IndyLux 2 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Great tip on Belarc. Lots of info. Unfortunately, no new answers. And I had a kernal error / BSOD reboot at 5AM when I wasn't even home and the monitor was off. I did a disk cleanup yesterday and saw that there was about 300 megs of cache dumps. Any of you know where they're stored and how to analyze them? Link to post Share on other sites
jmwills 284 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I would start tearing that build apart and put it back together....you know..."Frankenstein it". Link to post Share on other sites
IndyLux 2 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Yeah, I kind of did that a month ago. I feel like it has to be one of the billions of capaciters on the motherboard. Is it crazy to buy a replacement (same model) to see if it helps? Link to post Share on other sites
jmwills 284 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 You could always RMA it and pay the restock fee. Link to post Share on other sites
ikon 439 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 And I had a kernal error / BSOD reboot at 5AM when I wasn't even home and the monitor was off. You weren't home at 5am?? Oh wait, that's right, you have some vague affiliation with the medical community, don't you? :D Link to post Share on other sites
IndyLux 2 Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 UPDATE: When I ran memtester before, it didn't find anything. I read somewhere that I should let MemTester run for more than a couple cycles. I let it run all day and at some point, it must have rebooted because it was back in Windows when I woke up. Think this points to a RAM problem? That would be an easy fix. Link to post Share on other sites
jmwills 284 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I thought about RAM yesterday when posting but the Stop Error (BSOD) should have referenced it. An easy fix indeed. Link to post Share on other sites
ikon 439 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 It's worth a try. It could still be something else (e.g. quirky power supply) that caused the reboot, but it's a start. BTW, do you have the system plugged into a UPS? Your local power could cause problems too; a UPS would help mitigate that. Link to post Share on other sites
IndyLux 2 Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share Posted June 22, 2012 It IS on a UPS. Even if the memory doesn't fix it, I only have 2 gigs in that machine so I don't mind getting more ram and replacing what's in there. I did have an incident in the past where I questioned my power supply, but it turned out that the case wire for the power button had fallen off the motherboard (HOW?!?) so I may try another power supply in the future if the memory doesn't fix it. This all makes me feel like less of a PC builder. Link to post Share on other sites
ikon 439 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Nah. We all get problem children like this once in a while. Some PC's just don't want to grow up and fly right. Link to post Share on other sites
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