I updated my computer's BIOS a few days ago. After the update, my computer would turn on but the monitor would remain off/blank. I panicked and reset the CMOS by taking the battery out for a min or two and putting it back in. Got it to boot after a few more restarts and I went online and realized I downloaded the bios upgrade for version 1.0 of my motherboard, when I have version 1.1. I proceeded to download the correct update, and updated my BIOS with that file. Same thing happened. This time I realized the problem was that I had 2 diff speed ram sticks installed, and it would only boot with 1 of the types in. I guess I had the correct version all along (1.1 and 1.0 used the same file I guess).
Anyway, ever since then I've been getting BSODs a lot. They usually happen shortly after booting up for the first time after the computer's been off for a few hours. I almost always get one after about 5minutes of playing World of Warcraft, but after a reboot I can play for hours without getting another one. I downloaded and ran several memory tests, including Windows Memory Diagnostics and Memtest 86+ (ran Memtest for about 9 hours, no problems). My computer is overclocked, so I also tried running Prime95. The computer used to be stable, but now I get errors in Prime95 each time I run it. Sometimes I get fatal hardware errors (rounding?), sometimes the program just freezes with a black screen, and other times I get a BSOD. I'm pretty sure it's not caused by overheating, since my cpu doesn't ever go above 61 degrees C during prime95, and it's usually between 45 and 50 degrees C during the tests. I've got a Corsair liquid cooling system in my pc.
Sorry for massive Wall-of-text, here is the latest BSOD info. Happened after a fresh install of Windows 7 during my first Prime95 re-test (small fft).
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
BCCode: 124
BCP1: 0000000000000000
BCP2: FFFFFA80078D7038
BCP3: 00000000B2000018
BCP4: 0000000002000E0F
OS Version: 6_1_7600
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 768_1
C:\Windows\Minidump\120310-11325-01.dmp
C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-16364-0.sysdata.xml
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! These BSODs are really scaring me. I've never had a single BSOD when I ran Windows XP on this system for 11 months. I just went to Windows 7 2 weeks ago. I'm afraid I really messed something up by updating my BIOS tho, since everything was running fine until then.
System Info (if it helps):
Anyway, ever since then I've been getting BSODs a lot. They usually happen shortly after booting up for the first time after the computer's been off for a few hours. I almost always get one after about 5minutes of playing World of Warcraft, but after a reboot I can play for hours without getting another one. I downloaded and ran several memory tests, including Windows Memory Diagnostics and Memtest 86+ (ran Memtest for about 9 hours, no problems). My computer is overclocked, so I also tried running Prime95. The computer used to be stable, but now I get errors in Prime95 each time I run it. Sometimes I get fatal hardware errors (rounding?), sometimes the program just freezes with a black screen, and other times I get a BSOD. I'm pretty sure it's not caused by overheating, since my cpu doesn't ever go above 61 degrees C during prime95, and it's usually between 45 and 50 degrees C during the tests. I've got a Corsair liquid cooling system in my pc.
Sorry for massive Wall-of-text, here is the latest BSOD info. Happened after a fresh install of Windows 7 during my first Prime95 re-test (small fft).
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
BCCode: 124
BCP1: 0000000000000000
BCP2: FFFFFA80078D7038
BCP3: 00000000B2000018
BCP4: 0000000002000E0F
OS Version: 6_1_7600
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 768_1
C:\Windows\Minidump\120310-11325-01.dmp
C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-16364-0.sysdata.xml
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! These BSODs are really scaring me. I've never had a single BSOD when I ran Windows XP on this system for 11 months. I just went to Windows 7 2 weeks ago. I'm afraid I really messed something up by updating my BIOS tho, since everything was running fine until then.
System Info (if it helps):
- E8600 @ 4.2ghz (420x10)
- G. Skill PC2-6400 and PC2-8800 (Pi series - 4gb of each type)
- Gigabyte EP45-UD3P v1.1 motherboard
- ATI Radeon 5850 XFX Black Edition (stock)