Hi,
[strike]Sorry for the wall of text[/strike]
So a while back i started getting BSOD's. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA and Memory Management were the most common ones.
After updating all drivers on my PC unsuccessfully and installing a fresh copy of Windows about 5 times, i still got BSOD's and my conclusion was that it was caused by hardware. I instantly started MemTest with one module at a time and one of the modules had errors in it. I sent in my kit and recieved a new kit with two modules from Corsair. Proceeded to install the new modules and another fresh copy of Windows with the BIOS untouched. A few minutes after the installation was done i got a BSOD, this time it was the IRQL crash-message. I got stunned by how the #### this was possible and shut the computer down in anger.
I tried all different slots with both modules but with one of the modules, the PC wouldnt boot. Not even the BIOS screen would show, "No signal" and "No cable connected" was showing on my monitor and i thought it was my GPU.
I took out the GPU from the motherboard and tried with the intergrated graphics and it was the same problem. I also tried another PSU but it just wouldnt work.
The weird thing is that sometimes it wouldnt boot but sometimes it would, with either the I-GPU or the GTX 970. After the boot problems i took out all components to see if there was any visible damage on any of the components and there was only one thing. Under one of the ASUS-marked heat sinks around the CPU, there was some sort of liquid (Electrolyteliquid from a regulator???). It was not a stream of liquid, i could just see that there had been some sort of liquid on the board. I cleaned the part of the MOBO were the liquid had been and also cleaned some extra connectors. (Cleaned with safe electronic-tools, dont worry). Did a thorough thermal paste cleaning and placed a string of fresh paste on the CPU/cooler. Plugged everything back in and then the PC boots perfectly.
Since then i reinstalled Windows one more time and ive only had ONE BSOD since. This BSOD-message was "Memory Management" but after installing all chipset drivers and all that jazz, the system is working fine while running on 8GB RAM with one module.
Before i started getting these crashes i barely ever touched the PC itself, i only blew dust off of it a few times. I had it running perfectly for about 15-16 months. During that time i disabled Intel SpeedStep, turbo mode and C-states in BIOS for best possible performance aswell as installing a fresh OS a couple of times. Some regedit tweaks were made, but that was long before these problems started occuring.
I have tried my PSU, GPU, hard drives and RAM modules on my little brothers PC, everything works except his PC wouldnt boot with one of the two RAM modules.
Now, im not sure if my motherboard is eating RAM modules (since my last pair of RAM's had been working perfect for more than 15 months) all of a sudden or why these things happened when i had both of the 8GBx2 modules in slot A2 & B2 (which is recommended by ASUS). Ive sent in another RMA to Corsair and they accepted it, although to be honest im thinking about not shipping the modules since they need me to send both, ive already lost a weeks time of not using my PC for schoolwork (used the slowest laptop ever meanwhile) since returning/receiving new ones from the first RMA...
I sent an RMA to the company i bought the motherboard from aswell and they accepted it, but since the system is running fine now for about 3 days, it feels like the RAM was the problem. But i dont know what to think anymore as you can imagine...
All kinds of discussion, tips etc are very much appreciated!
Setup
Mobo: ASUS B150 Pro Gaming
CPU: I7 6700K
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 4GB
RAM: 16 GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133MHz CL13 (CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 )
SSD: OCZ TR150 240GB
SSD 2: Kingston A400 120GB
HDD: Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 500 W
[strike]Sorry for the wall of text[/strike]
So a while back i started getting BSOD's. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA and Memory Management were the most common ones.
After updating all drivers on my PC unsuccessfully and installing a fresh copy of Windows about 5 times, i still got BSOD's and my conclusion was that it was caused by hardware. I instantly started MemTest with one module at a time and one of the modules had errors in it. I sent in my kit and recieved a new kit with two modules from Corsair. Proceeded to install the new modules and another fresh copy of Windows with the BIOS untouched. A few minutes after the installation was done i got a BSOD, this time it was the IRQL crash-message. I got stunned by how the #### this was possible and shut the computer down in anger.
I tried all different slots with both modules but with one of the modules, the PC wouldnt boot. Not even the BIOS screen would show, "No signal" and "No cable connected" was showing on my monitor and i thought it was my GPU.
I took out the GPU from the motherboard and tried with the intergrated graphics and it was the same problem. I also tried another PSU but it just wouldnt work.
The weird thing is that sometimes it wouldnt boot but sometimes it would, with either the I-GPU or the GTX 970. After the boot problems i took out all components to see if there was any visible damage on any of the components and there was only one thing. Under one of the ASUS-marked heat sinks around the CPU, there was some sort of liquid (Electrolyteliquid from a regulator???). It was not a stream of liquid, i could just see that there had been some sort of liquid on the board. I cleaned the part of the MOBO were the liquid had been and also cleaned some extra connectors. (Cleaned with safe electronic-tools, dont worry). Did a thorough thermal paste cleaning and placed a string of fresh paste on the CPU/cooler. Plugged everything back in and then the PC boots perfectly.
Since then i reinstalled Windows one more time and ive only had ONE BSOD since. This BSOD-message was "Memory Management" but after installing all chipset drivers and all that jazz, the system is working fine while running on 8GB RAM with one module.
Before i started getting these crashes i barely ever touched the PC itself, i only blew dust off of it a few times. I had it running perfectly for about 15-16 months. During that time i disabled Intel SpeedStep, turbo mode and C-states in BIOS for best possible performance aswell as installing a fresh OS a couple of times. Some regedit tweaks were made, but that was long before these problems started occuring.
I have tried my PSU, GPU, hard drives and RAM modules on my little brothers PC, everything works except his PC wouldnt boot with one of the two RAM modules.
Now, im not sure if my motherboard is eating RAM modules (since my last pair of RAM's had been working perfect for more than 15 months) all of a sudden or why these things happened when i had both of the 8GBx2 modules in slot A2 & B2 (which is recommended by ASUS). Ive sent in another RMA to Corsair and they accepted it, although to be honest im thinking about not shipping the modules since they need me to send both, ive already lost a weeks time of not using my PC for schoolwork (used the slowest laptop ever meanwhile) since returning/receiving new ones from the first RMA...
I sent an RMA to the company i bought the motherboard from aswell and they accepted it, but since the system is running fine now for about 3 days, it feels like the RAM was the problem. But i dont know what to think anymore as you can imagine...
All kinds of discussion, tips etc are very much appreciated!
Setup
Mobo: ASUS B150 Pro Gaming
CPU: I7 6700K
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 4GB
RAM: 16 GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133MHz CL13 (CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 )
SSD: OCZ TR150 240GB
SSD 2: Kingston A400 120GB
HDD: Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 500 W
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