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Long story short; My brother bought a pre-built computer from a certain on-line retailer. It has been having problems from early on (mostly random blue screens) but has been bearable. The problems have persisted and have possibly become more frequent, causing him to want to resolve the issue. The rig will now be out of warranty. (fair enough, his own fault)
I have tried previously to help, checking the RAM for errors and recently replacing the hard drive. Both of which have not solved the problem. He even managed to get a blue screen whilst installing windows, after which it seemed to install fine..only to have several more blue screens whilst installing updates.
The blue screens display different errors each time, and sometimes only flash up for a second before the computer restarts. Windows will then occasionally try to do a recovery, which fails to fix anything. It is even possible to reboot the computer and it will load up like nothing is wrong.
Is there a likely cause of the problem? I can post exact specs if they're needed, but as stated above, the RAM and HDD have been tested/replaced to no avail.
Specs:
No overclock, Windows 7
AMD Athlon II X4 640
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (AM3)
Corsair CX 600W PSU
Sapphire HD 5770
240Gb OCZ Agility 3 (Previously Seagate Barracuda 7200 (1TB))
2 x 2GB Corsair XMS3 (DDR3) (Now has an extra 2x2GB OCZ reaper)
Generic optical drive
Cheers in advance!
Long story short; My brother bought a pre-built computer from a certain on-line retailer. It has been having problems from early on (mostly random blue screens) but has been bearable. The problems have persisted and have possibly become more frequent, causing him to want to resolve the issue. The rig will now be out of warranty. (fair enough, his own fault)
I have tried previously to help, checking the RAM for errors and recently replacing the hard drive. Both of which have not solved the problem. He even managed to get a blue screen whilst installing windows, after which it seemed to install fine..only to have several more blue screens whilst installing updates.
The blue screens display different errors each time, and sometimes only flash up for a second before the computer restarts. Windows will then occasionally try to do a recovery, which fails to fix anything. It is even possible to reboot the computer and it will load up like nothing is wrong.
Is there a likely cause of the problem? I can post exact specs if they're needed, but as stated above, the RAM and HDD have been tested/replaced to no avail.
Specs:
No overclock, Windows 7
AMD Athlon II X4 640
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (AM3)
Corsair CX 600W PSU
Sapphire HD 5770
240Gb OCZ Agility 3 (Previously Seagate Barracuda 7200 (1TB))
2 x 2GB Corsair XMS3 (DDR3) (Now has an extra 2x2GB OCZ reaper)
Generic optical drive
Cheers in advance!
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He can go days with no problems and then suddenly get half a dozen blue screens in a day.