MSI K9N NEO-F V3 Cannot install Windows 7

I am trying to install Windows 7 Professional 64 bit on my wife's desktop computer.
The system is:
MSI K9N NEO-F V3 Motherboard with BIOS American Megatrends Inc. V2.4
AMD 64 X2 3.00 Gigahertz
2 Gigs of RAM
Windows XP Pro 32 bit
500 gigs SATA HDD
120 gig and 40 gig IDE HDDs
As it has to be a clean install, I start the computer with the Windows 7 in the DVD drive. I get loading files, Starting Widows and then the background picture (picture with vapour trails, a dove and some grass) for the "Select Language etc." screen. Then nothing, no matter how long I leave it.
Got onto Microsoft and spent 1.5 hours trying to get it to work. We even went into the BIOS, made sure the DVD drive was the first boot device. When I clicked F10 to save and exit I did not get the "Press any key to boot from the CD/DVD", it went back to the beginning of booting.
The disk is OK, it is a Microsoft disk and worked fine when I tested it in my PC.
Can anyone help, please?

Disconnect the two PATA hard drives.
Make sure the hard drive you're installing Windows on is formatted before running the setup.

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ok, i'm starting to get agitated with this.
i cannot install windows XP, 2003, OR Longhorn on my machine.
right now, i have the following setup:
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intel p4 3.2ghz w/HT (factory HS/Fan currently)
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format with maxtor cd
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advanced bios features:
quick boot - enabled
boot order - floppy, cd, HDD
full logo - disabled
s.m.a.r.t - enabled
num-lock on boot - enabled
floppy swap - disabled
floppy seek - enabled
save rom to HD - no
boot to os/2 - no
hyper threading - disabled
mps revision - 1.4
apic acpi sci irq - disabled
cpu l1 & l2 cache - enabled
bios cacheable - disabled
c000, 32k shadow - disabled
advanced chipset:
dram timing...
configure by spd - enabled
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integrated perfs:
usb controller - enabled (same errors if its disabled too so its not USB)
usb device legacy support - disabled
on chip IDE:
operate mode - legacy mode
ata config - pata only
sata keep enabled - yes (for sata drive i have, error either way)
pata channel selection - both
onboard ethernet, 1394, prmoise ide and audio all DISABLED
pc healt status:
cpu - 49°C/120°F (idle sitting in bios)
system temp - 28°C/82ºF
cpu fan - 2678rpm
nb fan speed - 6490rpm
vcore - 1.456 up to 1.502
3.3v - 3.232v
+5.0v - 5.003v
+12v - 11.680v
-12v - -11.743v
-5.0v - -4.826v
battery - 2.896v
+5V SB - 4.945
freq/voltage control
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cpu ratio locked
dram freq - auto
spread spectrum - enabled
cpu bus clock - 200
ddr clock (grayed out) - 400
adjust agp/pci - 66.66/33.33
cpu vcore adjust - no
cpu vcore (grayed out) - 1.5500v
ddr power voltage - 2.65v
agp power voltage - 1.50v
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i'm running out of time, money, patience.
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Originally posted by REILLY875
Do NOT try the 250 Watt PSU!!, As "Wonk" said if you happen to Blow it, the PSU will most likely Take out the Mo-Bo with it! And maybe the CPU to, due to the Voltage Spike you would get ...I would not put to much Credence into the fact that as of now the +12V and the +3.3V Rails are reading a little low,(I say this because it is indeed a ANTEC), as this could be the Monitoring Hardware, or the Software that might be reading wrong....If I where you I would First set the Memory Timings Manually to 3-4-4-7-8, And up the DRAM (VDIMM) Voltage to 2.7 Volts, and if it still wont Load, I would Definitly try a different DIMM Slot, and Rince and Repeat .....If you dont mind me asking , Why are you running with just 1 Module?....Is it on purpose or are you saving up for More?................Sean REILLY875
yea, i dont plan to run the 250. im gonna wait for the new 480.
thanks for the info about ram timings as well. i havnt gotten any solid answers about what to set it to.
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i only have one module because i dont want to waste anymore money on a non-working system. once i get it up and running i'll add another 512.

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Hello,
Having just submitted a support ticket to MSI, I was curious to see if anyone else has experienced a similar issue or may be able to suggest a possible resolution.
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I've ran into an issue of not being able to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit onto my ANY SATA 3 hard drive with SATA mode - AHCI enabled in bios.
Main parts for the build are:
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate
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I was able to boot while in AHCI mode temporarily a couple of times until this method stopped working. Any attempt past the bios post, windows will not boot.
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I would like to possibly resolve the issue in regards to utilizing AHCI mode for optimal performance for my hard drives and hot swap capability.
When I have more time, I suppose I can run a RAM test; but so far I simply believe it may just be a SATA controller or driver conflict with the motherboard.
tl;dr Cannot install Windows 7 onto any hard drive with AHCI enabled. Works fine with IDE mode.

** Update as of 6/3/2014 ** Issue resolved.
Received my replacement motherboard from RMA. Replacement is working without any issues with SATA mode set to AHCI.
Tested by running Windows 7 and Windows 8 install - both detected my SATA SSD and other HDDs as applicable drives to install Windows onto. Pre-loading the SATA controller drivers was not necessary. Windows boots up immediately without any delay now. Benchmarks are showing valid stats for SATA3 devices.
Also to note, the replacement motherboard came with bios version 1.5, compared the one I sent back which came with 1.6. In case if that had anything to do with it. Not going to risk updating the bios at this point.
Video of issue:
Benchmarks from the old motherboard on the Crucial M500 SSD taken with Crystal DiskMark
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on SATA 3 port set to AHCI
CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World
* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]
Sequential Read : 264.792 MB/s
Sequential Write : 143.991 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 250.614 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 142.545 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 24.176 MB/s [ 5902.3 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 82.152 MB/s [ 20056.5 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 210.018 MB/s [ 51274.0 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 134.663 MB/s [ 32876.6 IOPS]
Test : 100 MB [C: 35.4% (39.6/111.8 GB)] (x5)
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on SATA 3 port set to IDE
CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo
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Sequential Read : 181.472 MB/s
Sequential Write : 141.275 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 177.430 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 141.393 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 21.646 MB/s [ 5284.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 68.922 MB/s [ 16826.7 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 25.411 MB/s [ 6203.9 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 108.275 MB/s [ 26434.3 IOPS]
Test : 100 MB [C: 35.4% (39.6/111.8 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2014/05/24 3:41:42
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CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World
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Sequential Read : 469.045 MB/s
Sequential Write : 138.655 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 419.083 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 135.032 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 26.454 MB/s [ 6458.5 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 89.189 MB/s [ 21774.7 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 252.818 MB/s [ 61723.0 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 129.909 MB/s [ 31716.1 IOPS]
Test : 100 MB [C: 37.1% (41.5/111.8 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2013/03/10 10:02:50
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)

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You're welcome mrchips108
By the way up for one more go. I was finally able to find someone with a possible solution for you. the user yashoshah on the tomshardware forums had the problem:
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