Problem With an Old PC, Can Anyone Please Help?
Question by Milos: Problem with an old PC, can anyone please help?
Hi there, I would like some help on this one, since it’s a tricky one for me, and I cannot resolve it by myself, and I’m really getting confuzzled.
About a month ago, my PC started doing some weird things. It wouldn’t boot at first attempt after I try to turn it on, it would get to the Windows logo screen, but then the screen would turn black(instead of Welcome screen), and hang like that for about 10 sec, and then it would just restart…
Then it asks me if I would like safe mode, or to turn it on normally, etc. And no matter what I choose here, it’ll boot this time without problems, except that I get BSoD report with Locale ID 1033
as soon as Windows loads
NOTE: I have re-installed Windows after that, and same thing started happening again, and that’s why I suspect that it’s a hardware failure.
I have checked event viewer, and there I get 2 critical errors every time I turn it on, those are:
Event ID: 6008
Description:
The previous system shutdown at 10:48:27 AM on ?6/?20/?2013 was unexpected.
And this one follows
Event ID: 1001
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000116 (0xa2ec7008, 0xae727b02, 0x00000000, 0x00000002). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 062013-18844-01.
Always the same 2 errors.
And after that, my PC starts working really bad. Games that I used to play are unplayable now, it lag’s Horribly, it’s like watching slideshow, and even sound is messed up, it becomes cracking, etc. And even when I’m playing music on Winamp/Windows Media Player, if I task switch to some little heavier program, or app, music starts lagging, cracking sound can be heard.
Now the funny thing…
After some time, problem seem to resolve itself without me doing anything. PC starts working as it always was, and that lasts for couple of days before it starts doing above mentioned all over again.
Since then I have tested my CPU with program called “Intel Burn Test V2” numerous times, and numbers match always, everything looks fine. I have done RAM tests also with “Memtest86+” couple of times for ~10 hrs/17-18 passes, no errors found.
Stressed GPU with “Furmark” for 15 minutes, and nothing happens in that time, also did that numerous times, no BSoD’s and such, so I guess GPU is ok as well… And I’m using “HWmonitor” to check temps, but no overheating whatsoever…
I’m not experienced enough for PSU test, + I don’t have multimeter, but “easytune 6” says that voltages are as they should be.(HWmonitor isn’t quite reliable for me when it comes to voltages, it gives me some impossible readings(2-4 volts on +12 rail), it looks like it doesn’t like Gigabyte moterboards), and I don’t know how to test motherboard(?).
Oh, and, I have tested both of my HDD’s with HD Tune Pro, no errors here either.
The thing that I suspect the most is my PSU, which is really crappy Frontier 500W, dunno even which one is that, but I’m not sure if those symptoms could be signs of failing PSU?
Here’s my build, I built it back in ’07:
Motherboard: Gigabyte P31-DS3L
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53 ghz
GPU: Nvidia GE Force 8600 GT 512
RAM: 2 gigs Kingston DDR2
PSU: Frontier 500W(came with case)
Can anyone tell me what should I do?
Any help is appreciated,
Kind regards.
Best answer:
Answer by Morgan Freeman
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Answer by TWB
I was thinking power supply thru the whole read. Power supplies causes the weirdest problems that can drive a sane man crazy. It can make one part look bad and then good. Then the next part look bad and then good. It will run you in circles. I would change it just to get that out of the way.
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