Hi again,
I had a problem with random freezes and after the long process of elimination it turns out it was the motherboard. I sent it back for an RMA and they fixed it by updating the BIOS but a new problem has sprung.
This hasn't happened before even with the crashes so I can only assume it's a new problem with the BIOS or its compatibility with the OS (Windows 7 Ultimate 64x)
Whenever I start it up, it'll get to loading Windows for maybe a few seconds then I'll get a BSOD followed by an endless loop of the set up screen but before that it asks if I would like to repair windows or start windows normally. It doesn't matter which option I choose because either will start the loop again.
The weird thing is if I force shut down and boot it up again it'll start up just fine. But that can't be good for the PC so I'd like to get this fixed. I've tried flashing the motherboard to one version below the most recent (current) but it still crashed. My last resort would be to flash it back two versions below (that's when I froze up but didn't have troubles booting up) but that was the version I kept freezing up on so I'd like to avoid that if possible. Last result would be to reformat unless I find a solution.
Anyway here is an image of the blue screen I managed to capture:
Specs:
Windows XP SP2 (64-bit)
3.4 ghz AMD Phenom II X4 965
2x2gig DDR3 ram Dual Channel
(x2) 1TB Caviar Black (64mb/s) HDDs
EVGA GTX 460 video card
600W PSU
I had a problem with random freezes and after the long process of elimination it turns out it was the motherboard. I sent it back for an RMA and they fixed it by updating the BIOS but a new problem has sprung.
This hasn't happened before even with the crashes so I can only assume it's a new problem with the BIOS or its compatibility with the OS (Windows 7 Ultimate 64x)
Whenever I start it up, it'll get to loading Windows for maybe a few seconds then I'll get a BSOD followed by an endless loop of the set up screen but before that it asks if I would like to repair windows or start windows normally. It doesn't matter which option I choose because either will start the loop again.
The weird thing is if I force shut down and boot it up again it'll start up just fine. But that can't be good for the PC so I'd like to get this fixed. I've tried flashing the motherboard to one version below the most recent (current) but it still crashed. My last resort would be to flash it back two versions below (that's when I froze up but didn't have troubles booting up) but that was the version I kept freezing up on so I'd like to avoid that if possible. Last result would be to reformat unless I find a solution.
Anyway here is an image of the blue screen I managed to capture:
Specs:
Windows XP SP2 (64-bit)
3.4 ghz AMD Phenom II X4 965
2x2gig DDR3 ram Dual Channel
(x2) 1TB Caviar Black (64mb/s) HDDs
EVGA GTX 460 video card
600W PSU