Right, I'm no stranger to PC's, but many heads are better than one, so here goes...
PC hung last night at the desktop, so I had to hit the power button. PC then wouldn't boot, citing a /boot/BCD corruption issue. Tried to boot off the Windows 8 install disc, got repeated hangs. Tried various combinations of disconnecting drives etc, to no avail. Having done a full power off at the wall I then go to boot off the install disc, and ran automated repair which got me back into windows.
I then started getting intermittent blue screens (Memory_management and NTFS_File_System errors), and on some points a crazy orange stripy screen. BIOS update applied, no change.
I've disabled Fast Startup in Windows 8.
I've got two RAM sticks and I've just successfully passed a Memtest86 v4.3.6 on the first one, about to swap the sticks out and try the second. Any suggestions on what this fault might be?
Gigabyte Z87-HD3 board, i5 4670k, 2x 4Gb Corsair Vengeance.
BeQuiet Darkpower 650W PSU.
Any other thoughts?
PC hung last night at the desktop, so I had to hit the power button. PC then wouldn't boot, citing a /boot/BCD corruption issue. Tried to boot off the Windows 8 install disc, got repeated hangs. Tried various combinations of disconnecting drives etc, to no avail. Having done a full power off at the wall I then go to boot off the install disc, and ran automated repair which got me back into windows.
I then started getting intermittent blue screens (Memory_management and NTFS_File_System errors), and on some points a crazy orange stripy screen. BIOS update applied, no change.
I've disabled Fast Startup in Windows 8.
I've got two RAM sticks and I've just successfully passed a Memtest86 v4.3.6 on the first one, about to swap the sticks out and try the second. Any suggestions on what this fault might be?
Gigabyte Z87-HD3 board, i5 4670k, 2x 4Gb Corsair Vengeance.
BeQuiet Darkpower 650W PSU.
Any other thoughts?
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