Lisa Huang
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Hi, everyone... I am receiving the same bsods on my PC even after I have tried upgrading every possible hardware that might of been the culprit.. Please scroll to the bottom for tl;dr.
I've had this pc for about 2 years now (got it from a friend) and it was working fine until I connected it to the internet... Since then, I have had multiple bsods in which I attempted to fix myself by browsing for information online.
At first I thought it was the RAM, so I replaced the origanal set of DDR3 Kingston 4 gigs with a new set of DDR3 Corsair Dominator 4 gigs.
It worked for about 2 days without bsods...but then they came back. I felt bummed out that the ram wasn't the problem. I didn't touch my PC for a few months and then decided to try and fix it again...
So I thought it might of been a hard drive problem since it could of been faulty. I purchased a new 1000GB Seagate Sata HD to replace the old 500GB. Again, it worked fine for about 2 days without bsods...and then they came back again. A few days later, my PC started having POST problems. My PC would have a blank screen while being connected to my monitor.
I researched a video on youtube done by NCIX and they said POST problems are usually caused by a faulty video card...
But before I invested any more money in to my PC, I decided it would be safer to take it to a PC tech and verify the problem. I drove to my local PC repair shop and left it for a few days.
During the few days it was there, I called the technician and told him that I had already updated all the drivers and I still didn't know what was the problem. He told me that it might be a MOBO problem and that I would probably have to order a new MOBO to fix it.
He called me later that day and said it wasn't a MOBO problem and the PC was up running again without any bsods..., I asked him what was the problem, and he told me he just simply reseated all the PC components...
I paid him $80 for his service (what a RIP OFF)...
I brought the PC home and for the first 3 days, it worked flawlessly. I thought I had finally gotten rid of the bsods. But slowly...day by day...they started coming back... I then noticed that my video card started making weird noises and such. I figured that the video card was definitely the problem so I ordered a new EVGA GTX 550ti from newegg...
When the video card came, I slipped it in and tried my PC. At first, the resolution was a little off but when I logged on to the PC, everything was the same and fine.
I started playing a few games with my friend and I would occasionally get bsod...but when I turned my PC back on, I would be fine for a few hours.
After replacing the RAM, HD, and now Video Card, I feel like I've done everything I could possibly do to fix the problem. =( However the problem still exists.
I feel like...there's nothing left I can do. The only thing I can think of now is a faulty slot on the RAM or Video card slot which means I would have to buy a new mobo...
I don't want to spend any more money on something if I don't know if it will fix it.... please... I need help... I think I've done everything I can possibly think of =(
I've learned so much from just researching on my own and I never thought I would learn this much... but I'm at a wall. I don't know what's causing my pc to bsod... =(
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tl;dr:
Problem: Receiving blue screens.
Steps taken to troubleshoot: Have replaced origanl RAM, Hard Drive, and Video Card with all brand new equipment. Have updated bios and all drivers.
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Here I have attached the following information about my PC: Minidumps, CPU-Z screenshots, and RAMMon html files.
I've had this pc for about 2 years now (got it from a friend) and it was working fine until I connected it to the internet... Since then, I have had multiple bsods in which I attempted to fix myself by browsing for information online.
At first I thought it was the RAM, so I replaced the origanal set of DDR3 Kingston 4 gigs with a new set of DDR3 Corsair Dominator 4 gigs.
It worked for about 2 days without bsods...but then they came back. I felt bummed out that the ram wasn't the problem. I didn't touch my PC for a few months and then decided to try and fix it again...
So I thought it might of been a hard drive problem since it could of been faulty. I purchased a new 1000GB Seagate Sata HD to replace the old 500GB. Again, it worked fine for about 2 days without bsods...and then they came back again. A few days later, my PC started having POST problems. My PC would have a blank screen while being connected to my monitor.
I researched a video on youtube done by NCIX and they said POST problems are usually caused by a faulty video card...
But before I invested any more money in to my PC, I decided it would be safer to take it to a PC tech and verify the problem. I drove to my local PC repair shop and left it for a few days.
During the few days it was there, I called the technician and told him that I had already updated all the drivers and I still didn't know what was the problem. He told me that it might be a MOBO problem and that I would probably have to order a new MOBO to fix it.
He called me later that day and said it wasn't a MOBO problem and the PC was up running again without any bsods..., I asked him what was the problem, and he told me he just simply reseated all the PC components...
I paid him $80 for his service (what a RIP OFF)...
I brought the PC home and for the first 3 days, it worked flawlessly. I thought I had finally gotten rid of the bsods. But slowly...day by day...they started coming back... I then noticed that my video card started making weird noises and such. I figured that the video card was definitely the problem so I ordered a new EVGA GTX 550ti from newegg...
When the video card came, I slipped it in and tried my PC. At first, the resolution was a little off but when I logged on to the PC, everything was the same and fine.
I started playing a few games with my friend and I would occasionally get bsod...but when I turned my PC back on, I would be fine for a few hours.
After replacing the RAM, HD, and now Video Card, I feel like I've done everything I could possibly do to fix the problem. =( However the problem still exists.
I feel like...there's nothing left I can do. The only thing I can think of now is a faulty slot on the RAM or Video card slot which means I would have to buy a new mobo...
I don't want to spend any more money on something if I don't know if it will fix it.... please... I need help... I think I've done everything I can possibly think of =(
I've learned so much from just researching on my own and I never thought I would learn this much... but I'm at a wall. I don't know what's causing my pc to bsod... =(
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tl;dr:
Problem: Receiving blue screens.
Steps taken to troubleshoot: Have replaced origanl RAM, Hard Drive, and Video Card with all brand new equipment. Have updated bios and all drivers.
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Here I have attached the following information about my PC: Minidumps, CPU-Z screenshots, and RAMMon html files.