Windows 10: Still getting SrtTrail.txt fails after BIOS reset and HDD swap

Hi, I'm desperate for help.
I got a computer some months ago (used) with a Asus P8Z68-V LX motherboard and a Intel i5 2500k CPU.
It worked fine and I got a good noctua CPU fan to overclock it and mine some cryptocurrencies.
I OC:ed it to 4.4 gHz and left it to mine on 4 threads a couple of days. Second day when I get home the computer crashed when I started a game, blackscreen (screen lost connection). Second time I started it the game had a cropped resolution. It crashed at random when I was on my desktop screen opening 2 programs at once.
When I ran the "Startup repair" I got this:

Startup Repair Couldn't repair yout PC.
..
Log file C:\WINDOWS\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt

What I've tried is resetting BIOs by removing the motherboard battery, unplugging power cable and holding the power button for 15 seconds, swapped the HDD to a new one with a fresh install of windows 10, removed GPU and I'm still getting the SrtTrail.txt. Very strange.

Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks.

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Not able to boot after recovery from Windows 10 upgrade from Windows 7 for ASUS K52J

HELP!!

After months of Windows 10 pushing me to upgrade from Windows 7, I have attempted to do so but regretted immediately.

I have actually make a copy of my existing HDD. Installed the clone HDD on my ASUS laptop. Start up Windows 7 no issue and proceed with Windows 10 upgrade.

After hours of download and upgrade process - I get blank screen with no cursor issue (very common). I hard reset the laptop to trigger the system to roll back to old OS. However, on rolled back, my laptop cannot boot up anymore - prompting no boot device
found.

Thinking that I am lucky to have my original HDD that I can get back to. To my surprise, swapping back the original HDD (Windows 7) cannot be booted up as well.??!!

Has Windows 10 upgrade changed my hardware or BIOS?? I tried reset my BIOS to default but still no luck.

I have used various partition tools as sees that the partitions are there and files are accessible if I plug my HDD via USB of other working laptop. However, I just cannot make the HDD to boot of my ASUS laptop anymore.

Given that I used to be able to boot from both my original HDD/SSD and the clone one before Windows 10 upgrade, I don't believe it is software related. I used to have issue booting up on my other laptop due to BIOS corruption. Is it possible that Windows
10 upgrade is affecting my laptop BIOS????

 

Windows Media Creation Tool: Error Code 0x80072ee7 - 0x20000

Ok that one was a step backwards, now even my current HDD fails to boot. BIOS can still see the HDD but so far I cant find what settings I might have changed to cause the HDD to fail to boot.

 

What is the frequency and voltage of the CPU?

Please provide some more specs of your system to help us help you, like PSU, cooling, case, GPU, etc.
Have a look at my system specs for an example *Smile

 

Of course,

CPU Frequency: 3300 MHZ
Voltage (from BIOS),
CPU 1.104V
3.3V - 3.360V
5V - 5.040V
12V - 12.000V

I’ve played games and mined for hours and days, the problem started 2-3 days into overclocking it.
I went after this guide when overclocking: Intro to Overclocking With a ASUS P8Z68 Chipset - YouTube (OC:d to 4400 MHZ, same settings as the guy)

I did a burn test after overclocking, before leaving it on mining and it topped at 84 Celsius with Intelburntest during 1 hour. It topped at 73 Celsius when mining with 4 cores.
(This was in the past, I reset all BIO:s after it crashed the first time)

System Manufacturer/Model Number: Custom build
OS: Windows 10 Pro (reinstalled and problem remains)
CPU: i5-2500k
CPU cooling: Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 Dual Fan
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX (reset BIOs by removing battery overnight and problem remains)
BIOs version: 0602
Memory: 2x crucial ballistix sport 16gb ddr3 1600 MHz
Graphics Card(s): GeForce GTX 570 (GainWard) GS 1280M GDDR5 320B Dual-DVI HDMI DP (removed and problem remains)
Sound Card: intel
Displays: Sony LCD TV
Hard Drives: Western Digital WD5000AAKK 500GB (Swapped from a Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 and the problem remains)
PSU: Corsair TX650
Case: Fractal Define S

I also had some extra Firewire ports hooked to a PCI slot (Bought cheap from eBay and the problem remains after removing the card)

 

Have you made any upgrades to your system or replaced any parts, outside of the already mentioned things?
AFAIK, and per the provides specs, you may have an issue between your RAM and CPU & mobo due to DDR3 support (unless it is a typo?)

 

No, the only upgrades I've done since I got the machine second hand is the case and CPU-cooling, everything worked perfectly until I started overclocking.
Yeah sorry thats a typo, the RAMs are DDR3:s.

It's strange because default hardware tests tells me everything is fine and I still get this SrtTrail.txt error even though every possible reset is made on the software-side. Time to buy a new computer I guess.

 

Could you increase the CPU voltage to 1.2V.

 

The BIOs panel and AI tweaker section in BIOs tells me different values. Panel said 1.104 and AI tweaker section 1.165. I typed +35 in settings section to get 1.200 which made me 1.136 V on the panel. Still got the SrtTrail.txt message. Any clues?

 

What if you type +96 in the panel?

 

Still getting SrtTrail.txt when running the test. Should I try to reset windows 10 again with the new BIOs?

 

Could you make a photo/screenshot of the BIOS settings in the panel and AI Tweaker of the CPU settings?

 

Here, thanks
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Alright, what are the memory frequency, timing and voltage?

 

Frequency: ~802.7-816.5 MHz
Timing: 9.0,9,9,24,39, 1T - 2T (from one reboot to another).
Voltage: 1.50

I also noticed my cores are at ~90 Celsius without working on anything except for CPU-Z ...