Re: 1 year old homebuilt PC = incredibly unst



Right on cue, as I finished installing BurnInTest I got BSOD'ed with a hardware failure and a crsh dump. Any thoughts?

Re: 1 year old homebuilt PC = incredibly unst

Yes, post your crash dump and I'll move this to the BSOD forum.

Right, you're moved now .
after you post the dump, try running BurnInTest.

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How do I post the crash dump? I ran BIT after the BSOD and FAILED. It couldn't allocate RAM from Windows, Test File could not be created for C:, and No Permission to open RAW network socket. I've tried to type this message 3 times, it keeps crashing.

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This guide is from MadMonkey.


BSOD Log/Dump File

A BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) produces a log file otherwise known as a memory dump. This file contains the error codes you received on the blue screen itself, as well as what was actually happening at the time of the crash and what was loaded in memory. A debug analysis can often reveal the direct cause of the problem, or at the very least, give a good idea of the probable cause.


How to Attach a Dump File in PCHF

When it comes to your reply, below the "Quick Reply" message box, click on: "Go Advanced"

The advanced screen will give a "Reply to Thread" screen with more options. Click on the attachment icon: and a Manage Attachments window will appear.

Under the section "Upload File from your computer", click on the first Browse or Choose File button, and a Choose/Open file window will appear.

Click on the "My Computer" or "Computer" icon on the left hand Window, double click on your local hard drive containing the "Windows" folder. Double click on your Windows folder, followed by the folder called “minidump”.

Inside here, you’ll see the dump/log files starting with the filename “mini..”. The files themselves are actually marked with a date in Amercian format (mmddyy) followed by the number of crashes that day. For example: mini080109-01.dmp would be the first crash on the 1st of August2009.

To ensure the accuracy of the results, attach the latest file possible, and attach a few of them (you can attach up to three per post). Double click on the file you wish to upload, and then click on the Upload button, followed by Close this window.


Troubleshooting

minidump’s are normally enabled by default. However there may be several reasons why they do not appear in this folder.

Make sure minidumps are enabled:
- Go to My Computer, Control Panel, System followed by Advanced tab.
- Under “Startup and Recovery”, click Settings.
- Under “System failure”, make sure Write and event to the system log is ticked.
- Under “Write debugging information”, make sure Small Memory Dump is selected.

Also, if you have performed a disk cleanup since the you received a BSOD, it would have been deleted.

You must now wait or reproduce your blue screen again before uploading the log file.


(NOTE: If you got any Blue Screens in those last crashes, please post them as well).

It's nearly 2AM here, so I'm going to bed, but we'll get this fixed.

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Wow, unfortunately there's nothing in my minidump folder.

How irritating.

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Hey, it did it again. Still no minidump file. Any ideas?

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I followed his instructions to the letter... I was able to run BurnInTest (suprisingly) and I passed with 0 errors. As for the hardware question, I haven't changed hardware since April '08 except for two more sticks of Corsair RAM last Christmas. The problems started about a 10 days ago.

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Here are the BurnInTest results.

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The PSU is (from my NewEgg invoice a year ago): XCLIO DIAMONDPOWER 880W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply.

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I just ran the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool and came up with no errors. Standby for CPU-Z results...

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2 Passes is standard for Windows Diagnostic... I didn't see an option for more. I ran some sort of memory test as per the instructions on page 1 or 2. It ran for about 30 minutes with no errors.

That was yesterday, of course.