System components
-nforce4 mobo 939 (du'h)
-ATI radeon x300se 128 graphics
-cd r/w
-hardrive of some sort
-some RAM 512 ddr pc3200 i think
-creative audio card (old as hell)

Im getting the blue screen of death, but a new version of it. I havent seen this thing since win95, but its back to haunt me. Its not adware or a virus its the real thing, some machine check exception. Im wondering if this is a hardware issue or a bios setup thing? How would i go about fixing or check the logs to see whats going on?

Regards,
Nate

I have a 20 pin power in the 24 pin jack, they said there may be problems with this but i just wanted to check with u guys first

Where/ when do you get the blue screen? In the BIOS? Or Windows? XP?

What is the exact error?

If you are in Windows:

Look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id especially of errors that seem to coincide with a crash.

Also:

Go to start | search (type in) .dmp
Note the location of your latest .dmp file.

Then:

1) Download and install the
Debugging Tools from Microsoft
2) Download and install this
debugwiz
3) Open the Wiz & Browse to, or paste in the path to, your latest .dmp file.
4) After the Wiz creates a Text document attach it back to this thread.



As to the power supply (from your manual):
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Product...ailName=Manual

Connecting 20/24-pin power cable
Users please note that the 20-pin and 24-pin power cables can both be connected
to the ATX1 connector. With the 20-pin power cable, just align the 20-pin power
cable with the pin 1 of the ATX1 connector. However, using 20-pin power cable
may cause the system to become unbootable or unstable because of insufficient
electricity. A minimum power of 300W is recommended for a fully-configured
system.
20-pin power cable
24-pin power cable
Users please note that when installing 24-pin
power cable, the latches of power cable and the
ATX1 match perfectly.
Users please note that when installing 20-pin
power cable, the latche of power cable falls on
the left side of the ATX1 connector latch, just
as the picture shows.