Someone in another thread told me to repost in my own thread. Below is the quote of my post
"Well I am running into the same issue here. Windows Pro 7 OEM. Unfortuneatly it's New Years and I'm stuck with a bunch of new hardware and every support number is "after hours" (even Microsoft which kind of boggles my mind) I hope to hear
some sort of immediate news as I only have 15 days to test the processor/Motherboard and memory a RMA I fear will be too slow."
Info: I purchased the disk from newegg.com the package was shrink-wrapped and both ends were sealed with the big red security stickers. No tampering was evident. Windows 7 professional 64-bit
Hardware is completely brand new and freshly assembled.
went through the auto boot and setup the install. Ran the install, it rebooted my machine and had me put in some network details upon continuing it asks for a product key. I type in the "Product Key" as listed on the back of the dvd case (as printed
on the Certificate of Authenticity) obviously it had the correct 25 character format and hit continue. A little popup window tells me it's an invalid key. I double check and even re-typed it. i've sinced rebooted and retried to the same effect.
In the previous thread there was an indication to download some form of diagnostic. The link gets me downloading the diagnostic tool. However there is no indication as to how I'm suppose to run the thing. I'm not even to the point of getting to a desktop
or even a commandline. Everytime I reboot I'm placed right back to the "setup computer name" followed by the "put in product key"
I've got calls/emails into newegg support but the clock is ticking on my hardware's returnablity (if i find it faulty) anyone with a solution would be much appreciated.
