Random restarts, BSOD, and OC failures

mramz88

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So about 2 weeks ago i decided to reformat and was going to use my vista CD but decided to go for windows 7. It worked fine for a bit but then every few days id get a random crash, or BSOD, and after restarting would get a "windows has recovered from an error...etc" and sometimes a scandisk check before bootup.

The monitor would suddenly shut off and the light on the bottom which is usually blue became orange. I restarted several times and disabled overclock but my comp wouldnt start up again so i removed the radeon 4870 i had hooked up to my monitor, moved the other 4870 (i have crossfire) into the slot the first one was in and hooked up my monitor to it and it worked fine then. Then just today only 2 days later i was in the bathroom for about 30min, i come back, and the screen randomly turned off. I restarted, i got a "failed to overclock" error so i disabled overclock then i restarted again and it did a check disk again. I read somewhere it might be my sleep settings messing stuff up cus my drivers are bad but i did fresh flash of the latest 0902 asus drivers for my mobo twice. Is it really the sleep settings, are my bios drivers bugged, my video cards bugged, or is windows 7 the problem? I switched to 7 cus i heard it was faster even tho for almost 2 years of using vista i never had a single problem with it ever.

my comp specs are in my profile i have a custom built PC i put together in mid 2008.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built PC
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core
Motherboard
ASUS Rampage Formula LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory
OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB DDR2 1066
Graphics Card(s)
VisionTek Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Monitor(s) Displays
LG L226WTY-BF Black 22" 2ms Widescreen LCD
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KSRTL 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive
PSU
PC Power and Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
Case
Antec 900
Cooling
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPUfan
Keyboard
Logitech G11
Mouse
Logitech G5
Internet Speed
Knology 6mbps Download 350kbps Upload

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built (x64), Lenovo x61s Tablet, Samsung Netbook
OS
Win7 x64 + x86
CPU
Intel i7 920, other Intel chips, and the Atom in the netbook
Motherboard
Asus P6T Deluxe
Memory
12 gB; 4 gB Lenovo; 1 gB Samsung netbook
Graphics Card(s)
ATI 4870
Sound Card
Yes, I have one of these
Monitor(s) Displays
32" Sharp Aquos TV
Screen Resolution
800x600 - I have vision issues
Hard Drives
4 - 150 gB Velociraptors in RAID 5
Promise controller
PSU
1000 watt (can't recall the brand)
Case
Antec 300
Cooling
Big honking cooler that was rated highly at Toms Hardware
Keyboard
Microsoft Natural
Mouse
Logitech Trackman
Internet Speed
Cable
Other Info
GeekSquad UPS
CyberPower UPS
DLink DNS-323 NAS (2 tB)
Netgear wireless router as an access point
Netgear wired router FSV-318
Home network consists of
4 desktop computers (2 Vista, 2 Win7)
1 netbook (Win7)
4 laptop computers (XP, 2-Vista, Win7)
Wii and XBox 360
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