PC problem

rolfness

Hi guys a friend got a new pc and I suggested to him to install Win 7 64 bit.

but hes having huge problems with BSODs. Ive updated all the drivers for components, but still no cookie.

Ive also stress tested the PC using prime 95 and it comes up clean

run memtest and thats clean too.

BSOD messages vary from crash to crash the more common ones are memory management and Win 32..

any help would be much appreciated..

Tom Ellis

File this one under 'Duuuh thanks captain obvious'

But is the RAM seated properly? I had that exact same promblem because one RAM module was very slightly out of it's socket.

rolfness

I did look earlier but removed and reseated and running prime 95 again

notman

Like I suggested on the other broken PC thread, remove none essential hardware. Although you may have the latest drivers, it doesn't mean they are good.

D4V1DC

Take out each stick of ram and only run one at a time <if you can, then use the machine see what happens after each one.

Did you/him/you guys build It yourself?
Did you reuse any old parts?

What are the specifications of the machine/ brands for memory, motherboard, gfx ect.ect.

Hope you figure It out otherwise good luck guys.

Psyk0

What are the error messages in the BSOD? They usually help isolate the problem.

Neavah

(just throwing this out there - another thing I would try)
run a Chkdsk...

Good luck!

rolfness

Hi guys

All compenents new, and I built it for him, I dont have the specs handy right now, bit its something along these lines

i5 Processor
Gigabyte Mobo
4 gig ram DDR3 dual channel
2x 1Tb HDD Seagate
soundblaster audigy

and funnily enough reseating the ram and running prime 95 throws nothing up and I havent had a BSOD all day.. Im a bit reluctant to tell him its all fine in case its not. Did chkdsk came up clean. One possibility is RAM trouble but prime 95 should flag this one up. It ran for 8 hours today without a problem..

Am thinking now its a software issue and will probably do a wipe and a reinstall.

cheers

notman

That was probably it. Just start opening apps that stress the system more. Like Photoshop (if it's installed), a 3D accelerated game, etc...

Striff

BSOD's are normally related to the RAM, so it sounds like you probably got it fixed. If you didn't...I would just install windows again and see what happens. Also set all the BIOS settings to their default.

notman

Actually, BSOD can come from anything hardware and/or driver related. I've seen it happen which screwed up mobo drivers, or swapping in a new mobo/CPU.

But these days, it's rare to have a BSOD due to a software/application issue anymore, so if you have a BSOD, it's always good to start checking the hardware, including reducing to 1 RAM module, if it has multiple. Reseating RAM is good too (as you have seen now )

Rurouni Strife

Use Memtest for am testing. That'll catch everything.

rolfness

leaving over night to run stress tests.. if its still running in the morning then its a wipe and reinstall everything.

muchos gracias peeps.

hayame

rolfness wrote: »

leaving over night to run stress tests.. if its still running in the morning then its a wipe and reinstall everything.

muchos gracias peeps.

If it still doesn't work, i'd suggest checking each and individually if every stick of ram works properly, then id check id the slots work properly too.