Pc crashing during boot and in xp

[Vash1628]

i would like to thank you all as i have been spared formatting and reinstalling again.... but i need to get my problem sorted out as soon as possible and permanantly.... i have had my pc at the shop i bought it from and after a week end of testing they said there is nothing wrong with my pc.... i am running windows xp professional service pack 3... but i'm not sure when my problems started... before or after service pack 3. i have a GA-k8n-sli mother board from giga-byte and a amd athlon 64 x2 cpu. with 1.5 ddr 400 RAM. i also have 2 gigabyte geforce 7600gs cards running in sli and 2 sata hard drives. what happens is i get a "blue screen of death" randomly in random programs or games. and then the pc reboots, that is when i am in xp. what it also does is some times when i boot up it either does not show my CPU, Or Memory, OR one or none of my hard drives. and also sometimes freezes when i try enter my bios setup. then it will also give me various errors like i don't have a system disk in just before it starts to load xp. i have run chkdsk on my hard drives.... hope someone can help. i have attacked a reoprt of my pc

[Vash1628]

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Version EVEREST v2.20.405
Homepage Lavalys - Comprehensive IT Security and Management
Report Type Report Wizard
Computer AROARA (AROARA)
Generator Steve And Mel
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2008-10-31
Time 00:08


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Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name AROARA (AROARA)
User Name Steve And Mel

Motherboard:
CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2466 MHz (12 x 206)
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4, AMD Hammer
System Memory 1536 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (05/11/06)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS (256 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS (256 MB)
Monitor Proview 986 [19" CRT] (1046109703)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Creative Audigy LS Audio Processor

Storage:
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Disk Drive ST325082 0AS SCSI Disk Device (232 GB)
Disk Drive ST320082 6AS SCSI Disk Device (200 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-RAM:5x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 60000 MB (32461 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 238472 MB (72428 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 130779 MB (23948 MB free)
Total Size 419.2 GB (125.8 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (10.0.0.4)

Peripherals:
Printer HP Deskjet 3740 Series
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP04 - OHCI USB Controller
USB2 Controller nVIDIA MCP04 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Printing Support

[zep516]

I would at this point consider uninstalling Service Pack 3 that way we / you may be able to start & narrow it down.

Have you ever been able to read the entire blue screen error, that may also start to point us in some sort of direction you may want to (disable auto restart on system failure).

It's possible others may see something in the information you provided thanks for doing that...

What other operating system is on the computer if there is one?

zep.

[Vash1628]

there is only windows xp professional... i noticed in the report that i was 3% overclocked on my fsb...(running at 205 instead if 200) but when i checked the report again it was 192.... when i checked in bios it was 200 and all the other settings were either on normal or auto... i'll disable the auto restart on system error... i do that in bios right? thanks for the fast reply... at the moment my pc seems to be running ok. after i used one of the tutorials about the corrupt sustem file on boot up.

[zep516]

Maybe it's ok - I can't address the overclocking issue if there is one don't know enough about it.

Here are instructions for Disabling Auto restart so if it Blue Screens again you can read the error and get some sort of idea - blue screens can be difficult to diagnose usually a prescribed set of exercises are done, that is Memtest, Hard drive test from the manufactures' site and all the drivers should be current, You could actually run those tests now... Google Memtest....


1. Right-Click on "My Computer", and click "Properties" from the context menu that appears.
2. Click on the "Advanced" tab.
3. Click on "Settings" under "Startup and Recovery"
4. Uncheck the box labeled "Automatic Restart".

Now if a blue Screen Error occurs you will be able to view it, I always google it first to get more information, we also have a tutorial on Blue Screen Errors here at the forum...

zep

[Vash1628]

ok done i must still uninstall service pack 3... ok if i wait for the troubles to start over?

[Vash1628]

after my pc froze with a error message saying "hard error" or something like that... after i unistalled it ran ok for a little while and then while i was playing red alert 3 i got the dreaded blue screen... the message was" KERNAL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR" and the technical was 0xoooooo7A(oxco4o2B80,oxcoooo185,ox80570FE6,ox3958F860)... after jotting it down i had to reboot my pc 3 to 4 times to actually get passed the boot screen and into windows, it stopped picking up my hard drive and then said it was not a system disk.???? not even bios picked it up and also froze. then after leaving it off i tried again and it worked. is it time for a new pc? if so AMD or intel? i like running sli but is crossfire better? sorry i'm getting close to throwing this machine out the door

[Vash1628]

do you think it could be the bios battery? i've had the pc for between 2-4 years? and never changed the battery

[Vash1628]

i downloaded siw and this is what it tells me under motherboard:
Property Value
Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model GA-K8N-SLi
Version x.x
Serial Number Wed Sep 14 02:19:22 2005


North Bridge NVIDIA nForce4 Revision A3
South Bridge NVIDIA nForce4 MCP Revision A3

CPU AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
Cpu Socket Socket 939

System Slots 2 PCI

Memory Summary
Maximum Capacity 16384 MBytes
Maximum Memory Module Size 4096 MBytes
Memory Slots 4
Error Correction None

Warning! Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed
what does it mean with "Warning! Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed " ?
and is there anything else i must post that will help with my problem?

[zep516]

Bug Check 0x7A: KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR

See the link above for additional information on the error as you can see it could be 1 of a many things from a cable connection, memory, mother board.

"AMD or intel? i like running sli but is crossfire better" - Sorry I will not be able to address these questions. I would guess to say sli and crossfire both have disadvantages and advantages but I do not know enough.

The other question is the machine only failing during the game play?

Others may have more information for you.

zep