PC randomly crashes when gaming?

MrUser01 said:

I will be sure to swap HD's for sure![/COLOR][/B][/COLOR]

It does sound like Hardware issues, could be something on the main board, GPU, or HDD. I know if you have an explansion modem (PCI Modem (Dial-Up)), they are sometimes known to cause this issue. Try running with only minimal components in the computer if you have a modem or extra USB adapters on a PCI card.

MrUser01 said:

Thanks and I know! But am also in college so that makes most/all of my time, And the days I get off I put 24,7 into my PC (But I do have little naps ^^) I just feel less sleep = more test = more results = getting closer = fix = Gaming all night!

I remember those days, full time college, full time work, and then trying to have a personal life, I miss those days, but sadly they are way behind me now.

@F5ing,
Here is your results:



It passed

This was tested using ESTools v3.01v

Main menu:

And yes I did click it: *Before the scan*

@tlarseth,
I don't use no explansion modem I use the one which is built into my bored Ethernet cable.

Good times! But who says it needs to end?

@gregrocker,
Thank you <3

And yes I have, Back in the day I would just just any HD diagnostic tools eg tune up, I never thought every HD had its own oO
And yes today is the day I will swap HD's! When I get home..

Here is what am going to do (I best post them so you can check them)

1, Swap HDs
2, Boot into the new HD and go to Windows 7 instiller (Using the disk from Dell) open a CMD and do a "clean"
3, Click on install now
4, let it do its thing...
5, Get onto the desktop install network drivers?
6, restart
7, install windows 7 updates and wait
8, Post back here when all updates are done.

Some questions
1, Normally I use 64 bit dose that matter? This time should I use 32 bit?
2, Network drivers should I use my disk or download the ones from the site?

-J

note: your images in post 95 aren't where the link points.

As long as you follow the Clean Install - Factory OEM Windows 7 tutorial you'll be fine.

The Clean Install Windows 7 tutorial is referenced by Greg's tut, pay attention to both. there's one thing I noticed that you didn't reference in your list of to-do. After you clean your drive - it is unallocated space, Click install now, and here's what I didn't see in your list
Click on custom install
select the drive
..... from the Clean Install tut
I'm not sure if Windows would just pick a drive for you.

And you have your network drivers already downloaded (also in the tut) - correct?

Run Windows update from Control Panel until there are no more updates offered.

If you previously used x64 - I'd use that again in this exercise.

As Greg mentioned - stuff on your disc is old when they ship it. If someone gave you the place to download the updated drivers, get those.

Take your time, make sure you read everything, don't assume anything. The tuts are basically step-by-step.

It's only post# 95

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custom menu? Control Panel? Some people let automatic updates do the work, and sometimes updates don't get installed due to the way people have it configured. So I emphasized using Windows update in the Control panel.
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MrUser01 said:

Some questions
1, Normally I use 64 bit dose that matter? This time should I use 32 bit?
2, Network drivers should I use my disk or download the ones from the site?

-J

Some Answers
1. Use 64 bit
2. I would recommend using the ones that were on the drive to keep this as a controlled test environment.

What you are trying to do is set this drive up as close to the one you had in the computer earlier, this way we are only testing the physical drive and not the software.