PC is bluescreening/HDD crashing.. Desperate for help.

[Militus]

I don't know where else to ask, I've had issues for months now and I'm going absolutely crazy without my PC..

It first started when I opened up my PC and put in another graphics card, but I made the mistake of wearing wool fingerless gloves as I did this, and I'm afraid I might have given off a static shock to the motherboard.


My PC would either seemingly shut down due to a HDD error, or bluescreen whenever it got too 'excited'.


I swapped the graphics cards again, still same issue.. Reformatted, same issue.. I swapped motherboards, it worked for a few days (I used an old motherboard I had laying around, same one as I had put in currently) and then it broke again.

I took it to a store to fix it, they said they had no idea what it was.

Now, I have a few possiblities, but I need to be sure which one it is, as I don't have the funds to replace everything..

Etiher my motherboard is broken, one of my harddrives is broken, I may need to put new cooling gel on the CPU (as I did have to take it off to swap motherboard) or I don't know what.. I really hope you can help.


Edit: Specs'n stuff.

Cooler Master Elite 431 - Midi Tower - ( ATX / PS/2 ) - Black - USB/Audio
MB ASRock 970 Extreme4 AM3+ ATX
AMD FX-8120 8-Core 3.1 GHz AM3+ 16MB Cache 125W retail
ASUS EAH6750 FML_DI/1GD5 1024MB, PCI-
E, 2xDVI, HDMI
Seagate 8.9cm (3.5") 2 x 1.5TB SATA3
ST1500DM003 7200 64mb
DDR3 16GB PC 1333 CL9 Geil
2 x DVDRW 22x Samsung
Windows 7 HP NL 64 Bits

If you need a Dxdiag, I can get one too, but I have to hook up my PC first. I didn't see any attachment area.

Dxdiag:



Edit, Date: 15-2-2016
So what I did was apply cooling paste, check if it was the CMOS battery which it wasn't, took out my faulty HDD and my PC ran smooth, even better than before for two weeks.. Now today I've had two random crashes.
https://gyazo.com/be23bdf770f406c1f3b01623653204a6
I really hope it's a Software thing so I did in fact fix it.. I disabled updates due to updates constantly failing to install on my PC and it undoing them (that was two weeks ago, when I just reformatted it and it did that three days in a row)


Edit: (One day later)

I managed to finally get past the undoing updates for /now/ .. And now my PC is running incredibly hot again after the Windows updates, and my games are laggier. It feels like it's in the state it was in when my problem originally started. can Windows Updates really do this?

 

[GhislainG]

If you really need help, then yopu should provide details about your system (CPU, motherboard, PSU, HDD, GPU, OS, etc.)

You can't reinstall a CPU without cleaning the old thermal paste and adding new paste; otherwise you'll probably run into issues.

 

[amd4lif3]

a hard drive is probs not the issue so when testing dont have it in, and before saying the motherboard is dead try reset your cmos or replace the cmos battery

 

[Militus]

If you really need help, then yopu should provide details about your system (CPU, motherboard, PSU, HDD, GPU, OS, etc.)

You can't reinstall a CPU without cleaning the old thermal paste and adding new paste; otherwise you'll probably run into issues.

Sorry about that, completely forgot!

@Amd4life: I've Cmos battery issues before, I don't think that's it. How do I reset the cmos, and what does that do? I am trying to learn more after all.

Also, is it expensive, a CPU paste? I'll add some then if I can. I'll edit main post with specs

 

[amd4lif3]

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=reset+cmos&tbm=vid

and no thermal paste is only a few quid

 

[Militus]

What does resetting a CMOS do, if I may ask? I will try it though.

 

[amd4lif3]

Clearing the CMOS on your motherboard will reset your BIOS settings to their factory defaults

 

[Militus]

Despite your questionable name, I'll do that tomorow, and also add some new cooling paste. I'll keep you guys updated.

 

[GhislainG]

If you really need help, then yopu should provide details about your system (CPU, motherboard, PSU, HDD, GPU, OS, etc.)

You can't reinstall a CPU without cleaning the old thermal paste and adding new paste; otherwise you'll probably run into issues.

Sorry about that, completely forgot!

@Amd4life: I've Cmos battery issues before, I don't think that's it. How do I reset the cmos, and what does that do? I am trying to learn more after all.

Also, is it expensive, a CPU paste? I'll add some then if I can. I'll edit main post with specs

You need to thoroughly clean the old paste and then apply new paste; the size of a grain of rice in the middle is enough.

 

[Militus]

Will do, only problem is I had a motorcycle accident and my vehicle is busted, so I can't get to the store on my own.. but I"ll post more once I've done the following.:

Replaced the battery
Put new paste on
Reset factory settings
Did individual tests for hardware.

 

[amd4lif3]

ahh get well soon i feel your pain the ability to do stuff is not only an ability but a gift. get some rest and get well.

 

[Militus]

Sigh.. I put on new cooling gel, and I put in a new CMOS battery because there was no reset like google showed (buttons or the hardware way) although I found a reset button at the back, but.. Now it's worse. It won't even start with the new settings. I constantly makes screehing sounds of a harddrive and bluesreen as SOON as I try to start.

Edit: I forgot to plug in my CPU fan, now I plugged it in and no more screeching sound.. But still insta blue screen and it goes away. It happens right after Windows is starting.

 

[GhislainG]

What thermal paste did you use? Did you use Seatools for DOS to test the hard disk?

 

[Militus]

I used Cooler Master paste, and I don't know how to do that, and cacn't get on it anymore seeing since I replaced the battery it won't start at all. Graphics card also feel insanely hot despite having just started up.

 

[GhislainG]

Disconnect the hard disk. Does the system POST? If you insert a bootable DVD, does it boot from it?

 

[Militus]

I'll try to see if it reads a DVD, not sure what POST is. I'd tll you the error but it goes away too fast. I'll get back to you, and disconnect one HD at a time.

 

[Militus]

One of my HDs, gave the same errors.. When I had only the other plugged in, I got a code '1234F' and nothing would even start. Without either HDs it won't work, nor will my DVD boot, unless I forgot how.

 

[amd4lif3]

oh dam did you get the right cmos battery should say CR2032 also how much thermal paste did you add should only have a pea grain size amount and yeah make sure you have a cpu fan installed man thats bad for your cpu if you dont

 

[GhislainG]

Then you broke something or failed to connect something when you applied new thermal paste.

 

[amd4lif3]

Then you broke something or failed to connect something when you applied new thermal paste.

why is his gpu hot though??

 

[amd4lif3]

if he has added the wrong cmos then he may have done damage

 

[GhislainG]

if he has added the wrong cmos then he may have done damage

I'd presume the battery was replaced by the same part number. It's difficult to find another one the same size with different specs.

 

[amd4lif3]

what did he do to stope it posting unless static omg ive never had that issue

 

[Militus]

It's the right CMOS, the parts are installed now and I looked up the paste process, might've added a little much but I doubt it.

 

[GhislainG]

The size of a cooked grain of rice is enough, but too much paste wouldn't prevent Power On Self Test (POST).