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samual · ‎06-02-2013

Well I knew when I bought this system I might burn it overclocking.

Right now it boots up fine and I can enter the bios and make changes, but when windows loads I get a bsod before I can enter my password. The system then reboots. From what I have been able to see its is a page fault error.

Things I tried.

1. mem tested ram
2. reseated ram and tried three different type of ram.
3. Removed battery for 1 hour and re-flashed the bios.
4. Tried to reinstall windows but DVD gets bsod also.
5. Had Windows 8 installed on another ssd and it failed to boot also.
6. Removed the cpu, cleaned, re-pasted, and reseated it. Could not find any bent pins on board, But cpu had brown tinges around one of the edges.
7. Removed all connection and re-connected them all.

I have not taken the motherboard out because it is water-cooled.

Could I have cooked my cpu and if so, do you think the motherboard is ok? It would be a real drag if I bought another processor only to find out the motherboard had failed as well.

Any suggestions would be helpful
Thanks

sectionate · ‎06-02-2013

you getting the bsod on default settings right>

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samual · ‎06-02-2013

Yes, i reverted the bios to factory and then used the rams XMP to set the timmings. I'm currently using only one stick of corsair vengance ram. The most common error than comes up shortly after the windows logo on the bottom of the screen is "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGE_FAULT_AREA".

Just to be sure I reseated the graphics card. No luck.
Thanks for your response sectionate.

kkn · ‎06-02-2013

IF you get the same error on both ssd's, can it be a bug in the operatng system mabye?
thats if your instaling from a OS downed from WIN on a USB?
just guessing here.

samual · ‎06-02-2013

Using a retail version of windows 7 cd. The cd worked fine to install the original OS so i'm completely baffled. I was able to run windows diagnostics (memory check). BSOD'd after the memory check.

I do have an oem version from my wifes computer I could try. I'm hesitating removing her 3580k to test on my machine in case it gets fried.

Thanks for responding kkn.

PlaneName · ‎06-03-2013

Have you checked the temperature on BIOS and voltages on BIOS?

It does sound like an hardware issue, what makes you think you fried one of your components? There is a few things that you can try, remove all USB devices, use integrated video card, try a different PSU, unplug CD/DVD drive or other secondary HDD/SSD.

Yes it is possible to test with another CPU but I wouldn't try it with your wife CPU. Try buy an cheap CPU like the Intel G1610 Celeron Dual-Core to test if your motherboard is still can operate with a CPU, like I said check the temps and voltages on BIOS to see if your CPU is still on safe temperature or if the PSU is showing wrong voltages.

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HiVizMan · ‎06-03-2013

Remove all the ram
Remove all the SATA connectors from the board

Fit one stick of ram furtherest slot from the CPU
Only your OS SSD

F5 in bios
F10 to save and exit
Boot into OS

Reset and boot into OS one more time then power down.
Add one SATA device at a time and boot into OS
Repeat till all your SATA devices are connected.
Add ram.

To help us help you - please provide as much information about your system and the problem as possible.

samual · ‎06-03-2013

@PlaneName

I was overclocking heavily trying to get higher Maxxmem scores (5400mhz) vcore 1.600. OS probably corrupted.

@HiVizMan

F5 in bios
f10 to save and exit
Boot into OS

Windows asks to repair startup, Selected repair, BSOD, then windows gives a standard error message about adding new hardware causing problems and display WIMFSF.sys plus a series of hex error codes.

thank you both for your responses.

I think the OS is corrupted but I can't figure out why I can't just reload windows from scratch. The install disk BSOD's as well.

HiVizMan · ‎06-03-2013

Please try and use a different hard drive to install OS for testing purpose.

To help us help you - please provide as much information about your system and the problem as possible.

samual · ‎06-03-2013

Tried to install OS on a clean 1 TB black but got a BSOD when the windows setup tried to load up. Also formated another ssd i had and tried to load windows on it with same result. Should I pick up another retail copy of windows 7?

System blue Screens trying to load windows