Last night my computer was behaving a bit strange. While I was playing STALKER, I got BSODs twice (never had them before). Anyway, I rebooted both times and everything was fine. I did not think to much of it as many people have been having issues with game so I just assumed that the game was having some kind of problem.
I leave my computer on idle as I do everynight.
I wake up, turn on my monitor, and see a message saying (not exactly, but something similar to what is below).
And then it turns off, turns back on, and just loops this over and over.
So I'm a bit worried, and do not know what is going on. I've never ran into this before. I try restarting, only to have to this message keep coming up. There is no post. I reset the CMOS and get the computer post. Same bios - F7, just my settings were reset (I noticed the e6600 was 266x9 instead of 370x9). All RAM is checks out, the hard drive is detected, as are both optical drives. Windows tries to load, but I get a message saying the system is corrupt, and needs to be repaired. I restarted, and crap, the "boot block" message is back. I reset the CMOS again, and this time, go into the bios, to check some things out, and though everything was reset, it looked normal. I this time q-flashed from a floppy to the same version F7 I had maybe thinking that would fix it. I restarted, and decided to boot from the DVD-Drive thinking that a simple re-install of Windows would do, so I could transfer some things over to my external drive, and then I would format the hard drive completely and start from a clean slate. Well - Windows wouldn't even install. I go a BSOD while Windows was trying to install! At this point I am thinking I am really f'ed. I thought maybe my hard drive had died. I restart, and again, the damn "Boot Block" message is back. I reset CMOS, and attempt a Windows installation one more time. At some point early on, the installation has frozen when attempting to load the Kernal Debugger. I restart, and the "Boot Block" is back - starting to get extremely annoyed. I try to reset the CMOS, except I cannot anymore. No matter how many times I attempt to reset the CMOS, the "Boot Block" message is the only thing that appears - no post anymore.
I disconnect my optical drives, and attempt to boot with each RAM stick separatly. "Boot Block" message still. The video card seems fine or else I wouldn't be getting any display at all.
I am going to bring my hard drive home and hook it up to my brother's computer in hopes of recovering any important data on it I may still need.
Did my motherboard die on me?
What else could it be?
I would like to add
-My CPU never passed 60C when overclocked.
-My GPU never passed 70C when overclocked.
-My RAM was 10+ hours MemTest86+ and 10+ hours Orthos stable.
-My CPU was 10+ hours Orthos stable and OCCT stable.
-The FSB on the DS3 never went above 400.
-The HDD light does blink when I turn the CPU on, but that doesn't mean it's fully functioning now.
-The only things that were over-volted was the CPU and RAM, and what is in my sig is the highest either ever went. All other voltages were auto, the only other thing I changed was PCI-e feq to 101Mhz from 100Mhz default.
-There were no symptons of anything being wrong. After 7 months of rock solid stability I had a few BSODs in STALKER last night and then all hell followed.
-Everything looks fine physically.
I leave my computer on idle as I do everynight.
I wake up, turn on my monitor, and see a message saying (not exactly, but something similar to what is below).
Code:
"Boot Block 1.0 Award winning bios recovery"
"Attempting to recover bios from hard drive"
And then it turns off, turns back on, and just loops this over and over.
So I'm a bit worried, and do not know what is going on. I've never ran into this before. I try restarting, only to have to this message keep coming up. There is no post. I reset the CMOS and get the computer post. Same bios - F7, just my settings were reset (I noticed the e6600 was 266x9 instead of 370x9). All RAM is checks out, the hard drive is detected, as are both optical drives. Windows tries to load, but I get a message saying the system is corrupt, and needs to be repaired. I restarted, and crap, the "boot block" message is back. I reset the CMOS again, and this time, go into the bios, to check some things out, and though everything was reset, it looked normal. I this time q-flashed from a floppy to the same version F7 I had maybe thinking that would fix it. I restarted, and decided to boot from the DVD-Drive thinking that a simple re-install of Windows would do, so I could transfer some things over to my external drive, and then I would format the hard drive completely and start from a clean slate. Well - Windows wouldn't even install. I go a BSOD while Windows was trying to install! At this point I am thinking I am really f'ed. I thought maybe my hard drive had died. I restart, and again, the damn "Boot Block" message is back. I reset CMOS, and attempt a Windows installation one more time. At some point early on, the installation has frozen when attempting to load the Kernal Debugger. I restart, and the "Boot Block" is back - starting to get extremely annoyed. I try to reset the CMOS, except I cannot anymore. No matter how many times I attempt to reset the CMOS, the "Boot Block" message is the only thing that appears - no post anymore.
I disconnect my optical drives, and attempt to boot with each RAM stick separatly. "Boot Block" message still. The video card seems fine or else I wouldn't be getting any display at all.
I am going to bring my hard drive home and hook it up to my brother's computer in hopes of recovering any important data on it I may still need.
Did my motherboard die on me?
What else could it be?
I would like to add
-My CPU never passed 60C when overclocked.
-My GPU never passed 70C when overclocked.
-My RAM was 10+ hours MemTest86+ and 10+ hours Orthos stable.
-My CPU was 10+ hours Orthos stable and OCCT stable.
-The FSB on the DS3 never went above 400.
-The HDD light does blink when I turn the CPU on, but that doesn't mean it's fully functioning now.
-The only things that were over-volted was the CPU and RAM, and what is in my sig is the highest either ever went. All other voltages were auto, the only other thing I changed was PCI-e feq to 101Mhz from 100Mhz default.
-There were no symptons of anything being wrong. After 7 months of rock solid stability I had a few BSODs in STALKER last night and then all hell followed.
-Everything looks fine physically.