BSOD at startup and random restarts

Before going that route please link us to your motherboard and RAM.

The mobo is: BIOSTAR TA790GXB3 AM3
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3
AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.2GHz
Galaxy 43GGS8HX3SPZ GeForce GT 430
Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W

Is your memory 1333 or 1600?

Also, the onboard video is disabled in the BIOS, correct?

The memory is 1066. Onbard video is disabled and today this morning after the windows logo it was just black with the cursor on there that I can move..... rebooted told it to start normal and it works just fine.

The more I think about it the more I believe the issue is with your RAM and this motherboard. I recalled last night that this isn't the first time I have worked with a Biostar board and RAM issues.

For some reason Biostar has a number of boards that demand higher voltage RAM in order to work. I am thinking this may be the cause here.

So you might think I need some other ram.... if so what? Can you link me to newegg on something you think? Thank you.

If not I think I will be buying a new mobo....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128504

Someone recommended that to me.

Also you think if the motherboard is bad is why my GPU GT430 is not doing so good? Before I RMA that card.

Wait a minute onboard graphics video was enabled as UMA in the bios.... I disabled it.
How can that make my computer trip out? well again we will see in the morning what happens.

It causes conflicts. You have two different forms of video drivers attempting to do the same job.

How is it running now?

Good so far! This morning started up correctly!
Well its just one day. We will see the fallowing. Should I install my GT 430 back in that gave me memory problems and the random boot ups and such? could it be that the GT 430 has no problems and the problem was that the onboard graphics was enabled?

Yay! happy...

Great to hear! I would go ahead and install your GT 430 but make sure the onboard video is disabled.

If you begin having issues again then it is most likely the card though if you are getting problems I would update the drivers first to see if that brings stability.

I will install the GT 430 back in a week... I wana make sure it keeps booting up correctly first. I will update. Thank you.

I have not installed the GT 430 and today this morning after the windows logo it just went to a black screen nothing else ..... but my computer says it got a BSOD here it is.

It was to good to be true... oh and a minidump file.


Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 24
BCP1: 00000000001904FB
BCP2: FFFFF88002F64728
BCP3: FFFFF88002F63F80
BCP4: FFFFF80002C47565
OS Version: 6_1_7600
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\080511-18189-01.dmp
C:\Users\Beer40oz\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-26332-0.sysdata.xml

Do you have your Windows OS disk?

What make is your harddrive?

Do this: Start > Run > Event Viewer > Okay Note any Yellow Triangles or Red X's and what they flag.

Yes I have the disk.

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250 gigs

Nothing in the event viewer exept 41- Kernal Power I guess when I force it to reboot.

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

Session "Microsoft-Windows-Setup" stopped due to the following error: 0xC000000D

Okay, let's do this first: Go to Seagate's website and find their free harddrive diagnostic utility called SeaTools for Windows.

1. Download the ISO file to your desktop.

2. Double-click the ISO icon and whatever CD burning program you have burn it to a CD.

3. You may have to set your DVD drive as First Bootable in the BIOS in order to do #4.

4. Place the CD in your drive and reboot. SeaTools will engage seconds after boot-up.

5. Do the tests in this order: S.M.A.R.T., Short DST, and especially the Long DST.

* Get back with your results. (This will take some time)

Ok so the test on the hard drive everything passed. (it did take a while on the long pass)

I am getting told just to get a new mother board since Biostar might be picky on hardware compatibility.

Any other ideas? or just get a new board?

You are so much help thank you.

As I have stated before my #1 suspicion is the RAM and motherboard compatibility especially by the fact that Biostar won't let you set the RAM to the factory voltage specs of 1.5.

G.Skill makes great RAM.

Because I hate to see people spend money on items they already spent try the following:

1. Have you ever updated the BIOS ona motherboard before? If not, it isn't that hard but there are a few things to keep in mind. Find your motherboard on Biostar's website. Update from the website but don't do this wirelessly and don't lose power. It really doesn't take that long. Sometimes all it takes is a BIOS upgrade.

2. If the above doesn't work then I would contact Biostar, briefly tell them of your issues and what you have done to attempt to correct, and then ask them if your G.Skill will work on this board. They will need to know the manufacture's # not that it is just G.Skill.

I have looked on the bios firmware before and it's all up to date.

It may be my RAM... yes spending money sucks. I could buy some other RAM.

I give up.

What I am going to do is buy a new Motherboard Micro-ATX because there is this case that I really like and my wife would too in the living room. So my full ATX wont fit in it. Its the LIAN LI PC-U6 Special Edition you seen it?

Thank you so much for all your help.

What brand of motherboards you trust the most?

Glad I could be of help; sorry I couldn't do more. Asus and Gigabyte are good boards. See if you can use your G.Skill on the various models.

Lian Li cases have a great reputation.

Please keep us updated as to what you decide/do. Thanks.

Hey no problem...
Just incase you wana keep looking at it.
Here is another..... this one the computer went blank while surfing.


Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 24
BCP1: 00000000001904FB
BCP2: FFFFF88006D9E798
BCP3: FFFFF88006D9DFF0
BCP4: FFFFF880012DFA84
OS Version: 6_1_7600
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1