"Setup was unable create a new system partition" error installing Win7

Yep. Tried that about 5 times now in different configurations of BIOS settings, plugging into different SATA ports etc. etc.

Thanks for your help guys but I think It’s just a duff drive and/or motherboard and/or alignment of the planets or something.

As a first experience of SSD drives, this is pretty ■■■■.