Computer randomly has black screen and restarts

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

So my computer randomly just switches to a black screen, and the audio is much like that of a BSOD. Once I get back into windows it gives me a debug screen and it simply tells me it was a BSOD. People have been telling me it is a power supply issue, and I just wanted to get a few more oppinions before I spend a fair amount of money on something I really don't need.

 

[erocker]

Did you check the Error Log?

 

[Depth]

When my previous PSU failed it behaved much the same way. Error log would show an error code pointing to a kernel error after each blackscreen reboot, event ID 41 I believe.

 

[eidairaman1]

you need to disable auto restarts. provide what BSODs youre getting

reference them to aumha.org too

Overclocking, Powersupply, Memory are the 3 biggest culprits to BSODs

 

[manofthem]

I had a similar experience before my gpu died. Any driver crashes recently?

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

is it your main system and is it overclocked? ,i found a good way to test if its your PSU failing is to force a low multiplier for your cpu so it runs cool and lean on power and see if its stable over a long time(though it could be intermitantly faulty and dosnt exclude it entirely), while checking your error logs , you have cleaned it out, as overheating can cause this too.

 

[tttony]

Download BlueScreenView

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Did you check the Error Log?

Nope, I will in a bit. I'm not home atm

When my previous PSU failed it behaved much the same way. Error log would show an error code pointing to a kernel error after each blackscreen reboot, event ID 41 I believe.

I'll be sure to post it in a bit

you need to disable auto restarts. provide what BSODs youre getting

reference them to aumha.org too

Overclocking, Powersupply, Memory are the 3 biggest culprits to BSODs

How would I go about doing that? I get no blue screen, just a black screen and audio is messed up. Only once or twice has windows given me that error pop up. My pc isn't overclocked at all. I do have some very old 667 ram, that could be causing problems.

I had a similar experience before my gpu died. Any driver crashes recently?

I was having some problems with certain games and the 12.8 drivers, but I went back to 12.6 and it works fine.

is it your main system and is it overclocked? ,i found a good way to test if its your PSU failing is to force a low multiplier for your cpu so it runs cool and lean on power and see if its stable over a long time(though it could be intermitantly faulty and dosnt exclude it entirely), while checking your error logs , you have cleaned it out, as overheating can cause this too.

Nope, not overclocked at all. By leaning on the power do you mean just upping the voltage on the core? I just cleaned it the other day and it idles around 30c, no where near the max temps.

 

[Mussels]

sounds like PSU to me.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Taco this could be software also. Before you get all crazy, do as Erocker suggested. Find out the error in the Event Viewer. Look for the faulting module and the error code itself. Also check the reliability monitor. At the bottom it will have "View all Error Reports". Post a screen of whats in there if anything.

This could be a simple as a bad driver install.

ALSO have you downloaded or installed anything lately? STAY OUT OF THE DAMN BIOS UNTIL WE KNOW THE ERROR! lol. I know you. Baby steps boy, baby steps.

 

[eidairaman1]

Taco to disable auto restarts read this link

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/automatic-restart-windows-7.htm

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Okay, sorry for ignoring you guys, but I was able to get this to happen again by running prime 95 and furmark for about 10 mins. Thanks to the help of mailman I was able to find out it was a catalyst error, I'm going to do a fresh install of windows and see if I still have the problems after that. Thanks for all you guys help so far.

 

[eidairaman1]

Okay, sorry for ignoring you guys, but I was able to get this to happen again by running prime 95 and furmark for about 10 mins. Thanks to the help of mailman I was able to find out it was a catalyst error, I'm going to do a fresh install of windows and see if I still have the problems after that. Thanks for all you guys help so far.

hopefully it is just that and not a memory error, memory is the next culprit next to a instable overclock.

 

[OneMoar]

hopefully it is just that and not a memory error, memory is the next culprit next to a instable overclock.

instable ? wut

post the memory dumps if you got em or a bluescreen view report

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Hey guys, sorry for the lack up updates. It turns out it was my AMD drivers constantly crashing on me. I did a fresh install and its back to normal.

 

[OneMoar]

Hey guys, sorry for the lack up updates. It turns out it was my AMD drivers constantly crashing on me. I did a fresh install and its back to normal.

Yeeee thats not good this smells like a hardware fault

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Yeeee thats not good this smells like a hardware fault

Well, with the help of mailman we found the error logs and it was from catalyst

 

[OneMoar]

Well, with the help of mailman we found the error logs and it was from catalyst

mailman help ......... pffffffffff unpossoi-bl

 

[Mussels]

if the video drivers are erroring, usually its the hardware sending the errors to the drivers. that said, sometimes it really is just a software conflict.

 

[brandonwh64]

Time for a 7950

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Time for a 7950

Only if you're paying, I have a Z77 board here with no proc, and only $100 to try and find one.

 

[TheMailMan78]

mailman help ......... pffffffffff unpossoi-bl

lol noob.

if the video drivers are erroring, usually its the hardware sending the errors to the drivers. that said, sometimes it really is just a software conflict.

Sometimes its just crappy AMD drivers.

 

[Depth]

Well, with the help of mailman we found the error logs and it was from catalyst

Glad you got it sorted

What were the error codes in the log?

 

[eidairaman1]

instable ? wut

post the memory dumps if you got em or a bluescreen view report

BSODs are a result of bad overclocks besides memory.