pc fails to boot

welshdapper · 6 Mar 2013 at 11:18

ok so my spec's are

motherboard FM2A75IAE53
cpu AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz
ram Patriot Viper 3 8GB DDR3 1866MHz Single Module
HDD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb
PSU Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze

the problem iv been having all morning is when i boot to windows 7 i get as far as the loading screen where the flag starts to come and she freezes every time i tried a new hdd and when i start to install the os same problem i changed the stick of ram and still same problem. comeing to my wit's end here can any 1 hlp plz :confused:

also cleared cmos

snips86x · 6 Mar 2013 at 11:18

Can you load into safe mode?

welshdapper · 6 Mar 2013 at 11:30

thanks for the quick reply but no luck

snips86x · 6 Mar 2013 at 11:36

welshdapper said:
thanks for the quick reply but no luck

Have you only just built the PC?
CMOS reset?
RAM Moduale in slot 1?
Have you overclocked it?

welshdapper · 6 Mar 2013 at 12:01

pc was built last month running great till today there been no overclock just done cmos reset still no luck and ram is in slot 1

Gav_881 · 6 Mar 2013 at 12:26

get a live CD like ubuntu and see if that boots up, if it does then your best bet will be to flatten the HDD and do a fresh install, if it fails to boot you are most likely looking at a hardware issue. As silly as it sounds make sure you have tried re-seating the ram, also remove the power from the case for a few mins can cure any number of random i don't want to play issues.

welshdapper · 6 Mar 2013 at 12:58

Gav_881 said:
get a live CD like ubuntu and see if that boots up, if it does then your best bet will be to flatten the HDD and do a fresh install, if it fails to boot you are most likely looking at a hardware issue. As silly as it sounds make sure you have tried re-seating the ram, also remove the power from the case for a few mins can cure any number of random i don't want to play issues.

thanks gav already tried iv narrowed it down to hardware think it might be my cpu was gaming on her last night on tomb raider since then she havent come back on

Rathlin1 · 6 Mar 2013 at 13:34

That strangely sounds like a problem I had when I got my RMA'd system back but my CPU cooler was damaged in transit (well just the small metal bit that connects it in place) and it was causing my PC to overheat to the point it required shut-down. I mean it was like 96 degrees idle but now that I connected it, it was around a stable 37-40 degrees idle last time I checked. It got up to the windows flag but always BSOD'd or automatically shut-down/restarted.

So since it may be your CPU can you go into the BIOS and look at the CPU temps? This sounds like exactly what I went through.

welshdapper · 6 Mar 2013 at 13:52

cpu temps are 34 degrees but motherboard is 40