Hi,
I've built myself an HTPC running Windows 8 and it's been running fine since about October, but for the last few weeks it's been showing the Blue Screen of Death ("Your pc ran into a problem...") after about 40-70 minutes of use.
I've run memory tests and defragemented the hard drives, and also refreshed Windows 8 (meaning i had to reinstall almost everything), but that didn't do anything.
I've turned on minidump files but can't see a C:\Windows\Minidump folder; however I've have been able to run the SF Diagnostic Tool and have attached the zip, even if it doesn't show anything useful.
Windows is installed on a 64GB SSD and then I have some HDDs for storage. Other specs are:
I haven't updated the BIOS for the motherboard as i haven't done that before so was a little cautious about doing it if it wasn't likely to fix it. I have downloaded and installed the latest drivers for the graphics card.
Does anyone know what i can try next?
Thanks so much
I've built myself an HTPC running Windows 8 and it's been running fine since about October, but for the last few weeks it's been showing the Blue Screen of Death ("Your pc ran into a problem...") after about 40-70 minutes of use.
I've run memory tests and defragemented the hard drives, and also refreshed Windows 8 (meaning i had to reinstall almost everything), but that didn't do anything.
I've turned on minidump files but can't see a C:\Windows\Minidump folder; however I've have been able to run the SF Diagnostic Tool and have attached the zip, even if it doesn't show anything useful.
Windows is installed on a 64GB SSD and then I have some HDDs for storage. Other specs are:
- CPU - AMD Athlon II X3 450 3.2GHz Socket AM3 95w 1.5MB L2 Cache
- Motherboard - Asus M5A78L-M/USB3
- Memory - Kingston 4GB DDR3 1066MHz Memory Non-ECC CL7 1.5V
- Graphics - Asus HD 6450 Silent 1GB DDR3
I haven't updated the BIOS for the motherboard as i haven't done that before so was a little cautious about doing it if it wasn't likely to fix it. I have downloaded and installed the latest drivers for the graphics card.
Does anyone know what i can try next?
Thanks so much
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- AMD Athlon II X3 450 3.2GHz Socket AM3 95w 1.5MB L2 Cache
- Motherboard
- Asus M5A78L-M/USB3
- Memory
- Kingston 4GB DDR3 1066MHz Memory Non-ECC CL7 1.5V
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus HD 6450 Silent 1GB DDR3