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Power went out, computer screwed since

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sircuddles

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Recently I've had some artifact issues in games, they seem to go on/off and I have been waiting to RMA my video card. Yesterday the power in the house went out completely, then flickered, then came back on ~10 mins later.

I booted up my PC and ran into "Data in EC or EC Flash might be corrupted" while trying to boot. I reset the CMOS and went straight into BIOS. Set my drives back up to RAID (it defaults ATA I think) and booted. Since then, I've been getting errors everywhere. From Explorer crashing (not IE, just Explorer) recursively, Skype, League of Legends, Chrome, etc. I have had multiple BSOD's since then with 'memory management' errors. I've also had one instance of literally no programs running because 'Unable to find entry point' something or other.

Windows 7 64-bit
Asus DirectCU II GTX 580 (was OC'd, is now underclocked due to above artifact issues)
Asus P8P67 LE
2500k @ 4.3 Ghz
2x4GB DDR3 (Corsair something... can't remember series), set to 1600 in BIOS
650W Antec Earthwatts PSU (possibly 750W)
7x74 GB Raptors in Raid 0 (Windows/Programs) SATA (no RAID card)
1TB WD (storage) SATA

If anyone has any ideas on how I can isolate what the cause is, it would be very appreciated. If you need any more info just ask. Computer was hooked up to a power bar, not sure of the specs of it. I believe it has some type of surge protection, it's fairly heavy duty (and I think that's why I bought it).
 
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That power outage may have actually damaged all the parts.

[Testing the RAM]
Download Memtest86+ v4.20 or whatever the latest version is, unzip it, burn the ISO file to a CD, and then boot from it, just like you would do with the XP/Vista install CD. Let Memtest+ run for at least 15 passes with ZERO errors on each stick of RAM separately as well as test the RAM all together. Go for a full 24 hours if you want to be completely sure that the RAM is not a problem. If you start seeing errors, than your RAM is defective or you have incorrect settings for the RAM.

[Testing the Hard Drive]
Download the CD image of Hitachi Drive Fitness Test, burn the ISO file to a CD, and then boot from it, just like you would do with the XP/Vista install CD. Test the hard drive and see if any problems are found. DFT will run on most manufacturers' hard drives. Alternatively, you can use Seagate's SeaTools for DOS to test a Seagate or Maxtor drive. For a Western Digital drive, you could use Data Lifeguard Tools for DOS to test a Western Digital drive. For a Samsung drive, you could use Samsung's ES-Tool.

[Testing the CPU]
Use Prime 95, OCCT, Orthos or Intel Burn Tool to stress test the CPU.
 
sircuddles said:
Recently I've had some artifact issues in games, they seem to go on/off and I have been waiting to RMA my video card. Yesterday the power in the house went out completely, then flickered, then came back on ~10 mins later.

I booted up my PC and ran into "Data in EC or EC Flash might be corrupted" while trying to boot. I reset the CMOS and went straight into BIOS. Set my drives back up to RAID (it defaults ATA I think) and booted. Since then, I've been getting errors everywhere. From Explorer crashing (not IE, just Explorer) recursively, Skype, League of Legends, Chrome, etc. I have had multiple BSOD's since then with 'memory management' errors. I've also had one instance of literally no programs running because 'Unable to find entry point' something or other.

Windows 7 64-bit
Asus DirectCU II GTX 580 (was OC'd, is now underclocked due to above artifact issues)
Asus P8P67 LE
2500k @ 4.3 Ghz
2x4GB DDR3 (Corsair something... can't remember series), set to 1600 in BIOS
650W Antec Earthwatts PSU (possibly 750W)
7x74 GB Raptors in Raid 0 (Windows/Programs) SATA (no RAID card)
1TB WD (storage) SATA

If anyone has any ideas on how I can isolate what the cause is, it would be very appreciated. If you need any more info just ask. Computer was hooked up to a power bar, not sure of the specs of it. I believe it has some type of surge protection, it's fairly heavy duty (and I think that's why I bought it).
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Here is what I think of power bars: Even the most expensive of them actually provide little if any protection against the type of surges that accompany power outages and restorations (or put it this way, they allow way too much of a variance in the voltages). As such, a "surge-protected" power bar is better than no protection at all whatsoever, but still provides much poorer surge protection than even a relatively cheap UPS.
 
Sorry if this seems like a stupidly simple suggestion, but you DID run a RAID verification (if not RAID-0, anyway) and chkdsk, right? If so, did it find any errors? You could just have corrupt data.
 
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