Three BSOD, after every reboot...

panyan · 30 Jun 2011 at 12:41

everything was working fine yesterday, i shut down the machine as usual, then today i go to start it up and as soon as i sign in - BSOD! it was not a normal BSOD with an error code, it was just "windows shut down to stop damage" or whatever

so the machine reboots, i sign in again - BSOD

and then i try again - BSOD a third time - the same message...

i turn the computer off and turn off the psu, let it sit for a few hours

i have just come back, went into the bios and put it back to stock, and it is working now (im very cautious!)

how can i know what went wrong? ive heard of people using minidump? whats that?

EDIT: this is my Home computer, it has been on OC Genie overclocking, not my own and has been running stable like this for two months :confused:

Pr0SteR · 30 Jun 2011 at 12:43

minidump can check for logs etc (if you know your way round), however this sounds like a bad OC, or a wrong value set within BIOS, see if you can flash your mobo to the latest one if you have not done so already

panyan · 30 Jun 2011 at 13:14

Pr0SteR said:
this sounds like a bad OC, or a wrong value set within BIOS

im so confused as why this would happen after so long :confused:

panyan · 30 Jun 2011 at 18:56

GUYS - i REALLY need help with this - this is really discouraging, it is a couple month old computer that has been working fine

AND NOW, ive got graphical glitches on the desktop - this is getting worse and worse...

Dea924 · 30 Jun 2011 at 19:03

no idea, my overclocks tend to end up with a game crashing and the pc freezing completely with a weird loud noise.. im just running at stock now.. happened when manually overclocked at 4.4 and oc genie at 4.2, might be a bad chip not sure lol. this looks like something to do with the graphics though hence the glitches.. can you try a diff card?

Moothead2 · 30 Jun 2011 at 19:08

Reset to defaults in the bios and reset your GPU overclock if you have one and see what happens.

Plec · 30 Jun 2011 at 19:21

If you can get into windows, monitor the load and idle temps - GPU and CPU.

If not what are the temps like in the BIOS?

panyan · 30 Jun 2011 at 19:37

Plec said:
If you can get into windows, monitor the load and idle temps - GPU and CPU.

If not what are the temps like in the BIOS?

temps are fine, just like normal, psu is giving what it should be, gpu was never overclocked - maybe my windows installation? im really at my wits end

Plec · 30 Jun 2011 at 20:17

Have you checked and rechecked that all connections are secure - including the DVI/vga cable (from the monitor as well as the gfx card.)

Morg · 30 Jun 2011 at 20:44

Run memtest on your ram and check your discs. Try swapping out the gpu too if possible