new CPU and graphix card / BSOD crash

[nietzschelloo]

Hello, I just installed my new AMD FX-8350 and EVGA GTX 960 and now when I turn my computer on I can go to start Windows and it will take me as far as the sign in (sometimes it crashes and takes me to BSOD before that) before it either restarts or goes to the BSOD.

Did I do something wrong on install? What have I gone and messed up here? I've kind of put pieces together but I wouldn't call myself super adept or anything.

Help!!!

For context this is an install of a new CPU and graphics card on the same mobo and posu

760GM P23 (fx) is the mobo
power supply is apower ak series 850w

I've tried starting in safe mode, repair. I've reset the BIOS. I used the stock graphics card to make sure it wasnt an issue with the graphics card and the same problem persisted. I've now gotten 2 or 3 different versions of the BSOD.

update: So I've been trying a couple of the suggested solutions on the net to no avail I've tried booting from my win 7 disc but I cant ever get anywhere before it shuts down and takes me back to the repair loop which eventually sits me down at the BSOD again

 

[JohnsonMcGee]

Yeah, as tea urchin mentioned the PSU is probably what's important here. My bet would be that as the graphics card tries to draw extra power as it's usage increases (i.e. as the windows desktop loads) it's hitting the max draw from the psu which then causes a crash as it can't function properly. I had a similar issue a while ago but what would happen was the card would crash during high load with the message that its drivers 'failed and had recovered' and refuse to run any more 3D programs/games until I restarted the system.

Assuming your motherboard has onboard graphics, try removing the graphics card entirely (for now) and running from that. If it doesn't BSOD then at least you know it's the card (or the card's power draw) and not the CPU.

 

[nietzschelloo]

Following what you said through logically, you installed an 8 core cpu and gtx 960 graphics card but you didnt say which motherbord or as importantly which power supply unit.

760GM P23 (fx) is the mobo
power supply is apower ak series 850w

 

[nietzschelloo]

download blue screen view

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

you can see the code blue screen error and the memory location that happened it will also allow to load the mini dump that tells you the date the time and the driver that coused the error. This way you can find out where exacly is the problem.

How do I install this program without being able to load windows? Is there another way to do this?

 

[nietzschelloo]

Do you have the original operating system dvd? you can boot from there and run chkdsk first if that do not allow you login at safe mode then the problem could be at the hardware that is rare but sometimes it happens.

I tried to run from the disk that i used to install win7 but it loaded the files and then the same error happened? I'm not sure i know how to chkdsk from the bios /startup menu

 

[nietzschelloo]

when you boot from the dvd of windows you don't choose to re install widnows it has a line that is saying repair my computer in there you can choose to open a comand line where you can type

chkdsk c:/f

that it will repair any error that happended in the disk and

sfc /scannow /OFFBOOTDIR=c:\ /OFFWINDIR=c:\windows"

i never reinstall the os that will make me wait to redowload all the upgrades...

I go to the boot menu and seleect the cd / dvd drive. Then it says 'press any key to boot from cd' so i press a key and it says 'windows is loading files' where it loads for a while and does the windows startup screen.... but then it never makes it past this screen it just goes back and continues to do what it was doing :/ and I end up at the blue screen again.

Am I missing something here or did i do it wrong?

Sorry I must seem totally incompetent :/

 

[nietzschelloo]

You don't need to ask sorry if you have a BSOD and to booting from dvd is 100% problem in the hardware look at this picture

it has only 12 volts atx connector for the cpu were the most motherboards like GA-990FXA-D3 as you can see hear

have 2 x 12 volts ATX connectors that makes sure that if the cpu needs more power it can be delivered. Make sure that all the cables are placed good at the motherboard.

so then is the CPU not getting enough power because of the connector type? how do i make sure the cpu can get the power it needs to load windows? (am i understanding the problem here?)

is it a matter of getting a better power supply or is there a different way to hook it up so that the cpu can get the power it needs? ah this is so frustrating!

 

[nietzschelloo]

The only thing you can do in the motherboard you have is to make sure all the cables are connected as good it can be. You have an 850watts pcu to cover the needs of many GPU'S and CPU's but the motherboard you have is not allowing it something more we can't do.

so the answer is a different motherboard????! oh no! that's awful :C xx

 

[nietzschelloo]

The answer could be that you didn't connect all the cables the best way you can there are motheboards as you can see hear:

that except for a 2 x 12 vlts connectors for the CPU also have a 4x12P conector for the GPU's if the GPU is overcloked there is a possibity to take the fan out of your cpu (this is not a joke) but this motherobard is much more expencive.

im not sure i know what you mean by this ??? :c