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1218066 2011-08-16 08:17:00 If the mobo is still under warranty, I would take it back. And get something else Speedy Gonzales (78)
1218067 2011-08-16 09:26:00 It's out of warrenty but I may still replace it.
The hardest part is deciding which one to get.
Also weather to stick with the current CPU or not.
At this stage I still don't know what is causing the problem.
I'm going to start with a new HD anyway, seeing one of those hase died. They were around 5 yrs old.
Driftwood (5551)
1218068 2011-08-16 19:19:00 Did you ever run memtest ?
faulty ram can cause all the symptoms you describe including making a drive appear faulty. may not be it but worth checking.

:pf1mobmini:
dugimodo (138)
1218069 2011-08-16 20:38:00 Havent run memtest, is it likely to be better than the burnin test?
The faulty drive is quite uneccessable, have tried it on another system as well.
Driftwood (5551)
1218070 2011-08-16 21:49:00 The Burnin test I suggested does the following:
BurnInTest tests the CPU, hard drives, RAM, CD-ROMs, CD burners, DVDs, sound cards, 2D graphics, 3D graphic, network connection, printers, video playback.
What BurnInTest does is thoroughly exercise the hardware in a PC in a short period of time, in the same way as normal applications use a PC over a long period of time. This takes advantage of the fact that computer hardware tends to fail either very early in its life or after many thousands of hours of use. It does have a Memory tester in it, but it wouldn't hurt to run memtest on its own.
wainuitech (129)
1218071 2011-08-16 23:29:00 Currently running memtest now.
Up to 75% no errors
Driftwood (5551)
1218072 2011-08-17 04:11:00 No errors on memtest.
System went good for about 4 hrs & then bluescreened when I left it for 15 min.
Nothing came up on the bluescreen viewer.

Stop: 0x0000007A (0xFFFFF6FB800083F8, 0xFFFFFFFFC000000E, 0x0000000078295880, 0xFFFFF7000107FFF8)
Driftwood (5551)
1218073 2011-08-17 04:15:00 Looks like that stop error means something is wrong with the hdd (answers.microsoft.com)

How big is the hdd?? This may apply if Win7 is 64 bit (support.microsoft.com)
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1218074 2011-08-17 04:58:00 Thats why I've ordered a new one.
Current one is only 160GB & win7 is 64bit.
I should have stayed on Vista 32 & I wouldn't be having all these problems.
Driftwood (5551)
1218075 2011-08-17 21:24:00 Murphy is alive and kicking, it was just a matter of time!

Let's hope it is the HDD at fault. Strange tiugh that it happens only when you leave the screen.

You'll love Win7 over Vista once you have it up and running.
Bryan (147)
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