Hi guys,
First problem I've ever had with this PC which I bought on here just over a year ago and have been running Windows 7 Professional x64 on until recently. I recently started running Battlefield 4 on it and for the Battlefield 4 release I bought, downloaded and installed Windows 8.1 because I heard battlefield would perform better on it.
Battlefield has crashed a lot, but this is a problem everyone is having at the moment so that doesn't worry me. However, the most recent crash wasn't Battlefield 4, Windows brought up a message saying it had encountered an error and needed to restart. I thought ok, no big deal, ill go grab a cup of coffee and when I get back it will be in the menu screen and I can try running BF4 again.
When I got back I found my PC had failed to boot, and when i went into the boot settings I noticed that it wasn't picking up any of my hard drives (I have 4 hard drives, a Crucial M4 on SATA3 and three other regular SATA2 hard drives). However it was still picking up my SATA2 optical drive.
I didn't get time to look into it further as i had to pack to go visit my parents for the weekend (student) but I will be headed back up to my Uni house tonight to try and get this thing sorted out. I mean best case scenario i could go up and it could pick up the hard drives and run as it always has as if nothing happened... or i could end up having to buy a new motherboard... (Wasn't comfortable buying Asrock in the first place, i have always bought ASUS in the past)
So what do you guys think could be the problem/cause of the problem and how should I go about fixing it?
Obviously the first things I'm going to do if it still wont work is:
1. Plug the HDD's into other SATA ports and try it out
2. Flash the bios
Hopefully I don't end up forking out 100 quid for a new MB.
-Cheers guys
PS, heres a list of my components if its any help (Nothing is Overclocked)
MB - Asrock P67 Extreme 6 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION **
CPU - Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM
GPU - Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
RAM - GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC)
HDD1 - Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbs Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2)
HDD2 - Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)
HDD3 - Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ)
HDD4 - (Only PC component not bought on here, 400GB SATA HD, no idea model or make)
CASE - Antec 900 Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
CPU Fan - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939AM2AM3775115511561366)
PSU - Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
First problem I've ever had with this PC which I bought on here just over a year ago and have been running Windows 7 Professional x64 on until recently. I recently started running Battlefield 4 on it and for the Battlefield 4 release I bought, downloaded and installed Windows 8.1 because I heard battlefield would perform better on it.
Battlefield has crashed a lot, but this is a problem everyone is having at the moment so that doesn't worry me. However, the most recent crash wasn't Battlefield 4, Windows brought up a message saying it had encountered an error and needed to restart. I thought ok, no big deal, ill go grab a cup of coffee and when I get back it will be in the menu screen and I can try running BF4 again.
When I got back I found my PC had failed to boot, and when i went into the boot settings I noticed that it wasn't picking up any of my hard drives (I have 4 hard drives, a Crucial M4 on SATA3 and three other regular SATA2 hard drives). However it was still picking up my SATA2 optical drive.
I didn't get time to look into it further as i had to pack to go visit my parents for the weekend (student) but I will be headed back up to my Uni house tonight to try and get this thing sorted out. I mean best case scenario i could go up and it could pick up the hard drives and run as it always has as if nothing happened... or i could end up having to buy a new motherboard... (Wasn't comfortable buying Asrock in the first place, i have always bought ASUS in the past)
So what do you guys think could be the problem/cause of the problem and how should I go about fixing it?
Obviously the first things I'm going to do if it still wont work is:
1. Plug the HDD's into other SATA ports and try it out
2. Flash the bios
Hopefully I don't end up forking out 100 quid for a new MB.
-Cheers guys
PS, heres a list of my components if its any help (Nothing is Overclocked)
MB - Asrock P67 Extreme 6 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION **
CPU - Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM
GPU - Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
RAM - GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC)
HDD1 - Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbs Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2)
HDD2 - Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)
HDD3 - Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ)
HDD4 - (Only PC component not bought on here, 400GB SATA HD, no idea model or make)
CASE - Antec 900 Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
CPU Fan - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939AM2AM3775115511561366)
PSU - Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
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