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Windows XP/2000 - [Resolved] Can overheating cause a BSOD ? posted in the Operating Systems forums; ek Dude, you also showing corruption in RAM . However, I think your power supply would be the first to focus your attention on, as 85w is a big difference. ...

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ek Dude, you also showing corruption in RAM. However, I think your power supply would be the first to focus your attention on, as 85w is a big difference. PSU's generally require more an more power as time goes by (capacitor aging), so things are only going to get worse. I'm surpised your PC is working at all!


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well, i can take a few steps to reduce my power intake from different things.

like disconnecting one of my two fans, or even disconnecting both of them, also i can connect my screen directly to the wall, instead of to the PSU.

would both these steps be enough ?, i mean i never had any trouble with the PSU.

i also ran memtest a few days ago and it found only two errors on test 5, but i heard that test 5 can create random errors, which dont really indicate a problem with the RAM. i have a 512mb DDR stick which i bought like 6 months ago....o_O

and again on the 385w, im not really sure its the right wattage that my devices are taking, as i did a rough estimate on the site so im pretty sure my system doesnt really take that much.


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no its not lol, well even though i dont think its the PSU
if i continue to get BSODs ill replace my PSU with my sisters, i think she has a 500w one, and she has about half the things i have on the PC o_O

UPDATE :
i did some more extensive research on the components in my case and ran the Power test again
this time it came out with 289W
so again i dont think its the PSU, although i probably will put the 500W in my case



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Well, were trying to identify a single point of failure - assuming there is not more than one problem here.

Your definately showing corruption in memory. Corruption in memory can be caused by the following:

- Faulty device driver (I have ruled out device drivers from your BSOD).
- Faulty RAM
- Faulty Motherboard
- PSU

All of the above can also cause the errors that you could see in event viewer, including parity errors. You also said that memtest braught up a couple of errors, I really wouldn't rule this out. I certainly don't believe your problems are related to overheating, but it's definately a hardware related issue.


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okay thx.

in the meantime i havent had an error or BSOD(since i replaced my Cables)
so im keeping my fingers crossed

if there are any new developments ill post an update


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No prob's.

EDIT: Marked as resolved for now.


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