I hope one of you beautiful geniuses can help me. I'm building my 3rd rig, so I'm really not knowledgeable on anything out of the ordinary. I assembled everything and it boots to the BIOS screen. So far so good, I attempt to boot up Windows 7 and after the "loading files" screen it moves to "starting Windows" and BSOD. Here are my components:
MSI Gaming Z170A Gaming M7 Motherboard
Intel i5 6600K
32GB (2x16) G.Skill Ripjaws V
MSI GeForce GTX970 Gaming 4G
Samsung 850 EVO SSD
Seagate SSHD ST4000DX001
Corsair CX750M
Windows 7 64-bit Retail OEM
Optiarc 7200 DVD-RW
I've attempted multiple PSUs because my onboard readings show my 3.3v @ 1.656 (it is the only one out of the acceptable range), but (obviously, since I'm posting) to no avail. I've run memtest and my RAM also checked out. Is it possible that the rail is bad on my motherboard? Is that even a thing that can happen? My concern stems mostly from the fact that on the reverse of the board, one of the RAM slots shows a bent connector. Not severely so, but enough to trigger my ability to jump to conclusions. I own a multimeter, but am unsure of how to test the 3.3v rail using is for fear of shorting a component out. Could it be a different component? Am I just some sort of idiot (this is the most likely explanation) that messed up something up?
The error code I get on the BSOD is usually a variation on this:
STOP: 0x0000007E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF8000DC316C8, 0xFFFFF880009A9198, 0xFFFFF880009A89F0)
With the beginning being constant and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th code within parenthesis constantly changing.
I'd be happy to offer any other information if ANYBODY could point me in the right direction.
MSI Gaming Z170A Gaming M7 Motherboard
Intel i5 6600K
32GB (2x16) G.Skill Ripjaws V
MSI GeForce GTX970 Gaming 4G
Samsung 850 EVO SSD
Seagate SSHD ST4000DX001
Corsair CX750M
Windows 7 64-bit Retail OEM
Optiarc 7200 DVD-RW
I've attempted multiple PSUs because my onboard readings show my 3.3v @ 1.656 (it is the only one out of the acceptable range), but (obviously, since I'm posting) to no avail. I've run memtest and my RAM also checked out. Is it possible that the rail is bad on my motherboard? Is that even a thing that can happen? My concern stems mostly from the fact that on the reverse of the board, one of the RAM slots shows a bent connector. Not severely so, but enough to trigger my ability to jump to conclusions. I own a multimeter, but am unsure of how to test the 3.3v rail using is for fear of shorting a component out. Could it be a different component? Am I just some sort of idiot (this is the most likely explanation) that messed up something up?
The error code I get on the BSOD is usually a variation on this:
STOP: 0x0000007E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF8000DC316C8, 0xFFFFF880009A9198, 0xFFFFF880009A89F0)
With the beginning being constant and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th code within parenthesis constantly changing.
I'd be happy to offer any other information if ANYBODY could point me in the right direction.
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