- Feb 20, 2012
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Hi guys,
So there's a reason I've put this here and not somewhere like windows 10 or what have you as I've a sneaking suspicion it's to do with my motherboard.
So here's the gen...
About four weeks ago, I decided to take the plunge and upgrade my OS to WIndows 10. That went smoothly and I had a new fresh win10 install.
Then the problems started. I would be able to get it to POST and get Win10 to boot. But then, straight after signing in and after a while, the graphics driver would crash and say "nVidia Kernel Driver recovered from a crash". And then after logging in, the little thinking circle would turn a few times and stop. At that exact moment the PC would lock up completely.
This isn't the only thing. The HDD's (of which there are two) indicator light would stop lighting. I would then try and attempt to hard restart it but instead of POSTing, it'll just sit there. No HDD activity, or anything.
So what could potentially be the issue?
Spec's:
MSI 990XA-GD55 Mainboard,
AMD Phenom II X2 CPU (Unlocked to a B60 X4)
nVidia GeForce GTX 550ti GPU
Corsair CX 430M PSU
Corsair H60 CPU Water Cooler
G.Skill Sniper 4GB DDR3 RAM (X2 Making 8GB)
Toshiba 120GB HDD (Main Boot Drive)
WD Caviar Blue 500GB HDD (Storage Drive)
So there's a reason I've put this here and not somewhere like windows 10 or what have you as I've a sneaking suspicion it's to do with my motherboard.
So here's the gen...
About four weeks ago, I decided to take the plunge and upgrade my OS to WIndows 10. That went smoothly and I had a new fresh win10 install.
Then the problems started. I would be able to get it to POST and get Win10 to boot. But then, straight after signing in and after a while, the graphics driver would crash and say "nVidia Kernel Driver recovered from a crash". And then after logging in, the little thinking circle would turn a few times and stop. At that exact moment the PC would lock up completely.
This isn't the only thing. The HDD's (of which there are two) indicator light would stop lighting. I would then try and attempt to hard restart it but instead of POSTing, it'll just sit there. No HDD activity, or anything.
So what could potentially be the issue?
Spec's:
MSI 990XA-GD55 Mainboard,
AMD Phenom II X2 CPU (Unlocked to a B60 X4)
nVidia GeForce GTX 550ti GPU
Corsair CX 430M PSU
Corsair H60 CPU Water Cooler
G.Skill Sniper 4GB DDR3 RAM (X2 Making 8GB)
Toshiba 120GB HDD (Main Boot Drive)
WD Caviar Blue 500GB HDD (Storage Drive)
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