Please Help I am at wits end

Nathan_digweed

Nathan_digweed

Nathan_digweed

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Hi there,
Recently brought a PC setup from here and built it myself. All was fine for the first 3 weeks - had 2 crashes but I put that down to teething problems.
Anyway, halfway though a movie today my pc got the blue screen of death and now wont boot up at all.
I have tried everything and I dont know why its not working - it could be a memory problem as the light is on the memOK button ( which wasnt happing before all this ) but whatever I try it just keeps resetting, then telling me to check bios settings ( which i have not changed ) then crashing before windows loads up on the times it has managed to get that far!
Is it a problem with the motherboard? I have only heard bad things about it ( a Asus P8P67-M ) nothing has changed between yesturday when it worked perfect to today where it doesnt get past bios screen if it even gets that far!. I really dont get it and have tried everything I have found online to try to correct the situation.

My specs are as follows :

Asus P8P67-M Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
OcUK GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Cooler Master GX 650W '80 Plus' Power Supply
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Professional 64 Bit

in a silverstone case with no overclocking ( as I could not find the voltage settings in the bios so left it be )
Thank you in advance for any help. I really dont want to return anything but I dont know why this is happening - everything worked and showed up in windows perfect, now nothing. I am losing whats left of my hair over this, please help before its all gone :)
 
Try using each stick of RAM separately in the different memory slots.

Try resetting the BIOS by removing the motherboard battery and leaving it out for a few minutes.
 
Hey thank you for your reply,
Have tried all of the above, it worked with any one of the sticks of ram in the first slot only, after that its the same old story so I think that rules out the ram. Did a bios reset earlier today and it got to windows loading screen, then blue screen'd and wouldnt get any further again.
 
So it only getting into windows with a single stick of RAM in DIMM slot #1? If it BSOD with both sticks in there together doesn't rule out RAM. Download Memtest86 and run it overnight with each stick in on their own to fully rule out an error.

Are there any other components you cant try from another machine like PSU/graphics card?

Perhaps try reseating the CPU.
 
Oh sorry, I thought that if I tested both in the same slot ( and other slots ) than it would be something else, my mistake :)

ok so its been off for a hour now and I just turned it on and its like none of this happened and has booted into windows fine ( no errors, no memOK light ). I tried a reset and windows loaded again but now nothing is showing up except my wallpaper.

Just tried another reset and its the same problem, windows starts up and its just my wallpaper no icons, no mouse icon, nothing works, just cycles though my wallpaper choices laughing at me :S, I really dont understand it. If I ctrl alt del the screen just goes blank. Only way out is a reset.

I have tried a full rebuild of the system earlier today with no luck as well, same issues and I cant test the components on another machine as its out of date by 6yrs, lucky i kept me old laptop so i can post here :) I really dont know what to do.
 
Im a idiot, it had the 2nd output put to the wrong screen so all i was seeing was my wallpaper :S I still dont understand how after my pc being off for a hour it all seems to be ok, Will keep testing and rebooting :) thank you for your help so far hopefully its fixed itself.
 
Hi again! Just ran Mem Test 86 and I can only get past 1 test before the whole screen gets garbled up - its still running but I cant tell what is going on. Someone has suggested its a problem with the mobo memory controller and I should return it.

I have also had two BSOD since posting last, could this be down to the mobo or the ram I am still lost. Any help would be much appreciated :)

By the way, the first test showed no errors with the memory before the whole screen went mental.
 
But the GPU is fine, I mean it has never broke before - I use 3ds max etc with no errors or artifact's, surely it would show up with errors in other programmes? This all started with a memOK error which still is showing up on some boots. I am 99% sure its to do with the motherboard or ram - which i dont trust after this knightmare ( for example in after effects i keep getting out of memory issues yet theres 8gb there - it will only ram preview 3 frames @ 1080p )

so should i send back just the ram, mobo and gfx? As i dont trust the first 2 and after this knightmare starting to doubt the gfx too :)
 
Just ran a burn in test for 8mins and it stated no errors on the gfx, any other software I can use to check my PCs health before i send it all back, This is turning into a knightmare and I am starting to doubt most of my pc parts now which is not good, as I need this system as stable as possable for gigs ( i cant be having these issues half way thru a VJ set ). Once again thanks for any advice or help :)
 
Am currently running mem test 86 again, on 2nd pass so far and no errors reported, ran 2 different tests on the gfx with no errors reported. Sorry to keep posting but I have a really big gig next week and I am starting to panic as I need my rig working ok. I am thinking i should just send back the mobo, ram and gfx for new parts as i cant put my finger on the problem.
 
Your proberly sick of seeing me post :) Been running tests all day, had memtest-86 run 4 passes so far, all error free so I think that has ruled out the RAM.

Its still a problem caused by the mobo or gfx, I am thinking the mobo more than the gfx but will call overclockers this afternoon to return both and get replacements as I cant put my finger on which item is causing the problem.

Many thanks for all the help earlier and bringing the GFX as a potential problem to my atttention, as I honestly thought it was ok - I have never had any errors running my 3d programmes and the very little gaming i do worked fine with no errors etc but i cant rule it out as one of the burn tests didnt complete.

In the past 12hrs I have look at and posted in so many forums looking for answers and most people are saying its the mobo more than the gfx now that the RAM has been ruled out. But better to be safe than sorry. Peace people :)
 
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