Error while installing Windows 7

[Mitch]

I googled your notebook and it says it comes with Windows 8 by default. So i'm not sure if updating your BIOS is needed.

Try one of these ISOs.

Edit: the digital river win7 isos links no longer work =[

[Tally]

I googled your notebook and it says it comes with Windows 8 by default. So i'm not sure if updating your BIOS is needed.

Try one of these ISOs:
Windows 7 Home Premium x86 SP1 - http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58996.iso
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 - http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58997.iso
Windows 7 Professional x86 SP1 - http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59183.iso
Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 - http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59186.iso
Windows 7 Ultimate x86 SP1 - http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59463.iso
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 - http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59465.iso

He needs to flash the BIOS, and then set ACPI to version 3.

BTW - he may have bought the laptop without the OS. You can save a few dollars doing that. But if you are clueless at installing an OS, it is better to spend those "saved" dollars and get it with the OS already installed.

EDIT 2 - the old Digital River links have been removed by MS. They now require you to input a valid serial key before you can download any version of Windows starting with Vista. If you do input a valid key, the downloads are super fast. I downloaded Win8 in about 35 minutes (using a 150 mbs pipe).