I have a brand new computer that I just built with the following basic specs:
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I'm just trying to figure out what exactly is hanging my reboots and shutdowns. I get to the shutting down screen in no time but it just sits there for like 2 minutes then shuts down or reboots. Obviously something that is not expected and kind of annoying.
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Intel Core i5-2500K
COOLER MASTER HAF 932
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2
2x G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB DDR3 1333
MSI 6950 2gb
HITACHI Deskstar 7K3000
Crosiar THX 750
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Can somone tell me why Windows 7 might think there is a Mass Storage Controller on my PC?
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i noticed if i keep my system on overnight i will find an error message saying "windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown" with the following messages
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:BlueScreen
OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID:1033
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode:3b
BCP1:00000000C0000005
BCP2:FFFFF80002C82105
BCP3:FFFFF88007C5AA20
BCP4:0000000000000000
OS Version:6_1_7600
Service Pack:0_0
Product:768_1
Its seems to happen when i leave the system on over night, i also had a problem with the system coming out of sleep mode so i disabled sleep and hibernation, i feel like the 2 may be related, can anyone help?
SPECS:
Core i7-920 2.66GHz
ASUS P6T SE Intel X58
ANTEC TP-750w
Win7 Home Premium 64 Bit
OCZ OCZ3P1333LV6GK 6GB PC3-10666 (DDR3-1333) DDR3 - 12G total
WD CaviarGreen 1TB
OCZ Agility Series 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD)
XFX HD-585A-ZNBC Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB Black Edition
Trouble shooting done so far:-
Memtest 86 - no errors after a full pass.
updated video card drivers no help ( also windows message center is saying i dont have the video card driver for a hd 5700 series card installed, but i have a 5800 series card, with up to date drivers.