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Blue Screen, Restarting on Startup, and Crashes on BIOS

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July 15, 2013 7:24:41 AM

Wasn't quite sure which category this is best put in, but anyway:

After starting my computer I ran into a STOP Error and I shut it down. After pressing the power button to turn the computer back on, the computer would shut itself down within three seconds of booting up (before anything appears on screen) and would continue doing so, so I flipped the house socket switch to stop the loop, and left it awhile.

After trying again, the computer would finally stay on, but would crash on the BIOS screen (and one time it paused with the underscore still flashing, nothing would happen but the underscore flashing was still going).

Nothing else happens, it just crashes on the BIOS now, haven't reached the Windows login screen yet.

I don't think the motherboard or PSU are the problem as I just got replacements, thinking they were the issue - but apparently not.

I feel it could be the RAM at fault (as some friends suggested), but I would like some more answers.

My computer setup is no older than three weeks and you can find the specs below.

=== Computer Specifications ===
Graphics Card: Asus GTX 660
Processor: Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V
SSD (OS & Essentials): SanDisk 120GB Extreme SSD
HDD (Games etc.): Seagate 1TB Barracuda Internal Hard Drive - OEM
RAM: Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Red Vengeance (2 sticks)
PSU: Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W
OS: Windows 7 64 Bit
CPU Fan: Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Rev. 2 Cpu Cooler For Intel
Optical Drive: Lg Internal 24x Bulk Dvdrw - OEM
Computer Case: Casecom 6788

I appreciate any help given - cheers.

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July 15, 2013 7:29:13 AM

Jack Morgan said:
I feel it could be the RAM at fault (as some friends suggested), but I would like some more answers.


...this is your next step. Beg / borrow / steal (not really) different memory and see if things change.

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July 15, 2013 7:31:55 AM

sadams04 said:
Jack Morgan said:
I feel it could be the RAM at fault (as some friends suggested), but I would like some more answers.


...this is your next step. Beg / borrow / steal (not really) different memory and see if things change.



Thanks for the speedy reply, sadams. I'll see if I can get a replacement from Ebuyer (where I ordered it) whilst I wait for more answers.
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July 15, 2013 8:18:30 AM

Yeah a BCCODE error 50 is usually ram related. (more specifically PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA) anyhow, try it with one stick in if that fails try the other stick, one at a time, If that STILL fails try different ram slots.
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July 15, 2013 10:16:54 AM

After reseating everything including the RAM, the problem seems to be sorted for now. I'll keep this open a little longer though, just in case - but hopefully everything's okay.

Thanks for the support guys, I really appreciate it. :) 
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July 15, 2013 10:47:36 AM

Jack Morgan said:
After reseating everything including the RAM, the problem seems to be sorted for now. I'll keep this open a little longer though, just in case - but hopefully everything's okay.


Good news. You still should test the memory though... www.memtest86.com => Download => burn => boot to the disk => make at least three passes through the memory checking for errors before calling it good.
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