The temps sounds fine, the bios actually puts a moderate load on the cpu. The black lines makes me think video card, but honestly I have no idea exept that the temps are fine.
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Well, most BSODs are caused by faulty memory. I'd swap RAM DIMMs and test to see which one is faulty. (I suggest using MemTest86+ to test the RAM.)
Hope this helps!
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Originally Posted by R3TR3C  I also forgot to mention that it used to have 1 gig PC3200 RAM but I gave it to my dad and took 1 gig of PC2700 RAM from another old comp while putting this one together. Thats the only other part ive changed. |
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I must agree with the RAM swapping suggestion. Probably got some bad RAM stuck in there. Swap out with your Dad's temporarily and see if that works. Good Luck and let us know how things turn out!
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I was just about to suggest that it's very unlikely you damaged your CPU, even from lots of taking it in and out of the socket. These things are quite tough, to be perfectly frank.
Unless you do something truly dumb, like take off the IHS and damage the resistors (or whatever those very tiny components are surrounding the die itself), or drop something heavy on the die and destroy it that way, or mutilate the pins, CPUs can absorb a lot of punishment and live to tell the tale.
My money is still on RAM being wonky.
Originally Posted by R3TR3C well i got it posting again and I'm about to run memtest to see if the RAM is the problem. Wish me luck =) |
Unless you do something truly dumb, like take off the IHS and damage the resistors (or whatever those very tiny components are surrounding the die itself), or drop something heavy on the die and destroy it that way, or mutilate the pins, CPUs can absorb a lot of punishment and live to tell the tale.
My money is still on RAM being wonky.
Some quick Googling found this and this.
Evidently a hardware fault causes this. Since we've apparently eliminated the RAM, and the CPU doesn't seem to be overheating, do any of the chipsets have any active cooling on them?
Also, please describe precisely when the BSOD happens. Is it during OS installation? Or after the installation is complete and you're booting into the OS? This might make a difference because, according to Microsoft, this error message can also be caused by a corrupt driver, which can only happen if there is an OS installed.
Lots of things to check off the list, perhaps, but such is the nature of the beast.
Good luck! And hope this helps.
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Evidently a hardware fault causes this. Since we've apparently eliminated the RAM, and the CPU doesn't seem to be overheating, do any of the chipsets have any active cooling on them?
Also, please describe precisely when the BSOD happens. Is it during OS installation? Or after the installation is complete and you're booting into the OS? This might make a difference because, according to Microsoft, this error message can also be caused by a corrupt driver, which can only happen if there is an OS installed.
Lots of things to check off the list, perhaps, but such is the nature of the beast.
Good luck! And hope this helps.
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Good idea.
It might also help to reset everything to default settings (in case this hasn't been done).
Keep at it!
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Originally Posted by R3TR3C It happens right before I attempt to install the OS. I don't think my RAM has been completely ruled out. I read on a site I just googled that a guy did the same thing as me with his RAM and even though the new RAM worked ok in memtest the settings were specialized for his old ram so he popped the old ram in and fixed it. I'm still gonna pop the RAM I gave to my dad back into mine just to completely rule out RAM if it isn't the problem. |
It might also help to reset everything to default settings (in case this hasn't been done).
Keep at it!
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