Bluescreens

rctneil

rctneil

rctneil

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Hello,
I know this is very vauge but my PC bluescreens now and again and it's appears to be extremely random. It just happened about 5 minutes ago, hence me posting here. My pc specs are below:

Operating System:
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- Microsoft Windows Vista - Ultimate 64bit Retail DVD

Hardware:
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- Intel Core 2 Q6600 Quad G0 Stepping - overclocked to 3.0Ghz
- Asus P5W DH Deluxe - Bios: 2206
- OCZ 4GB Kit (2x2048) Reaper HPC Edition DDR2 PC2 6400 800MHz CL4 Dual Channel Patent-Pending Reaper HPC Heatsink - (OCZ2RPR800C44GK)
- Asus ATI Radeon AX700 Pro 256Mb
- Western Digital Raptor X 150Gb with clear window
- Seagate 400Gb Sata2 HDD - ST3400620AS
- 530W Hiper Type R Modular PSU
- Mountain Mods U2-UFO case - Black with Original Top
- Asus DRW-1814BLT Lightscribe DVD-RW
- NEC DVD RW Drive External
- Panasonic Internal Floppy Drive with Lian Li Mounting Adaptor
- Yusmart 198YP 19" Monitor
- Edge10 F197 17" Monitor
- 24 in 1 Standard Internal Card Reader USB with Lian Li Mounting Adaptor
- 300Gb Maxtor One Touch 3
- Logitech DiNovo Edge Bluetooth Keyboard
- Logitech MX 1000 Mouse
- AC Ryan dual Blue Cathodes
- AC Ryan dual UV Cathodes

Custom Watercooling:
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- Thermochill PA120.3 Radiator
- Swiftech Apogeee GTX - CPU Block
- XSPC Clear 5.25" Bay Reservoir
- Laing DDC 12V Ultra Pump with Alphacool Plexitop
- Danger Den Maze 4 Acetal top GPU Block
- Masterkleer 1/2 Tubing
- Fesser 1 - UV Green Coolant
- Primochill Clear Coils

When it bluescreened about 5 minutes ago all I did was move my cursor to my browser and scrolled up and it just bluescreened and rebooted but it wouldn;t get past the motherboard title screen until I manually rebooted using the reset switch a couple of times. Once back into windows it tells me it has just "Recovered from a serioud error" but tells me nothing about it!

Any help would be appreciated!

Regards,
Neil
 
I would troll through the System Event Logs

Right Click "My Computer" > Manage > Event Viewer > System

Look through there to see if there are any errors, it's more than likely a driver causing an issue somewhere along the line.
 
SentineL-X said:
I would troll through the System Event Logs

Right Click "My Computer" > Manage > Event Viewer > System

Look through there to see if there are any errors, it's more than likely a driver causing an issue somewhere along the line.
Click to expand...


Whers the System part you are speaking of?
 
This is what is shown under "Administrative Events":

Error 19/06/2008 10:33:41 PM HttpEvent 15016 None
Error 19/06/2008 10:33:40 PM atikmdag 45062 CRT
Error 19/06/2008 10:33:39 PM atikmdag 45062 CRT
Error 19/06/2008 10:33:45 PM Eventlog 1101 Event processing
Error 19/06/2008 10:33:38 PM atikmdag 43038 DAL
Error 19/06/2008 10:33:37 PM atikmdag 43038 DAL
Error 19/06/2008 10:33:40 PM EventLog 6008 None
Warning 19/06/2008 04:18:51 PM Windows Defender 3004 None
Error 19/06/2008 04:18:24 PM HttpEvent 15016 None
Error 19/06/2008 04:18:23 PM atikmdag 45062 CRT
Error 19/06/2008 04:18:22 PM atikmdag 45062 CRT
Error 19/06/2008 04:18:17 PM atikmdag 43038 DAL
Error 19/06/2008 04:18:17 PM atikmdag 43038 DAL
Warning 19/06/2008 11:48:46 AM User Profile Service 1530 None
Error 19/06/2008 11:48:45 AM atikmdag 45062 CRT
Error 19/06/2008 11:48:45 AM atikmdag 45062 CRT
Warning 19/06/2008 11:48:45 AM User Profile Service 1530 None
Warning 19/06/2008 10:14:13 AM Windows Defender 3004 None
Error 19/06/2008 10:13:47 AM HttpEvent 15016 None
Error 19/06/2008 10:13:47 AM atikmdag 45062 CRT
Error 19/06/2008 10:13:46 AM atikmdag 45062 CRT
Error 19/06/2008 10:13:40 AM atikmdag 43038 DAL
Error 19/06/2008 10:13:40 AM atikmdag 43038 DAL
 
atikmdag - that's your ati driver crashing. and i notice you have multiple monitors listed in your spec. i (and a few others on these forums) have this problem only when multiple monitors are enabled. with just the one monitor, i don't have any problems at all. sorry i don't know of any fix. :(
 
are you running the ram at 2.2volts?

(ocz is usually supposed to be run at that speed, the default for most ram slots is 1.8)

look into it first, but it might be worth upping ram volts in bios by 0.4

worked for me :)
 
ah, I'll look into that, How do I check what it is running at currently with my board?

EDIT: On this page:

http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_6400_reaper_cl4_4gb_edition

It says that my ram kit should be run at 2.1 volts. I do not know what it is running at now but if it's not at 2.1 already shoudl I set it to 2.1 or 2.2? and is there a way to check what voltage it is running at via windows or not?


EDIT 2: I have just checked what CPU-Z is saying and that states the ram is at 1.8 so I'll head into the BIOS and see if I can find a way to up it to 2.1. Any pics of asus bios screens for where I will find the option to modify that setting, anyone?

Regards,
Neil
 
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things like coretemp., cpu-z, and everest might tell you can't remember

(everest is the more likely to say, but it also HAS to be installed)

bios should tell you in the health check part (ie, the temps section)

set it to 2.1 if it's supposed to be at that


wouldn't harm to install the new ati catalyst drivers either :) 8.6





also, be warned, those psu's have a tendancy to blow.. (i have two in non-critical pc's, been fine for 2 years+)
 
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