BSOD, multiple errors, possibly failing hardware


  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Professional sp 1 x64
       #1

    BSOD, multiple errors, possibly failing hardware


    Hello.
    Recently I've been having quite a few BSOD aswell as a number of freezes. The BSOD's happen seemingly random and I think they've been primarily 'd1' and 'a' errors. I'm hoping there'll be a log of past BSOD's in the diagnostics tool file. The freezes only ever happen when I'm using a web browser and started occuring about a week ago. Most of the time the computer stutters one or two times and then freezes up followed by a restart 10-20 seconds later. The few times it has managed to recover the resource monitor shows that something called 'system interrupts' have had a sizeable cpu spike.

    I've also noticed that my network connection tends to just die a few hours after I start the computer.

    As I've gotten BSOD's I've been updating or rolling back drivers that were implied but at this point I'm more suspecting a hardware problem than software. I should note that leaving prime 95 on over the night didn't spit out any errors.

    Any help pinpointing the problem(s) would be very appreciated.

    Edit: I just used a program called bluescreenview and it appears atleast 5 or so reports were missing. 2 days ago (or so) there were a bluescreen and the computer failed to start and startup repair decided to do a rollback.
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  2. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #2

    Hello and welcome Alan mate just how old is this machine as I notice the CPU is an Intel Q 9300 quad cored one? (My tester has the Q9550 and I know it is four years old)

    I would like to see some more system specs too mate and if this is an older machine try this fopr starters.

    PSU - Jump Start

    for a ref on the volts etc
    Power Supply 101: A Reference Of Specifications - Power Supplies test them all and just keep in mind correct volts do not mean correct current (amps)
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  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Professional sp 1 x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Here's my system specs: (I think)

    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L

    Graphics card: gtx 560 (ASUS)

    Harddrive: Seagate baracuda 3gb

    RAM (x2): 4GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL6 DIMM (Kit of 2)
    Standard 256M X 64 Non-ECC 800MHz 240-pin Unbuffered DIMM

    PSU: corsair VX 550W

    Harddrive failed and got replaced 9(ish) months ago. Ram died and got replaced about 18 months ago and graphics card sometime before that I think. Cpu and motherboard should be about 5 years of age but I may have replaced the PSU at some point aswell. :P

    I'll take a look at that tutorial a bit later today, ty.
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  4. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #4

    Ok Ty yes mate it's a known fact (according to Scott Mueller) that PSU's account for the majority of computer failures so let us know how it goes.
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  5. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Professional sp 1 x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Hello again and sorry it took so long time to get back. A couple of hours ago I replaced my PSU with a new one and it turns out my PSU was innocent.
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