At 9:17pm Central time on 25/10/2015, I was doing a GRift while listening to MHM latest video on the meta of D3 and my system decided to BSOD. We suspect that my monk did not like the fact that he agreed with some of the discussion being heard through Youtube and chain detonated an EP on numerous .dll files in the System32 directory of the Windows operating system. I called a "code blue" and began emergency efforts to recover the system. After providing resuscitation services for almost two hours, the system was pronounced deceased.
Time of death, 11pm Central time on 25/10/2015. You're my boy, Blue. You'll be missed.
Clan, suffice to say I won't be in the game for a while until I can afford a new system. On another note, has anyone purchased a new system recently and have a recommendation? I was running an AMD X4 955, 4GB DDR3 1600, GeForce 560 Ti, and a 128 GB SSD (can't remember the model) for the system drive. I got most of the components about 3-5 years ago, so I know almost anything will be an upgrade. I need to find a good mix of energy efficiency, performance, and price.
well Try to find the culprit in the system. maybe you just need new powersupply It's usually just 1 component that dies. so if you are don't have money for a brand new system, try to find out whats wrong and change that component.
@TrueColdkil: Looks fine, but why that HDD? Is there anyone these days *without* an SSD? Especially since Diablo 3 is one of the very few games that benefits directly from an SSD (having an SSD or not can be the difference of keeping your Taeguk stacks up when entering the next level of a rift).
And that's exactly where i took it from I just choose the more affordable but not baseline one.
@Bagstone: you're right, an SSD is a great improvement especially for D3. Though since the OP system just blew up and he needed a fast and cheap replacement, i opted for the HDD one.
Also he has one SSD already so he can just migrate the one he already has on the new system (it may be a 5 yo disk, but it's still working).
This setup is actually very good, it's good to see another AMD fan too :D, if you can afford it, I would think moving up to the 300 series on the gfx would be worthwhile, but a 270x is more than sufficient.
I'd also say a general tip on custom builds that I think many overlook is neglecting to get a gaming case. If you have proper ventilation, it makes your system run so much smoother. Im not talking about getting some crazy liquid nitrogen cooling system, but you should expect to put 100-150 into a good, reliable csse. Good ventilation will help your hardware to perform optimally, and obv make sure to use some canned air to clean out dust that builds up
Have you tried reinstalling windows? Change hard drive? It's extremely unlikely your entire system is rip after a bluescreen most likely it's only 1 component or not even a component at all and just windows needs reinstall/format.
Have you tried reinstalling windows? Change hard drive? It's extremely unlikely your entire system is rip after a bluescreen most likely it's only 1 component or not even a component at all and just windows needs reinstall/format.
The system will boot and will try to run windows correctly. Then it will get to the loading screen and try to do a system restore, then will fail at the beginning of it. The only two things it does are what I mentioned in the previous sentence. This was after it ran a chkdsk and cleaned up orphaned files. I would love to get access to the log files, but I can't even boot it in safe mode.
The other aspect is that the hardware is 3-5 years old (depending on the component), I can start replacing things 1-by-1, but I could just end up rebuilding the system anyway. I'm going to continue to try to force some changes so it boots, but I would rather just replace the system and slave in the old drives. I want to minimize data loss and also, possibly, upgrade the components to something modern.
Have you tried reinstalling windows? Change hard drive? It's extremely unlikely your entire system is rip after a bluescreen most likely it's only 1 component or not even a component at all and just windows needs reinstall/format.
The system will boot and will try to run windows correctly. Then it will get to the loading screen and try to do a system restore, then will fail at the beginning of it. The only two things it does are what I mentioned in the previous sentence. This was after it ran a chkdsk and cleaned up orphaned files. I would love to get access to the log files, but I can't even boot it in safe mode.
The other aspect is that the hardware is 3-5 years old (depending on the component), I can start replacing things 1-by-1, but I could just end up rebuilding the system anyway. I'm going to continue to try to force some changes so it boots, but I would rather just replace the system and slave in the old drives. I want to minimize data loss and also, possibly, upgrade the components to something modern.
I know that when I just upgraded my system to the new Skylake / DDR 4 / Z170 mobo, my SDD was doing the same shit to me, and it turns out my BIOS has a 'fast boot' option enabled that, while meaning it'l boot faster, also means if I do a hard shut down / my computer crashes, it might save corrupted files and try to boot from them, leaving me with no option but to wipe the drive.
This honestly sounds like a hard drive failure. If you've got your Windows install disk, try swapping out your drive for a fresh one. Or a different one (maybe one from a friend) and see if it boots.
You say it tries to boot. If you put in your windows install disk and then start it up, you should be prompted to boot from disk by hitting a button while the computer first turns on. From there you can choose to install windows, then custom install, and you can see your drive(s). If you're brave enough, you can delete every partition in your drive, and do a fresh install of windows. I'm not anywhere near qualified for tech support, but it's what I had to do after that friggin fastboot dicked my drive.
Aaaaaaaaaand if you're just looking to upgrade, I just upgraded myself and here's my 2 cents;
Get a DDR 4 compatible motherboard, they are pretty cheap and I personally recommend the Asus pro gaming Z170 since it's the one I got (JUST DISABLE FAST BOOT IN BIOS FFS). And DDR4 ram is pretty cheap (~120$ for 16 gigs of DDR 4 Gskill ripjaw V's). Oh and don't go crazy on a new GPU, since Q2 next year should see the new Pascal architecture from Nvidia and whatever the blank AMD has as well.
Have you tried reinstalling windows? Change hard drive? It's extremely unlikely your entire system is rip after a bluescreen most likely it's only 1 component or not even a component at all and just windows needs reinstall/format.
The system will boot and will try to run windows correctly. Then it will get to the loading screen and try to do a system restore, then will fail at the beginning of it. The only two things it does are what I mentioned in the previous sentence. This was after it ran a chkdsk and cleaned up orphaned files. I would love to get access to the log files, but I can't even boot it in safe mode.
The other aspect is that the hardware is 3-5 years old (depending on the component), I can start replacing things 1-by-1, but I could just end up rebuilding the system anyway. I'm going to continue to try to force some changes so it boots, but I would rather just replace the system and slave in the old drives. I want to minimize data loss and also, possibly, upgrade the components to something modern.
It does sound like most likely you have some corrupted windows issues and probably the only way you'll get it back and running is to do a clean install seeings as restore isn't working. Slight possibility that your HD is failed but I think it's more likely the files are just corrupted. Don't think you'll be able to save anything on C drive really unless you want to spend $$$ getting it imaged or install windows on a different hard drive with old c as a backup
best is to change HDD to a SSD and reinstall windows. It's most likely HDD that is failing, cause otherwise it woujldn't corrupt files. And when HDD start to fail its gameover.
But if you have to buy a new system you have buy an SSD anyway, so the best sollution is to get the SSD now, and if it works great, Don't need to buy whole new system, and with an SSD upgrade your PC will feel like new anyway.
best is to change HDD to a SSD and reinstall windows. It's most likely HDD that is failing, cause otherwise it woujldn't corrupt files. And when HDD start to fail its gameover.
But if you have to buy a new system you have buy an SSD anyway, so the best sollution is to get the SSD now, and if it works great, Don't need to buy whole new system, and with an SSD upgrade your PC will feel like new anyway.
I already have an SSD as the main drive, so are you saying I should get another one?
RIP and ty for the plug! There are plenty of systems you can build for under 1k, all quite a bit better than what you had. For D3 though, older/lower end systems work just fine - it's not very demanding. I was using a 4 year old mid-range PC around RoS release and only dropped it because it couldn't handle playing AND recording at the same time.
My suggestion would be to format your computer and start with a fresh install of Windows and if it happens again look at hardware replacements. I find that if it is hardware it becomes more obvious when it fails such as your BIOS not recognizing your HDD at all. Right now Intel is starting to roll out a new generation of processors so there might be deals coming in the future with the release of new hardware.
Its just a windows issue or ram issue if you are able to boot until windows tries loading/doing stuff.
Take a HDD with some space (±30gb) and have only that one plugged in. Install windows onto that. If it fails during install its most likely a stick of ram has gone bad. If it installs then switch off, plug in the SSD, but keep the HDD booting to the new windows. Get all your data you need off the old windows SSD then format it. You can then try to reinstall windows onto the SSD and have everything set up the way it was. Maybe (after pulling the SSD out and finding the model) search how to check consistency of your SSD so you can find out how much life it still has in it.
From there its up to you. Your hardware sounds okay and will run everything quite fine for a long time still. There was some pretty good advice earlier on different parts if you are looking for some upgrades.
So it sounds like you've found yourself in a system restore loop. This is a known issue, from what you described I highly doubt you are having a hardware issue.
I had a similar problem not too long ago. So try starting your computer in safe mode (hold F8 at startup to open boot menu) try to do the system restore once you have logged in thru safe mode
.
Now if you aren't able to get into safe mode either we will have to use the boot recovery. You could also attempt to use your windows cd, if you have one. So get to your cmd prompt. Im assuming you already did a chkdsk and lookEd at partitions, it should give your OS, NTFS, also make sure it somehow didn't get swapped to a read only drive.
At 9:17pm Central time on 25/10/2015, I was doing a GRift while listening to MHM latest video on the meta of D3 and my system decided to BSOD. We suspect that my monk did not like the fact that he agreed with some of the discussion being heard through Youtube and chain detonated an EP on numerous .dll files in the System32 directory of the Windows operating system. I called a "code blue" and began emergency efforts to recover the system. After providing resuscitation services for almost two hours, the system was pronounced deceased.
Time of death, 11pm Central time on 25/10/2015. You're my boy, Blue. You'll be missed.
Clan, suffice to say I won't be in the game for a while until I can afford a new system. On another note, has anyone purchased a new system recently and have a recommendation? I was running an AMD X4 955, 4GB DDR3 1600, GeForce 560 Ti, and a 128 GB SSD (can't remember the model) for the system drive. I got most of the components about 3-5 years ago, so I know almost anything will be an upgrade. I need to find a good mix of energy efficiency, performance, and price.
I feel your pain!
well Try to find the culprit in the system. maybe you just need new powersupply It's usually just 1 component that dies. so if you are don't have money for a brand new system, try to find out whats wrong and change that component.
Depend on what you plan to spend over. A kinda cheap (not the cheapest) entire system which would go good is this:
Case
NZXT Source 210 - $50
Power Supply
EVGA 600B - $60
CPU
AMD FX-8320 - $145
Heatsink
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - $25
Motherboard
ASUS M5A99FX PRO - $104
Memory
8GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 - $53
Graphics Card
R9 270X / GTX 960 - $200 / $171
Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB - $72
DVD
Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $21
Total
$701 - 730
Depends on what you want/need to replace, this is a complete system.
@TrueColdkil: Looks fine, but why that HDD? Is there anyone these days *without* an SSD? Especially since Diablo 3 is one of the very few games that benefits directly from an SSD (having an SSD or not can be the difference of keeping your Taeguk stacks up when entering the next level of a rift).
@Bagstone: you're right, an SSD is a great improvement especially for D3. Though since the OP system just blew up and he needed a fast and cheap replacement, i opted for the HDD one.
Also he has one SSD already so he can just migrate the one he already has on the new system (it may be a 5 yo disk, but it's still working).
This setup is actually very good, it's good to see another AMD fan too :D, if you can afford it, I would think moving up to the 300 series on the gfx would be worthwhile, but a 270x is more than sufficient.
I'd also say a general tip on custom builds that I think many overlook is neglecting to get a gaming case. If you have proper ventilation, it makes your system run so much smoother. Im not talking about getting some crazy liquid nitrogen cooling system, but you should expect to put 100-150 into a good, reliable csse. Good ventilation will help your hardware to perform optimally, and obv make sure to use some canned air to clean out dust that builds up
So your entire computer is junk?
Have you tried reinstalling windows? Change hard drive? It's extremely unlikely your entire system is rip after a bluescreen most likely it's only 1 component or not even a component at all and just windows needs reinstall/format.
The other aspect is that the hardware is 3-5 years old (depending on the component), I can start replacing things 1-by-1, but I could just end up rebuilding the system anyway. I'm going to continue to try to force some changes so it boots, but I would rather just replace the system and slave in the old drives. I want to minimize data loss and also, possibly, upgrade the components to something modern.
This honestly sounds like a hard drive failure. If you've got your Windows install disk, try swapping out your drive for a fresh one. Or a different one (maybe one from a friend) and see if it boots.
You say it tries to boot. If you put in your windows install disk and then start it up, you should be prompted to boot from disk by hitting a button while the computer first turns on. From there you can choose to install windows, then custom install, and you can see your drive(s). If you're brave enough, you can delete every partition in your drive, and do a fresh install of windows. I'm not anywhere near qualified for tech support, but it's what I had to do after that friggin fastboot dicked my drive.
Aaaaaaaaaand if you're just looking to upgrade, I just upgraded myself and here's my 2 cents;
Get a DDR 4 compatible motherboard, they are pretty cheap and I personally recommend the Asus pro gaming Z170 since it's the one I got (JUST DISABLE FAST BOOT IN BIOS FFS). And DDR4 ram is pretty cheap (~120$ for 16 gigs of DDR 4 Gskill ripjaw V's). Oh and don't go crazy on a new GPU, since Q2 next year should see the new Pascal architecture from Nvidia and whatever the blank AMD has as well.
best is to change HDD to a SSD and reinstall windows. It's most likely HDD that is failing, cause otherwise it woujldn't corrupt files. And when HDD start to fail its gameover.
But if you have to buy a new system you have buy an SSD anyway, so the best sollution is to get the SSD now, and if it works great, Don't need to buy whole new system, and with an SSD upgrade your PC will feel like new anyway.
RIP and ty for the plug! There are plenty of systems you can build for under 1k, all quite a bit better than what you had. For D3 though, older/lower end systems work just fine - it's not very demanding. I was using a 4 year old mid-range PC around RoS release and only dropped it because it couldn't handle playing AND recording at the same time.
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My suggestion would be to format your computer and start with a fresh install of Windows and if it happens again look at hardware replacements. I find that if it is hardware it becomes more obvious when it fails such as your BIOS not recognizing your HDD at all. Right now Intel is starting to roll out a new generation of processors so there might be deals coming in the future with the release of new hardware.
Its just a windows issue or ram issue if you are able to boot until windows tries loading/doing stuff.
Take a HDD with some space (±30gb) and have only that one plugged in. Install windows onto that. If it fails during install its most likely a stick of ram has gone bad. If it installs then switch off, plug in the SSD, but keep the HDD booting to the new windows. Get all your data you need off the old windows SSD then format it. You can then try to reinstall windows onto the SSD and have everything set up the way it was. Maybe (after pulling the SSD out and finding the model) search how to check consistency of your SSD so you can find out how much life it still has in it.
From there its up to you. Your hardware sounds okay and will run everything quite fine for a long time still. There was some pretty good advice earlier on different parts if you are looking for some upgrades.
So it sounds like you've found yourself in a system restore loop. This is a known issue, from what you described I highly doubt you are having a hardware issue.
I had a similar problem not too long ago. So try starting your computer in safe mode (hold F8 at startup to open boot menu) try to do the system restore once you have logged in thru safe mode
.
Now if you aren't able to get into safe mode either we will have to use the boot recovery. You could also attempt to use your windows cd, if you have one. So get to your cmd prompt. Im assuming you already did a chkdsk and lookEd at partitions, it should give your OS, NTFS, also make sure it somehow didn't get swapped to a read only drive.
In cmd
Barring a lightning strike, its impossible for all your components to go bad at the same time.
Ive had a comp get struck by lightning and use it in the living room now. Took out some pci slots, usbs onboard lan/sound etc. But it still works
Yeah this is certainly not a hardware issue, specially when you can get windows booting.
Boot off your windows cd and if nothing works from there, you gotta reinstall your windows.
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