Pls help - my computer cannot start up!

chisinau SG

My computer has been rather unstable lately. The temperature would rise to 80+ degrees within a few minutes of operation (but I ignored it). Then, within 5mins, the computer will auto shut down with a blue screen (message: irql not less than or equal) and restart, showing only a black screen. If I try to restart the computer immediately, I’ll be faced with a black screen. When I try to restart the computer after a day or two, the computer may start up, and if it does, it only operates, but only for a few minutes before the blue screen appears. (Cycle repeats.) On those random occasions when the computer decides to start up, I will see the message: dram timing is too tightly reloaded... On the final occasion time before my computer died, the message shown on the blue screen was win32k.sys.

I’ve opened the CPU and found out that the fan for the graphics card wasn’t turning when the CPU is powered up. I took out the graphics card and cleared some dust and oiled the fan for the graphics card. Following which, the fan for the graphics card was functioning when the CPU is powered up but the computer is still unable to start up. When I press the power switch, the screen remains black and some clicking sounds (not beeping sounds) can be heard from the CPU.

Wondering if any experts here can shed some light as to what is happening to my computer? Is there anything that I can do to salvage it? Is there any thing that I need to buy or something? Got quite a lot of info on the com that is quite important so any help is very much appreciated!

Cheers!

Call4ljw SG

What Motherboard are you using?

From what i see, you did do overclocking on your computer. Did you try to clear CMOS?

80+ temps after few minutes is quite high, but i can't confirm if it is related.

If you have extra hardware, you might want to use it for troubleshooting.

FBFIce SG

most probably your heat sinker did not seat properly on the cpu (make sure the 4 lugs r locked)

Raraken SG

Operating system in question?

Check that the CPU cooler is secured properly. Take it off, clean off the older thermal compound using isopropyl alcohol and reapply some thermal compound. Then reseat the cooler onto the CPU.

IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL could be hinting at faulty RAM. Download memtest86 and run it. Errors point to a faulty stick of RAM. Find out which stick is bad by removing one stick of RAM and running memtest86 again. If there are no errors, then you should have solved that particular BSOD problem.

chisinau SG

Hi all,

Thanks for the responses..

I'm using AVI motherboard. Do you need more details about it? I don't know what other details can I furnish you because there are so many brands (eg. Intel) and undecipherable numbers on my motherboard haha..)

My heat sinker seems to be intact. However, the fan is quite clogged with dust. I've removed the dust. Was wondering if it's the dust that caused the temperature to soar within minutes of using the computer.. Maybe that heat has charred some parts of my computer because because of my prolonged usage..

I didn't overclock my CPU (not intentionally at least), nor did I reset my CMOS because I am a com noob and I know better not to tweak such settings. Having said that, right now I see nothing on my screen when I start up my computer - so I can't access anything that allows me to tweak my BIOS settings try running any programs (eg. memtest86) or extra hardware that allows me to tweak any kind of settings..

Raraken SG

Hi all,

Thanks for the responses..

AVI or VIA? I've never heard of AVI. Hmm.

Which version of Windows are you using?

And does the motherboard have integrated graphics built in? The graphics card could have fried. If you have a spare graphics card lying about, try use that instead. If no output is still displayed, then either your motherboard or CPU are fried. How old is the system in question?

If you could take a picture of the system internals (motherboard, GPU etc.) I think I should be able to identify the parts inside.

F2G SG

hmmm....clicking sound could mean some hard disk problem.

it may be time to change your com. Back up your data before it's too late. :)

Nelstar SG

Clicking sound as in tapping sound? Those tiak tiak sound?

If not tiak tiak sound, got eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee spinning sound bo?

See the LED on your Kompewter, got cylinder blinking bo?

Hoseh lo, HDD got buy insurance?