Help!! I am having some computer problems.

[Nelomimic]

Hi,

I'll try to explain the problem as detailed as possible so I can get some help.

3 days ago my computer was working perfect, there were 0 problems.
However ever since 2 days ago my computer has become very unstable.
And finally this morning it stopped booting (bios screen doesn't even show up).

About 3 days ago when it started crashing, it would crash something like twice a day.
And it would only crash while I was playing games. The first day I started crashing it only crashed maybe twice. But the following days was when I really started having problems.

The next day when I go to turn on my computer it locked up on the windows login window right at startup. I rebooted maybe 3 times just to have the same thing happen over and over. So I logged into safe mode, here I checked the event viewer and it showed nothing. Since at first the crashes seemed to be caused by games, I removed all the video/audio drivers and rebooted, this time it allowed windows to start. I reinstalled drivers and rebooted and it was working fine for the rest of the day. However the next day I go to start up window and the same thing happens, so I go through the same thing (remove/reinstall drivers) and it worked again.
This time however I noticed that as soon as I tried to load up a game (everquest to be specific) it would lock up and just restart. Which was weird because I was able to run other games and surf the internet without crashing.

Now this morning, my system just wouldn't start. When I first turned it on I got an "overclocking failed" screen from the bios and it locked up. This screen has come up in the past and when I called Asus they told me to reset some memory (can't think of the name right now) which involved removing the onboard battery and moving jumpers then replacing battery. This worked and it allowed me to start the computer as usual. However this time it doesn't work.

Can anyone figure out what's wrong with my computer please? If you need anymore info about my computer let me know.

Here's my system:

Koolance PC2-650bk Water cooled case
CPU-300-H06 CPU cooler with amd64 clips
GPU-180-L06 Video card Cooler
Athlon AMD 64 3500+ Processor
Corsair Value Select Dual Channel Kit 512mbx2 =1024 ram
Asus A8V Deluxe Mobo w/ Wifi
Antec Truecontrol 550w PSU (Cables are sleeved with Blue UV reactive sleeving)
Visiontek Xtasy X800 Pro 256mb video card
Lite-On Black 52X32X52X16 Combo Drive
Lite-On 8X Double Layer DVD+/-RW Drive with Nero and PowerDvD
Sony Floppy Drive
WD 160gb HD w/ 8mb buffer
Audigy 2 ZS Gamer Sound Card

Thanks in advance!

 

[thermalpaste]

When you take out your CMOS battery, you erase off all the settings you saved in the CMOS.
Unplug the power cord and short the CMOS battery terminals with a screw-driver for 2 minutes or use the CMOS clear jumper to reset the contents of your CMOS.
You are using excellent, quality components and you should have no problems overclocking. BTW whats your FSB, multiplier, Vcore? Have you tried increasing the CPU voltage a wee bit, so that it becomes more stable after an overclock? make sure that your PCI bus doesn't exceed 37Mhz.
download some utility like Sisoft Sandra 2004 and keep a tab on the PCI and AGP bus clock. ALso run the burn in wizard to make sure that your system is stable after overclocking.

 

[Nelomimic]

well the thing is I have never overclocked anything. My bios has a "AI Overclock" option and it is set to Auto by default. I don't really know much about overclocking, or what the "AI overclock" thing does.

 

[D1gger]

Have you tried reseating the memory modules? It is possible that you have a bad memory chip or that it is not properly seated. This can cause corrupted files that would create the symptoms you are seeing. If they are properly installed, try running memtest86 overnight.

 

[Nelomimic]

well, I can't really do anything. I turn on the computer and nothing happens. I hear the fans running and everything but nothing appears on my screen, it's all black 🙁