PC Peripherals PC restarting again and again

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My system config is GA-H61M-D2-B3+i3-2100,odyssey 450watt psu+seagate barcuda 500gb,zotac geforce 8400gs and 2gb ram.I was playing game last day 4 6 hours(usual).While playing suddenly m pc got hanged,i restarted it went ok but after 15 mins it again hanged and there was a burning smell i immediately plugged off and found that the psu z fried.i purchased the same psu of 450watt and installed but it stucks on the loop of restarts.there is no message on screen and it keeps restarting before the mobo logo appears..i pulled evrythng and wiped the dust but the same problem.all fans spin but after hardly 2 sec pc restarts...am a noob in these matters plz help me out
 
i think the psu is overloaded. try removing the graphics card and see if it boots. most probably you got bad psu.
 
when you say it reboots constantly, do you see the windows shutdown screen? or it just goes blank and the system restarts?

1. Overheating could be the reason as well, you might have left the heat sink loose while trying to clean the dust

2. Remove your graphics card and check if the system is stable.
 
I have a similar problem, hence not creating new thread.

CPU: Phenom x4 3.2

Mobo: Asus m4a89gtd - usb 3.0

Psu: vx450

RAM: XMS 3 - a 4gb kit. out of that 1 stick is bad so running on 2 gb.

GPU: evga 9800 gtx +

Cabby - CM Gladiator. All fans working. Seems to have decent ventilation. Is not placed in closed shelf or anything.

Has been working fine for games as well as other apps for over a year and a half (starcraft/pes/nba 2k12) Over the past month has started freezing and restarting for no apparent reason. Sometimes while playing sometimes while surfing. Sometimes it gives BSOD other times it just freezes without restarting.

Would just formatting/reinstalling OS do the trick? Or does the Blue Screen indicate hardware issue? Ram maybe?

Sorry to hi-jack.. hope we can get answers together...
 
sultanofswing said:
Would just formatting/reinstalling OS do the trick? Or does the Blue Screen indicate hardware issue? Ram maybe?
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To test your RAM for errors and any faults, download MemTest 86+ v.4.0a, burn it on a removable media [I prefer a CD as then it can be used multiple times] and let it loop overnight OR ~2 -->7 loops.

This shall be able to diagnose about whether their is any fault in the installed RAM or not. It functions with multiple RAM modules [upto 64GB] and is multi-thread optimized so should take advantage of your quad-core too.

Hope this helps, Cheers!!
 
I read through that. sounds like a great utility (somewhat). Let me see what that has got to say and get back with results...

OK.. so even while running WHOCRASHED the system crashed once
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howzzat for irony?

anyway - these are diff things that came up:

1. Error: [font="Segoe UI, Arial"]DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

 [/font]file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe

Registry Error for same file path

2. Kernel Data inpage error: requested page of kernel data from the paging file could not be read into memory.

3. Error: [font="Segoe UI, Arial"]SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION - [/font]an exception happened while executing a routine that transitions from non-privileged code to privileged code.

file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe

4. Error: [font="Segoe UI, Arial"]PFN_LIST_CORRUPT - [/font]This might be a case of memory corruption. More often memory corruption happens because of software errors in buggy drivers, not because of faulty RAM modules.

The crash took place in the Windows kernel.

file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe

5. Error: [font="Segoe UI, Arial"]MEMORY_MANAGEMENT - [/font]might be a case of memory corruption

file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe

I see the trend with the recurrent file path in the error listings. What could this mean?
 
^ possibly due to corruption in graphics card drivers. remove them completely and reinstall them.

or memory might be showing age. run memtest once and see results.

i had the same problem just yesterday. bsod while playing back a tv serial. removed graphics card drivers and reinstalled them after searching on net for possible causes of failure.
 
Memtest just went through 4 passes cleanly...

I'll try the driver thingy.

But doesnt the ntoskrnl.exe indicate Windows NT related stuff?
 
If you getting any memory dumps let me know, I can check them out. Would need the last 5 to check.
 
6pack said:
^ possibly due to corruption in graphics card drivers. remove them completely and reinstall them.

i had the same problem just yesterday. bsod while playing back a tv serial. removed graphics card drivers and reinstalled them after searching on net for possible causes of failure.
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Did as you said. Seems to be working till now. Played two full nba 2k12 games without hitch. Keeping fingers crossed...
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BSOD's generally point to a hardware issue. Past experience has showed that it was largely RAM related, but if Memtest has come out clean, it points to a different component. Can you swap in another PSU to check for stability?
 
Aces170 said:
BSOD's generally point to a hardware issue. Past experience has showed that it was largely RAM related, but if Memtest has come out clean, it points to a different component. Can you swap in another PSU to check for stability?
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Even I thought so. I even ran memtest whole night made16 passthroughs cleanly. So I doubt there's an issue there. PSU is a Corsair VX450. I also have an APC (the 4 outlet one) and Power Fluctuations are rare in my area. I don't have an equivalent PSU to power that system.
 
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