With all the things happening in my life lately, my PC has been lying unused (unloved ) for quite some time now. First things first, the config -
AMD Phenom II X4 945 at stock
CORSAIR XMS3 DDR2 (2 x 2 GB @800Mhz)
MSI NVIDIA 9800 GT 1GB
WD Blue 500GB
Corsair 430W PSU (fail to recollect the exact model no)
Gigabyte MB (fail to recollect the exact model no)
Problem - Windows 7 keeps crashing. Gets stuck at the splash screen. This has happened thrice now. Everytime I have reinstalled (in a different drive) windows but the problem re appears after some days. It might be important to note that I did get BSODs during this interim period when the PC works (possible hardware failure).
Diagnostics so far - I ran memtest+ and immediately got host of errors (test#4). Pulled out the RAMs cleaned them and put one back in a new slot. Ran memtest again - no errors. I tried to reboot but again startup fails. Startup recovery runs overnight but doesn't do a thing. I ran chkdsk on windows partition. It ran okay. Also tried windows memory diagnostic and it passed as well.
Plan to test my HDD in a different system today.
Any ideas to further diagnose the problem is welcome. Thanks in advance.
P.S - Might as well add that the speaker input at the back stopped working a while back. Can it be a failing motherboard?
AMD Phenom II X4 945 at stock
CORSAIR XMS3 DDR2 (2 x 2 GB @800Mhz)
MSI NVIDIA 9800 GT 1GB
WD Blue 500GB
Corsair 430W PSU (fail to recollect the exact model no)
Gigabyte MB (fail to recollect the exact model no)
Problem - Windows 7 keeps crashing. Gets stuck at the splash screen. This has happened thrice now. Everytime I have reinstalled (in a different drive) windows but the problem re appears after some days. It might be important to note that I did get BSODs during this interim period when the PC works (possible hardware failure).
Diagnostics so far - I ran memtest+ and immediately got host of errors (test#4). Pulled out the RAMs cleaned them and put one back in a new slot. Ran memtest again - no errors. I tried to reboot but again startup fails. Startup recovery runs overnight but doesn't do a thing. I ran chkdsk on windows partition. It ran okay. Also tried windows memory diagnostic and it passed as well.
Plan to test my HDD in a different system today.
Any ideas to further diagnose the problem is welcome. Thanks in advance.
P.S - Might as well add that the speaker input at the back stopped working a while back. Can it be a failing motherboard?