Quote Originally Posted by Fenril View Post
I don't exactly remember what was talked about in the previous troubleshooting thread (and I'm slightly lazy at the moment to
double check) but blue screens are most likely caused by hardware. You can turn off the auto-restart function of Windows when
you get a blue screen so you can see the actual error and then Google it. If it wasn't suggested in the previous thread I can't
stress enough that if someone is getting a blue screen to run memtest86. It's a free program which stress tests your memory
and will find any errors that you have. If you get errors on a certain stick then you need to swap around sticks to double check
whether you have a faulty motherboard bank or whether it's the actual stick itself.


Memory and PSU are 2 things that can cause a lot of unforeseen errors.

I agree with Fenril. 99% of the time Bluescreens are Memory related dumps. Loosing memory can be heat related, the stick itself, the mobo socket, poor CPU connections... etc etc. Again, agreeing with Fenril here, start with the software to check your system. Then (1) single GOOD, and KNOWN good, RAM stick. perform same check. If it comes back ok, you are likely looking at a power problem or a load problem. If it comes back bad... then you could be RAM or the RAM slot on the Mobo, and STILL could be a power problem.

I have built my own PCs for more than 13 years. I currently have three desktops and a laptop that I maintain.

What is the error you get when you bluescreen?