Board power loss = BSOD?

[Ness2112]

Hello all,

I am hoping someone here can help me with an issue I have been having since I completed my current build about a week ago. My new computer has been blue screening every so often while it is idling in Windows and the only thing I can think of that might be causing it might be due to some kind of component damage. I believe this only because while I was putting everything together I did not insert the 24 pin connector fully into its header and when I turned on my system for the first time and noticed that the fans and lights on my GPU were toggling on and off again and the system would not boot. I switched off the PSU and had a closer look. The small four pin connector that is part of the 24 pin connector came loose because it does not have a plastic clip to secure it like the rest of the connector. I am now concerned that I could have damaged one or more of the components from this. Anyone think that this mistake and this error are related somehow? I did not get a chance to write down the error number but next time I see it I will copy it down and post it here. Thanks kindly.

GigaByte GA-Z170XP-SLI
Intel I7 6700K 4.0
16 GB G.Skill
Asus GTX 1080 8 GB
ADATA 120 GB Sata III SSD
Toshiba 2 TB HDD

Update:

STOP:0x00000124

That's the error I get whenever my rig crashes... all I know is that it seems to run great whenever I'm playing even the most demanding games but the only times it has crashed is when I leave the computer to idle in Windows 7 desktop. Any thoughts? Thanks again.

Update 2:

Okay, so I don't really know if anyone will see this (this thread is buried, not sure how to bump it) anyway, but I did some googling and the most common explanation for this type of BSOD is overheating... I installed a CPU temp monitor and all four cores seem to be running cool (14~16 degrees C) so I'm somewhat relieved that I'm (hopefully) not damaging my CPU. But I still am not sure as to what is going on...Any suggestions, please?

 

[maxwellmelon]

what is your power supply?

what is your temp while running a stress test or benchmark? idle temps are not the most helpful.

 

[Ness2112]

what is your power supply?

what is your temp while running a stress test or benchmark? idle temps are not the most helpful.

Thanks for the reply. My PSU is a Cooler Master model G750M. Output 750W. I ran a benchmark program called PerformanceTest 9.0 by Passmark and the max CPU core temp was 50° C. Each core went around mid thirties to mid forties while it was running.

 

[TheGhostTrollek]

Try to re-sit every part in your PC, and make sure that no pins are bent, make sure nothing is in holes of the 24 pin connector as well as the 4/8 pin CPU connector.
Try also reinstalling Windows with no games, updates, software or new drivers, if the BSOD doesn't happen then it was most likely a driver issue, but these are rare.
Then run stress tests on your RAM and HDD/SSD to stress them to and see if the BSOD happens more often during testing those, although a positive test doesn't always mean everything is fine.
After that try disconnecting each component one by one, disconnect the HDD, boot your Windows and await the BSOD, if it occures disconnect another component, and so on, until you have no more things to remove.

The only problem is that it might take a long time, as you said that the BSOD occurs randomaly. So I recommend that you reinstall all of the component and make sure nothing is in the holes, then reinstall windows on your SSD as that will take few minutes, and then run the tests. I would also just remove the HDD for the time being, as that will automatically test if it was the HDD causing the BSOD, as the tests on a 2TB make take a while. This order hopefully will utilise your time in the best way.