So not exactly a new build, but a build of old parts lying around. I had the following components lying around and decided to build a system from it:
AMD A4-6320
Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-DS2
4GB DDR3 RAM
500GB HDD
300W PSU
Cheap case
So I connected all of the above together and the only hiccup in all this was the PSU and motherboard compatibility. The PSU has a 4pin CPU power pin whereas the motherboard has a 8 pin connector.
I searched these forums for this and the general answers were to go ahead with the build as for around 100W CPU's the 8pin is recommended. My CPU is 65W so I figured it should be alright. Went ahead with the build and it started up without any problems.
Windows installed just fine as well and all drivers and software worked. But I would randomly get BSOD with a different error code every time, first was "IRQL less or something.." and then it was "Page fault in non paged area" etc.
I got a BSOD while doing a windows update.
for the page fault in non paged area I followed this page: https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/how-to-fix-page-fault-error-windows-10,36234.html and the
I know for a fact that the HDD and the RAM and PSU are working, as these are from my previous build. I also ran a memory diagnostic scan to ensure RAM was fine and it came back with no errors.
So as of now, I cannot figure out the reason for the BSOD's and my only guess would be the 4pin 8pin problem between the CPU and PSU.
Would this be the reason? I'm happy to buy a molex to 4 pin adapter for this (but how can it struggle with a 65W CPU?), or can the reason be a faulty motherboard?
I also ensured BIOS is updated to latest version of F6e.
Any suggestions on how to pin point the exact problem?
Thank you
AMD A4-6320
Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-DS2
4GB DDR3 RAM
500GB HDD
300W PSU
Cheap case
So I connected all of the above together and the only hiccup in all this was the PSU and motherboard compatibility. The PSU has a 4pin CPU power pin whereas the motherboard has a 8 pin connector.
I searched these forums for this and the general answers were to go ahead with the build as for around 100W CPU's the 8pin is recommended. My CPU is 65W so I figured it should be alright. Went ahead with the build and it started up without any problems.
Windows installed just fine as well and all drivers and software worked. But I would randomly get BSOD with a different error code every time, first was "IRQL less or something.." and then it was "Page fault in non paged area" etc.
I got a BSOD while doing a windows update.
for the page fault in non paged area I followed this page: https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/how-to-fix-page-fault-error-windows-10,36234.html and the
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scan is stuck on 10% for the past hour.I know for a fact that the HDD and the RAM and PSU are working, as these are from my previous build. I also ran a memory diagnostic scan to ensure RAM was fine and it came back with no errors.
So as of now, I cannot figure out the reason for the BSOD's and my only guess would be the 4pin 8pin problem between the CPU and PSU.
Would this be the reason? I'm happy to buy a molex to 4 pin adapter for this (but how can it struggle with a 65W CPU?), or can the reason be a faulty motherboard?
I also ensured BIOS is updated to latest version of F6e.
Any suggestions on how to pin point the exact problem?
Thank you