BSOD after apparently fixing it.

[Tony2012]

Hey Karl,

I'm have a bad time with the memtest, I've got it on the CD and ready to go but my computer won't boot my CD drive on start-up so I tried to change the BIOS settings so that it would, but my computer boots WAY too fast for me to even see what written there, I've tried spamming the keys for it to open the BIOS settings -No luck...I tried to use the Pause/Break button to stall the start-up -No luck, I'm going back to my spam method as it feels that would work, any input on what I might be able to do to help?

Thank's for all the help so far again.

 

[karlsnooks]

Tony,
Go to the gigabyte website.
Download the manual for your motherboard.
That manual will tell you how to boot into the bios.

 

[Tony2012]

Al right, thank's I'l look into that right now.

 

[Tony2012]

I can't actually seem to find any help they're basically giving me techniques that I've already used to get into the BIOS I'm going back to shut down re-start method.

Thank's for the reply.

 

[Tony2012]

I got into my BIOS but there was no option to boot from CD drive or anything from what I read on the internet so I'm more than likely going to wait until I have a USB stick which I will be getting back soon anyway, can we skip this step and hopefully stumble onto my problem?

Sorry for being such a pain.

 

[karlsnooks]

no. You need to read that manual. I will guarantee you that the manual will tell you how to boot from the cd.

 

[Tony2012]

Crud.

Okay no problem I'l be reading it again, Bare with me.

 

[karlsnooks]

am watching sports. If anyone would like to jump in, you are more than welcome.

 

[Tony2012]

Way-hey! Time to spam F12 to get into the BIOS boot menu, thank you!

Also I know this is a lot but upon my last visit I was told to update my BIOS to stop the BSOD which I didn't do because they didn't occur for a few day's...What BIOS patch download should I download if you might know?

Thank's for your time so far. I may be back shortly but I'l wait from a reply from you first in-case It takes hours.

 

[karlsnooks]

let me know when you have carried out post #14.

We must rule out ram.

 

[Tony2012]

Al right so come back once I see 7 passes I come back here and tell you, and errors the same and to boot normally into windows after I've done it I just remove the disk?

 

[Tony2012]

Well haha.

I know this is no laughing matter but within 30 minuets (One episode of American Dad) I returned to the computer to find 32 Errors and 0 Passes, I'm guessing you'll be able to tell me some bad news from that as I expect.

Thank's for the help once more.

 

[Tony2012]

I've been looking around and I'm going to test the ram sticks when I get the time, I'm just wondering that if the ram sticks are corrupt could my fix be as easy as to just buy 2 new ram sticks? As I was going to buy 2 x 4GB gaming ram anyway so could this be the end of my BSOD problem? Or could it be much much worse than I'm expecting like maybe a problem with the motherboard its self? Thank you for all the help so far.

 

[karlsnooks]

Tony,
You can go here:
GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 775 - GA-73PVM-S2H (rev. 1.0)

On the right side, click on the Memory Support List button.

Choose your new memory from that list. Do NOT believe your local store or any other site.

That link from post #14 will explain how to test one stick at a time, if your mobo will run with only stick. Some mobos require pairs.