Hey everyone! I'm really struggling with my PC and could use some guidance. I have an Intel Core i7-5820K CPU, NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 GPU, 24GB of RAM, and an ASUS motherboard. I'm not sure whether my storage is an HDD or SSD because I've never opened the case. I'm running Windows 10 Pro and I noticed some issues lately that have made my computer almost unusable. Here's what I've been experiencing:
- My computer sometimes freezes right after I log in, or even before it boots up when showing the ASUS splash screen.
- The only way to recover is by pressing the reset button, but it just freezes again shortly after.
- I also get BSODs (blue screen of death) with various error codes, including MEMORY_MANAGEMENT.
- On startup, I see a red error message saying "Overclocking failed. Press F1 to run setup," but I've never tried to overclock anything.
- There's a clicking sound when I turn on the PC that stops after a few seconds.
- I even saw a chassis intrusion detected message once, and I've never opened the case! What could be going on? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
2 Answers
First off, it sounds like you have a few possible issues going on. To help diagnose the BSODs, try to get the dump files from your system. If you can access Windows or Safe Mode, check for minidump files in C:WindowsMinidump. You can zip them and upload them to a file sharing site like catbox.moe or mediafire. Sharing these will help others analyze what's going wrong with the BSODs! Also, make sure to configure the dump type to Small Memory Dump if you can't find many. This should give us more insights!
To kick things off, try restarting your PC and tap F2 repeatedly right after pressing the power button to get into the BIOS. This will help you check the hardware settings and see if anything seems off there. Let me know what you find!
I’m in BIOS now!