Hello everyone! Thanks for taking the time to read this post!
I have an Acer Predator G3100
Computer Specs:
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(The SSD was only not secured because of testing reasons when trying to figure out the problem)
So my problem began with me going away from home and putting the computer on restart before I left (I use splashtop to access my computer when I'm not home). During the following evening and night there was a lightning storm in town. I got home the next day with the computer being off. I tried to turn it on by pressing the power button and there was no reaction, I checked the power and unplugged the computer and plugged it back in again. I tried again and It powered up. Everything was loading fine until it started to load the OS (Windows 7 Home Premium) at that point the screen froze and the longer I waited the faster the CPU and Case Fan ran until it was what I assume at 100%. I turned the computer off, and restarted it into BIOS. CPU was stable at just about 50 Degrees Celsius. I left it to cool off for a bit and restarted it.
It froze again when loading Windows. I made a Windows recovery disc from my Laptop (Windows 7) and tried running it, same thing after it started to load the files from the disc the screen froze again. I tried launching in Safe Mode, drivers were loading and then a freeze at storport.sys. Every time I try safe mode It always freezes at storport.sys. I restarted and ran Memtest86+ to check for faulty RAM, after almost 2 passes(4-6 hours) no errors had showed up so I tried checking for faulty drives with SEAGATE's Tool (DOS). After another 5 hours it checked out with no errors. I'm going to try and run Linux on a live CD now.
I'm suspecting something is wrong with the Motherboard loading drivers... But, I'm not 100% so that's why I'm wondering what you guys might think it could be. And could the problem be solved if that's the case? Or am I just going to have to buy new hardware?
I appreciate any help I can get!
Friendly Regards
// David
I have an Acer Predator G3100
Computer Specs:
- 1 TB hard drive
- 8 GB DDR3 memory
- AMD Phenom X4 850 quad-core processor
- DVD-Super Multi drive
- NVIDIA Geforce GTX 550ti (Recently replaced with an ASUS GTX 660 ti)
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- LITEON PS-6451-5 450(?) Watt Power supply
- ADATA XPG SX900 128GB SSD (Added by myself)
(The SSD was only not secured because of testing reasons when trying to figure out the problem)
So my problem began with me going away from home and putting the computer on restart before I left (I use splashtop to access my computer when I'm not home). During the following evening and night there was a lightning storm in town. I got home the next day with the computer being off. I tried to turn it on by pressing the power button and there was no reaction, I checked the power and unplugged the computer and plugged it back in again. I tried again and It powered up. Everything was loading fine until it started to load the OS (Windows 7 Home Premium) at that point the screen froze and the longer I waited the faster the CPU and Case Fan ran until it was what I assume at 100%. I turned the computer off, and restarted it into BIOS. CPU was stable at just about 50 Degrees Celsius. I left it to cool off for a bit and restarted it.
It froze again when loading Windows. I made a Windows recovery disc from my Laptop (Windows 7) and tried running it, same thing after it started to load the files from the disc the screen froze again. I tried launching in Safe Mode, drivers were loading and then a freeze at storport.sys. Every time I try safe mode It always freezes at storport.sys. I restarted and ran Memtest86+ to check for faulty RAM, after almost 2 passes(4-6 hours) no errors had showed up so I tried checking for faulty drives with SEAGATE's Tool (DOS). After another 5 hours it checked out with no errors. I'm going to try and run Linux on a live CD now.
I'm suspecting something is wrong with the Motherboard loading drivers... But, I'm not 100% so that's why I'm wondering what you guys might think it could be. And could the problem be solved if that's the case? Or am I just going to have to buy new hardware?
I appreciate any help I can get!
Friendly Regards
// David