I figure it's HW too. But I didn't even think of the motherboard, I reconnected everything to a different spot, but that doesn't mean I don't have a bad connection somewhere. Or maybe even some other random thing, northbridge is going or something like that.
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The only other PSUs I have are the other two that died in here :P I had a stick of RAM go a couple years ago that memtest said was fine, which is why I was thinking RAM, but on the other hand there's no way both sticks went at the same time. Alright, down to PSU or mobo and now I'm thinking mobo too. Thanks for the help. Looks like I'm going to be starting a new topic for buying a new PC on a budget.
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I'll be aiming for around $600. Not a lot but more than good enough. I'm surprised we don't have a SG build a computer topic, there's a wide variety of users here, get a lot of good ideas...I think I'll start one later! We can all start by helping me put together a computer, then move on to everyone else :D
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whats the error code on blue screens ?
also try live usb and see if that works fine as could be an hardisk issue but since u said does not happen on win10
i doubt its hardisk ill probably check psu with a multi meter
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The blue screen only happened once and was "PFN List Corrupt" I think. I don't think it's a harddisk issue because this happens on WinXP which is the first harddisk (Samsung 500gb from 2009) and it also happens on Wind10 hardisk (Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black).
Checking the PSU with a multi meter is a good idea, gonna have to get one of them from my dad. Thanks for the idea!
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if u could not get a hold of multimeter u can always use programs like aida 64 will tell u readings and tempratures of ur pc also when did u last clean ur pc ?
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I'll get a multmeter tomorrow and see about the PSU. My PC is very clean thank you very much! Heh, I clean it every other month. And I mean the full job: take everything out dismantle the sides and front, clean every bit of dust, clean the filters and fans...the whole deal.
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I'm getting random crashes, like really random. All of Chromes tabs will crash and firefox will crash to the restart Firefox dialog. Libreoffice won't open Steam won't show the store, TF2 doesn't even start. But this all happens just sometimes.
With no rhyme or reason, Firefox keeps crashing on startup but at the same time I can load up and play TF2. At one point Firefox and Libreoffice were crashing any time I'd paste text...seriously...ctrl v CRASH I'm not getting blue screens except for once I had a PFN List Corrupt? error, something to do with drivers. I went ahead and removed then reinstalled the vid card drivers, still get crashes. This happens from a cold boot or doesn't, after the PCs been on for hours it'll start again but other times it does it for hours.
I have Windows XP on one hard drive (Samsung 500gb frm 2009) and Windows 10 on the other (Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black). Happens on both. Ran memtest and everything is good. Tried removing vid card and running onboard, disconnect one hard drive then the other, same with ram, unplugged and replugged in EVERYTHING. Temperatures are fine I admit it's an old PC, AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz, I haven't reinstalled the XP since 2009. But before I have to get a new PC I figured I'd see if anyone has any thoughts on something I may have missed. Personally I think it's the RAM, but MAYBE the PSU. Although if it was the PSU I'd expect more blue screens. Edit: It might be the motherboard too, I changed every connection I could to a different one, but if one is bad it'd still be giving me problems. I guess it's now narrowed down to RAM, PSU or Mobo :(
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