So building this PC but its not booting

[chillz]

This is what it consists of.

Case - 1 x NZXT Alpha Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Open Window

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo Socket AM3 125W Six-Core

Power Supply - 1 x Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active

Graf Card - EVGA 896-P3-1260-AR GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

2 HD's - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

(OLD)Seagate 500GB Serial ATA HD 7200/32MB/SATA-3G

Ram - ADATA XPG Gaming Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

MOBO - ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 - motherboard - ATX - Socket AM3 - AMD 870 - Socket AM3


I turn on the PC and it powers up but nothing comes on the screen. A red flashing light blinks in the case tho. Any suggestions?

[glc]

PROBLEMS with a NEW BUILD? Try This!!

[chillz]

Originally Posted by glc PROBLEMS with a NEW BUILD? Try This!!

Thanks glc!

[chillz]

It boots now. Loaded everything up. But it randomly crashes. 1st time was loading the Asus driver disk. The next time when I was running a performance check. I think its the harddrive. I didn't put the new one in yet cause I have to get parts to do so.

[Sourtop]

Download the drivers off the website. Don't bother with the disks.

[glc]

Download WD Diags and Memtest86+, and run diagnostics on the hard drive and the ram. Check your CPU temperatures.

[chillz]

Originally Posted by Sourtop Download the drivers off the website. Don't bother with the disks.

Ok will do.

[chillz]

Originally Posted by glc Download WD Diags and Memtest86+, and run diagnostics on the hard drive and the ram. Check your CPU temperatures.

Ok thanks! let me check those out.

[chillz]

i did what uguys said. it worked until this morn when it crashed again. my cpu is running ok. not hot. i can't . see the temperature now cause i can't boot. i mean i can boot but it crashes randomly between the asus screen and when i reach my desktop. ram was fine,and both hdd were not hot. it says ok. now a thing of note is that as my system loads a black screen, pops up saying theres no disk. iono whats happening.

[chillz]

also when it crashes it shuts down but the tower majntains power. and i cant sw reset it i can only switch it off from the rear

[glc]

Confirm - you ran at least 2 passes with memtest86+ with no errors, and both hard drives pass WD Diags extended test?

[chillz]

Both Harddrives have passed the WD Diags extended test. and I am going to run the memtest's again. I'll be back.

[chillz]

4 Memtests and 0 errors. 5 altogether. I don't know what it may be. It boots now but still randomly crashes. I wonder if its a previous program crashing the system.

[jdeb]

Originally Posted by chillz 4 Memtests and 0 errors. 5 altogether. I don't know what it may be. It boots now but still randomly crashes. I wonder if its a previous program crashing the system.

Is it blue screening? If so, download and run this (WhoCrashed), it may isolate the problem.Resplendence Software - WhoCrashed, automatic crash dump analyzer

[chillz]

Originally Posted by jdeb Is it blue screening? If so, download and run this (WhoCrashed), it may isolate the problem.Resplendence Software - WhoCrashed, automatic crash dump analyzer

Its not bluescreening. Just like shutting off with the power still on. Nothing on the screen. Just blackness. I'll try this too.

[jdeb]

flashing red light means and issue with memory. Follow the instructions in the manual for the mem ok switch.
Is that memory on the QVL?
Have you been unlocking cores?
Have you tried to reset the BIOS?
Have you looked into updating the BIOS?

Sorry for all the questions but I suspect a BIOS upgrade may be in order. I would contact Asus

[chillz]

Originally Posted by jdeb flashing red light means and issue with memory. Follow the instructions in the manual for the mem ok switch. Is that memory on the QVL? Have you been unlocking cores? Have you tried to reset the BIOS? Have you looked into updating the BIOS? Sorry for all the questions but I suspect a BIOS upgrade may be in order. I would contact Asus

Well I solved the red light issue. I re-insert the memory and it worked properly.
That particular mem, is not on the QVL. At least not in the manual. I have to check the list on the site.
I haven't unlocked cores yet.
No i haven't reset bios. And maybe i need to.
Yes i been updating the board, could the old Bios from my previous board cause any problems?
I pretty much kept my old Harddrive as the boot drive so all the files and programs are still there could any of them be interfering?

Thanks!

[glc]

I pretty much kept my old Harddrive as the boot drive so all the files and programs are still there could any of them be interfering?

You bet! It's possible to move a drive and get it to boot, but it's generally better to get a fresh start. You have all those old drivers still hanging around.

[chillz]

Originally Posted by glc You bet! It's possible to move a drive and get it to boot, but it's generally better to get a fresh start. You have all those old drivers still hanging around.

Is there a way to do this and keep my files and some programs?

[chillz]

Originally Posted by jdeb Is it blue screening? If so, download and run this (WhoCrashed), it may isolate the problem.Resplendence Software - WhoCrashed, automatic crash dump analyzer

I ran this and this is what came up.

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Crash Dump Analysis
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Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump

Crash dumps are enabled on your computer.


On Sun 6/19/2011 11:47:21 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\061911-51339-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x70700)
Bugcheck code: 0xF4 (0x3, 0xFFFFFA8008ED6B30, 0xFFFFFA8008ED6E10, 0xFFFFF800031D81E0)
Error: CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that a process or thread crucial to system operation has unexpectedly exited or been terminated.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver which cannot be identified at this time.


On Sun 6/19/2011 11:47:21 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntkrnlmp.exe (nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x0)
Bugcheck code: 0xF4 (0x3, 0xFFFFFA8008ED6B30, 0xFFFFFA8008ED6E10, 0xFFFFF800031D81E0)
Error: CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION
Bug check description: This indicates that a process or thread crucial to system operation has unexpectedly exited or been terminated.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver which cannot be identified at this time.

[Fran]

The blinking light on your ASUS motherboard is an interesting feature. I recently had the same problem. The blinking light was a mystery to me. I looked in the manual and found out that the blinking light means that your memory is not compatable with the motherboard. If the memory is compatable the light will stop blinking. It eliminates a lot of guesswork. I could be wrong but I am probably right.

[jdeb]

You did not answer my questions in the previous post.

Make sure you have the latest chipset drivers loaded. Make sure you have the latest video card, sound, and lan drivers as well. Double check device manager for the currently installed driver numbers for the above devices.

You may want to look into a BIOS update.