Unable to install Windows on old machine

I have been asked to look at my nephew's old PC.

He is 15 and did the silly thing of using a paperclip inside the machine. I am still not sure exactly what he was doing but it made it go pop. They had to replace the CPU and motherboard.

The motherboard is an old Asus A68HM-K which is an FM2 board. The website states that it is compatible with Windows 10 and they have drivers available for it.

I have flashed the BIOS to the latest available, but the system still BSODS either after just accessing the flash drive/DVD drive or during install. I have tried with secure boot on and off and with and without UEFI. The USB sticks are good as I have used them on other machines just fine.

I have tried with either an SSD or hard drives. I have also tried Ubuntu with similar results.

I have been to the Windows 7 page as there is a 7 sticker on the panel. Unfortunately it appears to be OEM and non transferable. See image.

I have reached the limit of my knowledge on this and am unsure how to proceed.

So what do you need ?

Windows 7 or Windows 10 ?

Preferably Windows 10 but if we cant get that to work then 7.

swarfega said:

Preferably Windows 10 but if we cant get that to work then 7.

Download Windows 10

If it`s older I would just reinstall 7

TechBench by WZT (v4.1.1)

I know where to get it from. Its the crashes Im trying to solve.

Oh OK, no clue about that.

Thanks, its DDR3 so I'll see if I have any around to test. I could also test it with Memtest.