Computer Crashing

[shamgar03]

Alright guys I need some help on what is causing my computer problems. It began like a week ago, the computer would just freeze randomly. Not really during games but just every once in a while. I had used a drive image and switched my DVD, DVD-RW drives and thought that might be the problem. My bios also read that my power supply fan speed was low - so I thought maybe it was stopping for that. I switched the dvd drives and turned off the power supply fan monitor. When I had my case open, I heard something hit the bottom of the case like a pop. When I tried to turn on the computer it wouldnt start - or it would for a second then go off. I pulled all the excess wiring out and it started, but the internel speaker was smoking - not good. I pulled it out and it started. Then it wouldnt boot into windows - BSOD after windows started. I try to reinstall windows and the computer freezes when copying the windows files. I tried the hardrives on another computer and they both seem to work. So what do you think the problem is. I wouldnt think it s the DVD's or the hardrives. The BSOD said something about writing to paging files KERNEL_PAGE or something. My unfortunate guess is the MOBO - what do you guys think? I'll make this fun with a poll - its not fun for me =/.

 

[Sqube]

I think you should've checked what the hell it was you dropped in your case.

Sounds like you cooked the motherboard, or maybe your PSU died on you. What kind of PSU did you have?

 

[shamgar03]

I still haven't figured what dropped in the case. there was nothing on the bottom, its possible it dropped into the middle. I just found out what the problem was though. I had the hardrives out connected with differerent SATA cables and power from a splitter rather than the power supplies sata power connectors. I got windows installed like and things worked fine. Then I moved them back, and suddenly the computer hanged at the boot screen. I bet you have never seen the progress bar when you are booting pass 60+ times. Then a blue screen. Next boot at least gave a BSOD after 15 bar passes. I took the HDD's out and connected the way they were and it works agian. So now I am trying to figure out if the cables are both bad, if its somehow the angle that I am forcing to plug them in at (not alot of space behind the drives when they are in the case) or what.

 

[shamgar03]

Alright so the plot thickens, because its not the power or the sata. My only guesses now are, either having the HDD's next to the fan is causing problems, (I have 2 80mm fans near the hardrives, or the way the cables are bent is causing the problem - it kind of pulls down on the connector when the drives are in. Any thoughts?
Heres my logic so far, if it was a hardware failure the computer just wouldnt boot instead of making it to windows, it has to be something with the hardrives or the PSU for it to just sit at the windows loading screen, as if it was waiting, any guesses?

 

[Kyanzes]

Originally posted by: Sqube
I think you should've checked what the hell it was you dropped in your case.

Sounds like you cooked the motherboard, or maybe your PSU died on you. What kind of PSU did you have?

"DID you have?"

:laugh:

 

[shamgar03]

LOL, I have a fortron bluestorm, which is supposed to be good. This morning when I got up my computer wouldnt boot even though the night before everything was exactly the same and WOULD boot. What could have changed? I am thinking the PS maybe is inconsistant, im gonna try it with an older PSU I have laying around.

 

[shamgar03]

Problem solved, definately the 2 fans in the back, windows actually handled errors gracefully for once, and started giving me little warnings in the bottom right that it couldnt write this file or that, when I unplugged the fans that are right behind the hardrives, everything worked.