MJFF88
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Would an underpowered setup cause my PC (which I bought off a member off here. Wont be buying of CS again  ) to blue screen?
[Edited on 09-06-2009 by MJFF88]
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John
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It could yes, i've never seen an underpowered set up though, faulty power supply on the other hand.
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Doug
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Need more details than that
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jamied
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It could be many factors tbh, usually hardware i have found.
Mine did it recently with ram voltage been 2 low when i added another 4gb, so could be an easy fix or odd time can be drivers
what PSU are u running with what spec?
also when does it crash? on games/heavy load?
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MJFF88
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***HARDWARE MALFUNCTION
CALL YOUR HARDWARE VENDOR FOR SUPPORT
NMI: PARITY CHECK / MEMORY PARITY ERROR
*** THE SYSTEM HAS HA;TED ***
Its a...
E8500 (I think, C2D 2.66GHz)
4 GB RAM (Currently running with 2 GB to see if its a memory issue. Each stick has been tested on its own now, still happens)
160GB Hitachi HDD
Onboard GFX & Sound
Wireless PCI card
It crashes completely randomly. Doesn't have to be under load of anything at all.
I installed it with Vista first but now running XP. Same with both
[Edited on 09-06-2009 by MJFF88]
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John
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Have you done anything at all to point towards psu?
Have both sticks of memory been tested in both slots?
Do you have any other memory you could try?
Have you tried unplugging anything that's not required?
Processors very very very rarely cause faults, the normally either work or don't work.
The only way you can narrow it down any further would be to try known good parts.
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MJFF88
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4 sticks of 1GB ram have all been tested individually so unless they're all fucked its not that.
It was orginally a HP pc. The person I bought it off from here has yet to send me the hard drive so I had to go buy one.. Could it be this?
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Doug
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The hard drive your using....
was it running in another computer and you chucked it in?
Could that the install and divers are not target to the mach your running it on
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MJFF88
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Brand new hard drive mate
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John
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Naa hard drives are standard.
Without swapping in a power supply it's just a 50/50, could be either motherboard or psu, that particular error would point me towards motherboard but that doesn't mean the psu couldn't possibly be causing it.
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John
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Do HP have any diagnostic programs, dell have a whole diagnostic suite, there's a good chance that would narrow it down further.
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MJFF88
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I took my wireless card out last night and left pc on overnight and no crash  . Hopefully that has fixed it 
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