Hi new to the forums but not so new to PC Building haha.
Anyways pretty much thread title. This computer is a real headache. Built late 2010 by myself from Newegg. Before I get into the problem here are the specs off the top of my head:
ASUS M4A785TD-M Evo (still under warranty of 3 years I believe)
AMD Phenom 955 @ stock speed 3.2 GHz
4 GB of DDR3 RAM
500 GB Western Digital Blue Caviar HDD
GTS 250 512 MB Graphics Card
ASUS DVD Burner
Windows 7 Home Premium OEM
Anyways so the problem is constant BSODs. I can upload the minidumps but I forgot how since the last time this same exact situation happend 6 months ago. However that was fixed when I replaced my old AMD 955 CPU with the current one. Just now it started the same problem again giving random BSODs usually when gaming (not just limited to one game, it's from Battlefield 3 all the way to less intensive games like Spiral Knights). The BSODs don't occur every session but at least once a day.
Things I've done 6 months ago for the original set of BSODs:
Swap GPU, CPU, PSU
Run Memtest
Virus scans with Mbam and MSE
Defrag
Take it to a local shop (they said it was probably the CPU or motherboard)
System Restore
Whole reinstallation of Windows 7
and a bunch of other common solutions
Anyways so right now I don't wanna swap out my CPU and GPU again with old parts/RMA them since I feel as if it's not gonna fix the solution entirely.
That's why I'm asking how to RMA a motherboard and any loops and jumps I'd have to do (I have OEM Windows 7 so that may be an issue)
So yeah and I hope to have fun on these forums after I hopefully get a solution
Anyways pretty much thread title. This computer is a real headache. Built late 2010 by myself from Newegg. Before I get into the problem here are the specs off the top of my head:
ASUS M4A785TD-M Evo (still under warranty of 3 years I believe)
AMD Phenom 955 @ stock speed 3.2 GHz
4 GB of DDR3 RAM
500 GB Western Digital Blue Caviar HDD
GTS 250 512 MB Graphics Card
ASUS DVD Burner
Windows 7 Home Premium OEM
Anyways so the problem is constant BSODs. I can upload the minidumps but I forgot how since the last time this same exact situation happend 6 months ago. However that was fixed when I replaced my old AMD 955 CPU with the current one. Just now it started the same problem again giving random BSODs usually when gaming (not just limited to one game, it's from Battlefield 3 all the way to less intensive games like Spiral Knights). The BSODs don't occur every session but at least once a day.
Things I've done 6 months ago for the original set of BSODs:
Swap GPU, CPU, PSU
Run Memtest
Virus scans with Mbam and MSE
Defrag
Take it to a local shop (they said it was probably the CPU or motherboard)
System Restore
Whole reinstallation of Windows 7
and a bunch of other common solutions
Anyways so right now I don't wanna swap out my CPU and GPU again with old parts/RMA them since I feel as if it's not gonna fix the solution entirely.
That's why I'm asking how to RMA a motherboard and any loops and jumps I'd have to do (I have OEM Windows 7 so that may be an issue)
So yeah and I hope to have fun on these forums after I hopefully get a solution