_025D1FF3-230-1_025D1FF3-517-80040154_025D1FF3-237-80040154_025D1FF3-238-2_025D1FF3-244-80070002_025D1FF3-258-3 Browser Data--> Proxy settings: N/A User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32) Default Browser: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled Active scripting: Allowed Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed File Scan Data--> Other data--> Office Details: <GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>{DE0B75B5-AE02-450C-A8E5-BE1CDD20F5EA}</UGUID><Version>1.9.0027.0</Version><OS>6.1.7601.2.00010100.1.0.001</OS><Architecture>x64</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-3MBMV</PKey><PID>00426-292-0000007-85082</PID><PIDType>5</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-1273674770-248934795-4126484379</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>System manufacturer</Manufacturer><Model>System Product Name</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>American Megatrends Inc.</Manufacturer><Version>0702</Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="7"/><Date>20120815000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>96CF3B07018400FE</HWID><UserLCID>0809</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>GMT Standard Time(GMT+00:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM/><GANotification/></MachineData><Software><Office><Result>109</Result><Products/><Applications/></Office></Software></GenuineResults> Spsys.log Content: 0x80070002 Licensing Data--> Software licensing service version: 6.1.7601.17514 Name: Windows(R) 7, Ultimate edition >>> links removed <<< Partial Product Key: 3MBMV License Status: Notification Notification Reason: 0xC004F200 (non-genuine). Remaining Windows rearm count: 4 Trusted time: 25/03/2013 16:00:20 Windows Activation Technologies--> HrOffline: 0x00000000 HrOnline: 0xC004C4AB HealthStatus: 0x0000000000000000 Event Time Stamp: 3:25:2013 11:34 ActiveX: Registered, Version: 7.1.7600.16395 Admin Service: Registered, Version: 7.1.7600.16395 HealthStatus Bitmask Output: HWID Data--> HWID Hash Current: NgAAAAIABAABAAEAAQABAAAAAgABAAEAln1K5E40mObqAmI0St3g2/pBZobeiPrPeKuiypZj OEM Activation 1.0 Data--> N/A OEM Activation 2.0 Data--> BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes, but no SLIC table Windows marker version: N/A OEMID and OEMTableID Consistent: N/A BIOS Information: ACPI Table NameOEMID ValueOEMTableID Value APICALASKAA M I FACPALASKAA M I HPETALASKAA M I MCFGALASKAA M I FPDTALASKAA M I SSDTIdeRefIdeTable SSDTIdeRefIdeTable SSDTIdeRefIdeTable BGRTALASKAA M I DMARINTEL SNB
Thanks. 2 questions: 1. The "Disable type 4" box is already checked (ticked). Should I uncheck? 2. What about the settings under the Profile tab (as mentioned - Dell/Asus/Zoostorm) - what should I use in there? Regards, Alan.
1. It is unusual. 2. Anything; just note that SLIC and Cert should be same. What is the model of the motherboard??
Thanks. The motherboard user guide that came with the PC is for the Asus P8H61-MX series. There seems to be P8H61-MX R2.0 and a P8H61-MX USB3 variants. Looks like the latter has USB3 support, which I'm pretty sure this PC doesn't have, so I think I have the P8H61-MX R2.0 version.
Hmm... if you want to mod the bios let me know. If disabling type 4 memory doesn't work then install the loader with the option selected to reverse the search direction.
Thanks. I selected the "reverse search direction" option, but unfortunately it still didn't work :-( BIOS mod sounds a bit frightening...!