All fans spin once then it just stops

Kemdawg

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My pc has been terrible...
So recently had it going and everything worked fine, fresh install of windows, new motherboard, new CPU, new RAM, used harddrive(s) and old psu.

My PC worked fine for the first 2 days, then the blue screens started happening every few hours, then the screen resolution kept going to like 1120x720 or something (not sure exactly)
Then I decided to update drivers, fixed the problem for a day but then blue screened if I open skype or do some random tasks on firefox.

Soon after, I decided to use another harderjve I had since the blue screen error was 000000xF4 and appeared to be related to the harddrive and I had been hearing strange noises from it so I placed the semi-new in, reinstalled Windows 7, then it blue screened at the login screen with error E7(maybe E6 :L) so I googled that, found someone running a pretty similar build to mine with the exact same problem, he said that reinstalling the CPU fixed his issue, tried that and now the fans on my PC spin for a second then just stops...

I really can't afford to buy any new parts so I am hoping this can easily be fixed...

PC Specs:
i3-4130 (New)
LGA1150 H87 Chipset mobo (H87M-D3H) (New)
Gskill Ripjaws RAM 4GB (New)
some crappy gigabyte graphics card
Huntkey V-Power 550watts PSU
Seagate Barracuda 250Gb harddrive
 
Solution
Hello... My experience with Blue screens is pretty straight forward... You have "Lost hardware communications with Windows"
The thing is it could be a single pin in a power connector, or a DATA cable to the MB... Or a BAD chip on your MB... Not a easy thing to find.
But you can start with...
1) Power connectors... a) Pins can slip/backout of connectors when trying to push them into another one... Look close with a light and Bifocals/magnifing glass.
2) DATA Connectors... a) Hardrive / Optical Drive connectors Remove/inspect and use some rubbing alcohol to clean, or go to your local computer Re-cycler store for some cheap test samples $1- $2

The best test is to strip your computer to just the Bare minimum, and still boot into...
Hello... My experience with Blue screens is pretty straight forward... You have "Lost hardware communications with Windows"
The thing is it could be a single pin in a power connector, or a DATA cable to the MB... Or a BAD chip on your MB... Not a easy thing to find.
But you can start with...
1) Power connectors... a) Pins can slip/backout of connectors when trying to push them into another one... Look close with a light and Bifocals/magnifing glass.
2) DATA Connectors... a) Hardrive / Optical Drive connectors Remove/inspect and use some rubbing alcohol to clean, or go to your local computer Re-cycler store for some cheap test samples $1- $2

The best test is to strip your computer to just the Bare minimum, and still boot into Windows...1) Memory 2) CPU/GPU( on MB GPU) 3) One Hardrive 4) disable networkchip (BIOs) 5) disable MB AudioCHIP (BIO's)

Boot into Windows... Do the Blue screens go away? if they don't you have all those parts that need to be tested seperately and need to be tested with a another working Machine.
 
Solution

Kemdawg

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I had trouble deciphering your post.. I'm not that great with hardware...
I removed everything except the basics, RAM, CPU. Boots fine, I'll add each part back in and see what causes problems...
 

Kemdawg

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Removed the old harddrive, reinstalled cpu, reinstalled windows, all booted fine, logged in fine, shut the pc down to move it back into my desk, rebooted and now it loops on startup error recovery...
 

Kemdawg

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Ok just got blue screened with the 000000xF4 error :/
Any suggestions? It happened when I launched firefox, I rebooted and it blue screened again after launching firefox.
Will posting the memory dump help at all?
 
Hello... if you launch any other internet browsing for example IExplorer, will you get the same error? I don't know or read Blue screens, it wouldn't hurt to post your findings for discussion... Sometimes when you put things back together you will not get a BS for hours... so move slow with your tests.
I also have no experience with FireFOx but know it needs and uses memory, MB network chip... Disable the MB network chip ( BIOs ) and see if the Blue Screen stops.