[SOLVED] Crashing Problem

When you have a chance to reboot, do the clean boot and also check your voltages in the BIOS and post back. Your 3.3 V is well below spec, but that may be an erroneous reading through HWMonitor.
 
Hello there,

There are three different voltages: a 12v that was giving a stable read, a 5v that was stable as well, and a 3.3v that fluctuated between 3.39v and 3.4v. I also think that you were correct in there being a hard drive issue, but I have no way of testing it. Is there another testing tool besides Seatool that I can use? By the way, the clean boot will happen tomorrow as soon as I finish my project.

Thanks for the help,

TheXeon
 
Hello there,

HD Tune returned an okay on the health test. I looked in my event viewer under Windows Logs/System and saw these errors frequently before crashing:

This one after startup and before crashing: Name resolution for the name xkvaxdtnyz.Belkin timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded.

This one before the crash: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk1\DR1.

Maybe these have something to do with it.

Regards,

TheXeon
 
That could mean the drive is bad or the motherbaord is bad. It could also be a bad driver for your IDE ATA/ATAPI devices.

What did the Error Scan turn up?
 
Hello there,
Error scan wasn't able to finish properly as it kept getting stuck at stage 4 file number 1196. I am now fairly certain it is a problem with the hard drive. Is it possible to repair it in any way without replacement?

Thanks,

TheXeon
 
You can have the hard drive repaired for $300-$1500 depending on whether you want experts working on it or students learning how to use electron microscopes and the specialized tools [including a class-100 or better clean room (not a room that was just vacuumed and dusted, but a laboratory environment that is specially cleaned for this task)] for re-adjusting the heads and platters in the drive.

Do not waste your money on software that promises to fix these problems. Software cannot fix hardware errors, it can only mask the problem until it comes back in full force and you are left with a drive that you cannot get data off of without spending the $300-$1500 mentioned above. I've seen gimmicks for this type of software for years. While I was getting my Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's degree, I worked at an infomercial station where guys tried to convince people that their $200 software could repair a hard drive, which I knew then was a scam.


My advice would be the following:
  1. Backup your important files ASAP, and
  2. Replace the drive immediately with a reliable drive
 
Alright last ditch effort on my part before I turn my comp over to professionals: Is it possible that the HDdrivers may ve causing the problem as you mentioned earlier? Reason for asking was that this whole problem started after running a defrag with defraggler.

Thanks

TheXeon
 
It's possible deffragler is responsible for problems with the disk filesystem. Have you run a disk check since then to Automatically fix file system errors? What about to Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors?


I personally do not recommend 3rd party defrag tools. I have seen them damage restore points and even cause blue screen crashes. Windows has some nice command line flags for the defrag command that will accomplish the same tasks as 3rd party programs. The -b and -w flags will defrag boot files and the boot registry items as well as compact the data to the center of the disk for faster access.
defrag c: -b
defrag -c -v -w
​
The first command optimizes boot performance for the Windows drive by defragmenting boot files and boot registry items.

The second command includes all drives on the system through the -c command and optimizes the drives by compacting the data to the center of the disk. Verbose output through the -v option is optional to provide the user with more information about the defrag tasks. The commands have to be run in an elevated command prompt. To run in an elevated command prompt, follow the instructions at Command Prompt: Frequently Asked Questions and expand the section under
How do I run a command with elevated privileges?
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For more flags, note that the /c and -c are the same:
Code: 
defrag /?  
Microsoft Disk Defragmenter
Copyright (c) 2007 Microsoft Corp.

Description:

        Locates and consolidates fragmented files on local volumes to
        improve system performance.

Syntax:

        defrag <volumes> | /C | /E <volumes>    [/H] [/M | [/U] [/V]]
        defrag <volumes> | /C | /E <volumes> /A [/H] [/M | [/U] [/V]]
        defrag <volumes> | /C | /E <volumes> /X [/H] [/M | [/U] [/V]]
        defrag <volume>                      /T [/H]       [/U] [/V]

Parameters:
 
 
Value         Description  
 
<volume>      Specifies the drive letter or mount point path of the volume to  
              be defragmented or analyzed.  
 
/C            Defragments all volumes on this computer.  
 
/A            Performs fragmentation analysis only.  
 
/R           Performs partial defragmentation (default). Attempts to  
              consolidate only fragments smaller than 64 megabytes (MB).  

/E      Perform the operation on all volumes except those specified.

/H      Run the operation at normal priority (default is low).

/M      Run the operation on each volume in parallel in the background.

/T      Track an operation already in progress on the specified volume.

/U      Print the progress of the operation on the screen.

/X      Perform free space consolidation on the specified volumes.

/B	Performs boot optimization by moving programs and Windows
	boot files to the boot portions of the disk.
 
/W            Performs full defragmentation. Attempts to consolidate all file  
              fragments, regardless of their size.  
 
/F            Forces defragmentation of the volume when free space is low.  
 
/V            Specifies verbose mode. The defragmentation and analysis output  
              is more detailed.  
 
/?           Displays this help information.  
 
Examples:  
 
defrag D:  
defrag D:\vol\mountpoint /W /F  
defrag D: /A /V  
defrag /C /V

defrag C: /U /V
        defrag C: D: /M
        defrag C:\mountpoint /A /U
        defrag /C /H /V
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Hello there

Ran the disk check and was able to last quite a bit longer, but I still crashed. I noticed that a notification popped up after a few seconds saying that a USB component was not recognized. It tried to install some drivers and failed.

Can that mean anything?


TheXeon
 
Hello there,

I have noticed that my speakers would go static every time I have frozen. Also, the disconnect USB sound played right in the middle of the static which makes me think that maybe a virus is causing all these crashes. My speakers are supposedly not functional but they still play sound.

Tell me what you think

TheXeon
 
Hello there,

Any more help I can get?

I see this in the Event Viewer roughly around the time before crashing: Name resolution for the name filsucqlqe.Belkin timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded.

It may be this, but if not I will turn my computer over to a tech place.

Thanks,

TheXeon
 
APGTheXeon said:
Hello there

Ran the disk check and was able to last quite a bit longer, but I still crashed. I noticed that a notification popped up after a few seconds saying that a USB component was not recognized. It tried to install some drivers and failed.

Can that mean anything?


TheXeon
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APGTheXeon said:
Hello there,

I have noticed that my speakers would go static every time I have frozen. Also, the disconnect USB sound played right in the middle of the static which makes me think that maybe a virus is causing all these crashes. My speakers are supposedly not functional but they still play sound.

Tell me what you think

TheXeon
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My apologies; I've had a very busy week. I thought I had responded to the first of these two messages, but both indicate a USB related issue. Try some general USB troubleshooting steps and see if it helps.

 
Hello there,

The problem is solved! I got a new keyboard and the problem disappeared. I really like my wireless keyboard and am even more so happy that that was the cause of my problem and not some expensive issue. Thanks for all the help.

Thanks

TheXeon
 

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