would a system boot if CPU is faulty?? uncorrectable error BSOD

paulrgod · Nov 19, 2013

Hi guys, need a bit of help.

Last night I noticed my comp was misbehaving a little and noticed the over clock had reset. So I went about setting back up. But the machine started repeatedly BSOD under load.

The machine will boot but runs for around 5 minutes then windows 8 throws 'a BSOD with uncorrectable error'. Is my CPU dead or is it more than likely a MOBO issue?

All other components have been removed.

Cheers
Paul

Supahos · Nov 19, 2013

Can't have removed all other components and be in windows. Must be a hard drive and memory connected. Memory seems to be a primary culprit in blue screens. I would try and run memtest before i assumed my processor was bad.

das_stig · Nov 19, 2013

Bad overclock or memory.

paulrgod · Nov 19, 2013

Well I didn't mean removed them all.. They've been tested seperately. Ie both dimms booted up separately with the same error. And my HD 7970 has been removed. Sorry I wasn't clear. I can't run memtest as the machine would bsod and I only have the one HDD to boot from...

I'm guessing a machine wouldn't boot at all with a dodgy CPU right?

The BIOS has been reset to defaults.. So the over clock should now be removed..

Supahos · Nov 19, 2013

The machine can't really BSOD running memtest as it runs before windows boots.

Any part can fail quickly or slowly piss you off over time. I wouldn't suspect the processor, but it can always be an issue as well.

I would still try and download/run memtest on each stick by itself before I declared anything else dead however.

paulrgod · Nov 19, 2013

OK thanks I'll try the memtest tool and see what happens.

Memtest running ... Nothing so far..

paulrgod · Nov 20, 2013

Memtest run for a few hours last night - no errors at all reported. Pretty safe to say the RAM is ok.
I've borrowed a HDD from a friend so will attempt to boot with this HDD tonight.

Im pretty much guessing that if the same occurs with this it'll be MOBO or CPU?

Supahos · Nov 20, 2013

I think at this point that would be a pretty safe assumption. You computer will likely be slow with his HD as it will load his drivers, but if it works for a while then it would pretty much point to (my guess) motherboard, if they are both within return window do both, if not then usually a the mobo would be the cause (almost never the cpu unless something is bent, or you fried it with too much voltage/heat)

gamerk316 · Nov 20, 2013

Download BlueScreenView and post the Bug_Check_Code and Bug_Check_String attributes; lets get an idea why the BSOD is coming up before trying to fix it.

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