BSOD's on cold startup, where do i start?

[Semiskimmed]

Im getting these BSOD's when i first turn my pc on each day, it blue screens then wants to check the harddrive occasionally.

where can i start to try to get rid of this?

 

[Plec]

What's your complete spec and is the system clocked?

For now try resetting the CMOS - and then load optimised defaults in the BIOS then save and exit.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

as my good friend above says, reset CMOS. Do this first

Then check your Hard Disk Drive, Memory and PSU for faults.

HDD -Find out what hard drive you have and visit the manufacturers website. Download their diagnostics tool. This normally runs off a live CD so you'll need to set the BIOS to boot from disk first. Follow the instructions and run a full check. This will soon tell you if you have errors on the disk(s)

Memory - Follow my guide here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18261596

PSU - If the hard disk and memory look ok, then test your PSU. Again I have another guide:

http://www.huddysworld.co.uk/index....rking&catid=40:techie-talk-hardware&Itemid=72

Check one thing at a time thereby eliminating each component.

Let us know how you get on.

 

[Semiskimmed]

the bios is at default as its a new motherboard.
its a gigabyte 880gmud2h, x4 955, 2x2gb corsair XMS1333.
its all at stock settings. i do have cool and quiet enabled, could that be the problem(im thinking if theres not enough power getting through on initial start up)?

once its on however, its completely stable.

 

[Plec]

Follow Huddy's steps.

im thinking if theres not enough power getting through on initial start up)?

once its on however, its completely stable.

What's the PSU make/model and age?

Huddy's site and links are great - if you doubt the PSU's integrity follow the easy step by step guide that he's linked to above in his site.

EDIT: not forgetting to reset the CMOS and load optimised defaults too.