problem with new build

[Markoff]

hi all

my computer freezes up on the windows start up screen ? then when it does fire up it's not shutting down have to hold down the button ? so i took out one of the graphics cards and all worked well for about 3 days now tonight its froze back up on the windows start screen ??

window 7 ultimate

i7 intell 4770k 3,5 ghz

sabertooth z87 motherboard

16gb gskill trident ddr3 2400mhz

480gb ocz agility3 ssd drive

corsair hydro h80 liquid cpu cooler

coolermaster v1000 power supply

2 x 7950 3gb graphics cards in crossfire (only one in at this time ) any help would be appreciated

 

[loaderXI]

if you can get in with safe mode try to get to your device manager and look for a problem there....

any problem devices will be marked with a yellow icon...take note if there are any

 

To begin entering Windows 7 Safe Mode, turn on or restart your PC.

Just before the Windows 7 splash screen shown above appears, press the F8 key to enter Advanced Boot Options.

 

Either have some corrupt drivers or a bad install of the os

 

 

report back

[Markoff]

this thing is wired just started back up so i've just uninstall and reinstall the lastest amd drivers 14.4 if this dosn't work i'll do a reinstall of windows 7  cheers loader

[BUDMAN]

You might wanna check for M.B. updates while you are it.......

[Markoff]

just froze up again so I'll do a new os  install at the weekend

[CrazyCoder]

If it's randomly rebooting, check the power supply. Try booting in Safe Mode like loader said. Also some versions of windows such as Vista have recovery mode, takes you back to last known working configuration.

[Magnus_1]

If you have a spare HD other than the SSD, try loading that up and running it. If I'm not mistaken OC SSD's use the Sandisk controller in their SSD's. I've had two different SSD's that use the Sandisk controllers and they didn't last very long. I now have the Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD and it's great ! Samsung makes their own controllers. Also, check your bios to make sure it's  set up correctly.

[Twinkie 13]

go back to basics.  unplug everything not need to just get it to boot.  use onboard sound and  video if it has it.  Only use one stick of ram.  only use one hard drive.  add one item at a time and perform stability test until the failing component is located.  On my new build I had 4 sticks of ram at 4gb each and one would randomly crap out and BSOD or lockup.  Best of luck

[fireurza]

Ya it kinda sounds like a hard drive issue.... you may need to get a different hard drive

[KaptCrunch]

I see bios 1901  is current 

 

use asus suiteII to update bios  NOTE read all files for if done wrong, you got a new door stop

[Labob]

Correct me here please but ssd need to have the bios set to hccp or something like that ?

[EDD THE DUCK]

My sons new build had same problem . He had ssd drive . I replaced it and no more problems . I use his old one in my old pc now . And works fine in there . Odd ..

So might just have ended a reinstall off windows

Edited May 30, 2014 by EDD THE DUCK

[MtDeW]

if you use a ssd you need to install windows in ahci(advanced host controller interface) or you will have problems!i had the same thing happen to me and I have ben using a ssd for 3 years now with no problem now!so did you install windows in ide mode?if so that is your problem.good luck!

[Markoff]

good question not sure but the computer was working fine for about 3 weeks before I was getting this freezing problem so my question is how and where do I do all that ? cheers markoff 

[fireurza]

if it has uefi instead of bios it automatically detects if it is ssd now

[Sammy]

Do you by chance have an ATI graphics card. They put up on the CCC download page that their last version, or one before that, had problems with AHCI.

[rookido]

I'd check the psu to make sure it's stable. when it's unstable all kinds of issues will show up.

[Labob]

2 points to MtDew  I'll look for that info in the am Mark. But it should be easy to find just going through the options in your bios under something like hard drive settings

[Markoff]

Thanks guys but my next move is to put in my 1tb hd  over the week end to see if that sorts the problem out  and send the ssd drive  back for a new one  I'll keep you all posted ...............................

[KaptCrunch]

Mark 

 

 when you get back SSD  check for firmware updates , if any update do so when drive is empty (new)

 

and motherboard chipset drivers are current , run intel inf update utility  10.0.13 

 

windows 32 or 64 bit ?