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BSOD...and won't power on for 60 seconds....help!
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: RayB on January 28, 2009, 07:41:13 pm ---BSOD could be due to faulty RAM stick too.
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Go get MemTest86. You can find it at http://www.memtest86.com/ The site looks commercial, but the free version is still in the download section.
I've never used it but there's a fork at http://www.memtest.org/
--- Quote from: knave on January 28, 2009, 02:02:24 pm ---It sounds like a heat issue. I would replace the thermal paste between the CPU and heatsink with some arctic silver.
A few other things to try...
You could do the same with the Graphics card or test with a different one.
Then test with different ram/ram slots.
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To diagnose heat you have a super easy test if you have a Floor Fan and not one of those sissy air ionizers. Knock the cover off the PC, position the fan right up to the open PC and turn it on anything other than low. Then proceed to do whatever you do to get the BSOD. If the PC stops seizing or takes a long time to BSOD, it's heat. If it still BSOD's a couple of minutes in, it's a different problem. ;)
hulkster:
k so ive ordered some arctic silver from newegg. but here's an update to my problem:
i was going to boot the pc up last night into safe mode so i could uninstall usb drivers and vid card drivers in hopes that that would be the problem. i push the power button on my pc, light comes on, i hear fans, but nothing on the screen. (this is a new psu btw). so im worried that ive overheated my cpu because of the stock heatsink has lost its thermal goopy stuff or something.
to me...this is still a heat issue because now i cant even get to POST. i guess it could still be a vid card issue but its a new card thats been running fine since around christmas time. i havent tried a different card yet because i dont have a spare lying around, and my mobo doesnt have any onboard video. i guess thats the new standard these days?? anyway, im thinking its not the psu, but rather the mobo or cpu...or i guess it could be the vid card. argh.
lanman31337:
any way you can write down the stop code and the executable that's flaking out on you when it BSOD's? Should also be a .dmp file each time it blue screens, check those, and let us know.
hulkster:
--- Quote from: lanman31337 on January 29, 2009, 12:37:07 pm ---any way you can write down the stop code and the executable that's flaking out on you when it BSOD's? Should also be a .dmp file each time it blue screens, check those, and let us know.
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i would love to....cept i cant even get anything to show up on my screen now. ;D like, i hit the power button...i see the blue light on my antec case, i hear some fans whirring...and....that's it. no post, no beeps, no nothin. so its like its running but not really.
hulkster:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 29, 2009, 02:25:40 pm ---Dude just get a motherboard/processor combo and spare yourself the continued agony.
I went through all this BS and after about 20 hours of screwing with it, I spent $45 and solved the problem.
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$45????? what heck are you building your pc for? to play minesweeper?
if i replaced my mobo and cpu, its a 2 year old rig so im already looking at an upgrade if i have to replace both. and if i am going to replace them, id get something that will last me at least another 2 years. i found a combo deal at newegg for a 4core amd cpu w/ asus mobo for $318 plus tax and shipping and im looking at around $350 to "spare myself continued agony".
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.155228
im almost there but im going to try a couple of additional things before i drop $350 on a problem. i want to make SURE its the mobo and cpu and not because i havent seated something all the way, or psu connetion is bad or whatever.
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