BSOD and reboot problems

Jed Shields

Jed Shields

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Hi guys,

not sure if this is in the right forum, but here goes...

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit edition and have been getting a lot of blue screen of deaths recently. It's mainly while gaming (annoying as I keep losing progress!)

Anyway, this is also causing another headache. After the BSOD and a reboot my system can't find my Raided Raptors (attached to a SIL SATA card), so I get the message that it can't find a bootable drive. I need to go into BIOS and change the boot order of the HDDs (I have another 2 SATA data drives).

However, this is also causing me a headache as my Ideazon Zboard doesn't appear to get recognised during the boot sequence so I have to plug in my wifes PS2 keyboard, meaning everytime I get a BSOD I need to clamber under her desk to remove the keyboard, then clamber under my desk to insert it, sort out the boot sequence, then remove the keyboard and plug back into my wifes PC. Let's just say I'm starting to get annoyed with it now :D

Any ideas what's going on?

1. BSOD - not sure of the cause, but I guess I should check my graphics drivers?

2. Losing Boot priority - I can't see anything in the BIOS to fix this permanently?

3. USB Keyboard in boot sequence - should this work?

Cheers,

Jed.
 
What mobo do you have? On my Gigabyte there is an option to enable/disable USB keyboard. Not sure about the other issues.
 
Is the sytsem clocked?

What are your idle and load temps - cpu and gfx?

What is the PSU, brand, age and model?

I would start off by clearing the CMOS and then loading optimaised defaults (or similar.) and reseating all cables and major components (gfx card, memory etc...) - this simple process can somtimes cure all ills.

Howver, if you're still getting problems run memtest for a few hours from a bootable ISO.
 
Hi,

What spec is the PC, and is it overclocked at all?

1. You could set the pc to not restart after a crash, then copy down the stop codes- that might give you a better idea, but It wont hurt t otry new graphics drivers.

2. If you save you BIOS config (usualy f10), it should always boot in the order you set.
Possibly a dodgy battery if its not saving?

3. Sometimes USB can be a bit funny during boot, I would either swap keybords with the wife until its resolved, or use a PS2 adaptor - it will save some frustration.
 
Right then, I was overclocking and have taken it back to stock. It has been overclocked for some time though.

Battery - time and date is correct. The HDD boot sequence cocks up whenever I add a hard drive. I had unplugged one of my backup drives and when I plugged it back in my RAID Raptors were bottom of the list again and my 1Tb drive at the top. After my last BSOD I noticed that the Raptors weren't being picked up at all until I had turned off my system at the mains rather than a soft reboot. Once powered up the Raptors were picked up, but at the bottom of the list. This also reflects the issue of adding new drives and the priority order reverting to my 1Tb drive being on top.

Also, I ran a diagnostic (Ashampoo HDD Control) on the Raptors when plugged into my wifes PC and the older one came up as poor performance (54%), possibly due to mechanical problem :/
 
Plec said:
Could you clarify if this was done via a CMOS reset or if you have done one?

If not, as mentioned earlier, this is a worthwhile test.
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I changed it to default level in the BIOS screen. I let it run for a while at stock level and monitor it before trying anything else.
 
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