BSOD after installing new cpu fan??

Golden · 27 Jan 2014

Perhaps the player has died?

See if you can get hold of another USB drive.....as a student you should have plenty at your5disposal

alexhinbest · 27 Jan 2014

Sadly I'd have to buy one, also the drive is not dead because the electronic drive still opens when the electronic button is pressed and also if you put a disc in it actually loads or tries to even though the PC doesn't recognise it. The drive actually spins!

Britton30 · 28 Jan 2014

alexhinbest said:

Sadly I'd have to buy one, also the drive is not dead because the electronic drive still opens when the electronic button is pressed and also if you put a disc in it actually loads or tries to even though the PC doesn't recognise it. The drive actually spins!

That means nothing, if you attach only a power cable it would open and spin the drive/disk up. Try a different data cable and on a different port. That may be repetitious.

alexhinbest · 28 Jan 2014

i tried unplugging and replugging everything in again once more and as if by magic the blu ray drive works again, can't believe i didnt plug it in fully twice in a row! shame on me! anyway, thanks for everyone's help testing all my components for damage, i think the blue screens may have come from damaged RAM slots, as after transferring them to the other available slots i have had no problems.

alexhinbest · 28 Jan 2014

when i get the chance soon, i will still attempt the memtest, just to be sure

Golden · 28 Jan 2014

MemTest86+ is the only way to thoroughly check - you MUST run a minimum of 8 passes to get a reliable result.

Britton30 · 28 Jan 2014

Golden said:

MemTest86+ is the only way to thoroughly check - you MUST run a minimum of 8 passes to get a reliable result.

+1 to this. Start memtest before you go to work or too bed and let it run. If there are errors follow the procedure for testing slots and RAM modules.