Teething Problems with First Build

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Indraneel Arampatta

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Hi guys,

I just built my first ever desktop PC yesterday and from what I know, everything went without a hitch.

However, today I'm having a bit of a problem; at random moments my computer would just freeze up and then blue screen me.

The code that I get from the BSOD is the STOP #0x000000F4.

I opened up "The Leviathan" (As I like to call it now) and checked that all the cables were connected properly.

Is it a problem with outdated drivers? Because I updated all possible drivers yesterday APART from my BIOS ones.

Should I update those as well?

I would kindly appreciate any help you could give me

Peace

UPDATE: I'm getting kinda sick of this...EVERYTIME I start up my computer for the first time for the day it pops up...sometimes it even bluescreens in SAFE MODE!

Here's a picture of the BSOD, do you think it could hold the key?

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Reikokuna

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Hello,

It may not be the BIOS, but you should always keep your bios updated. Do that and verify if the problem persists. If so start testing the different components (MemTest86, Prime95, etc...) to check for any factory defect in any of them.
 
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Indraneel Arampatta

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I did as you said and it was actually fine yesterday; managed to play skyrim for a few hours without incident. However, I just turned it on today and it started again! I tried to run a virus scan and it BSODed me halfway through. The same thing happened yesterday when I tried to run the scan for the first time. Could this be an issue?
 
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Reikokuna

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In your situation I would test the components with the software me and quilciri mentioned in the above answers. Probably some factory defected hardware :/
 
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Indraneel Arampatta

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Hey guys, just got back from uni for the weekend and I had an idea about what the problem could be...I have a Blu-Ray Drive, an Optical Drive, an SSD and an HDD all connected to the same SATA cable going to the power supply. Could it be that the other components are drawing too much power and the SSD (where the OS is installed) is failing because of low voltage?
 
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Very unlikely. An optical drive (including Blu-ray) draws a max of ~15w when burning a disc, a HDD draws a max of 30w when writing, and an SSD's max power draw is negligible (~3w).

Even if you were burning two disks while simultaneously writing to your HDD and SSD, both the rail and cable should easily support it.

Your idea does lead to another line of thought, though. What is the make/model of your PSU?
 
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