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Posted December 06, 2012
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JCD-Bionicman: Was your situation like mine? Did it only occur during video and gameplay? I don't know If I want to take the time to get inside my computer again, it was confusing enough putting it all together, ironically the power was the hardest part to figure out.

So If I do go inside my computer, what am I looking for?
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Iain: Yeah, it was only happening when I was gaming, more so with the newer games that required the full use of my GTX 570.

Look on your power supply, if it is modular it will have connectors on one side of it with no wires coming from them (Unless they are being used for additional system power requirements understandably), dead easy to see if you just take the side off.

There will also be a thick cluster of wires coming out of the power supply on another side.

If your setup is like this literally just take the modular leads out and connect your VGA card to the wires that come out of the cluster instead, takes a few minutes maximum.

Another thing you may want to look at is the edge of the case, something when fitting expansion cards the fitting is slightly off. So when you put the screw in the back plate it tries to pull the card out of the slot. I GENTLY pushed the edge of the case in over a few millimeters to stop it pulling on my VGA card.
I cracked open my computer and here's what I saw:

Two clusters of cables coming from one hole in my power supply:
One cluster was enclosed in a sort of plastic net. It seems that it's powering my hard disk.
One cluster was free and seemed to power most of everything else. The 12v six hole connector that was part of this cluster is connected into my video card.

Since it's a midtower case it's a little bit cramped. If the first cluster is powering anything other than my HDD I can't see it. All the other cords seem to be connected to something, so there's no alternate cable for me to plug my video into.

You said your 12v cable was faulty. Did you mean it was worn out, or that it wasn't a strong enough cable for your video?

My computer is fresh, so it hasn't had any time to get worn out.

Also, my power supply is an antec (or antiq, or whateverTF) 450.
Post edited December 06, 2012 by JCD-Bionicman
Posted December 06, 2012
My supply is modular, so on one side it has connectors for additional cables to devices in the system. I had the 2 6 pin going from the modular bit on the supply to my graphics card. I took the 2 modular cables out and connected with the 2 in the cluster and my issue was sorted, so either the modular cables were faulty of the modular connectors themselves were at fault.

This fault was new out the box last year but only came to light earlier this year, I just kept reseating my VGA card.

You do have both power connectors attached to your mother board, there is the big thick one but also a smaller one usually located near where your processor sits to supply extra power to CPU and the expansion slots.
Posted December 07, 2012
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Iain: My supply is modular, so on one side it has connectors for additional cables to devices in the system. I had the 2 6 pin going from the modular bit on the supply to my graphics card. I took the 2 modular cables out and connected with the 2 in the cluster and my issue was sorted, so either the modular cables were faulty of the modular connectors themselves were at fault.

This fault was new out the box last year but only came to light earlier this year, I just kept reseating my VGA card.

You do have both power connectors attached to your mother board, there is the big thick one but also a smaller one usually located near where your processor sits to supply extra power to CPU and the expansion slots.
I'll have to open it back up and take another look.

In the meantime, I downloaded a bsod tool. What do you make of it?:
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Posted December 07, 2012
That hal.dll in the error message makes me think it's hardware related. Check your hard disk to be sure there are no issues with it. As well, try googling hal.dll +12818 and see what you find. It's late now and I'm off to bed or I'd poke around a bit myself.
Posted December 07, 2012
hal.dll errors usually stem from program incompatibility, you may have an AV or firewall program that is clashing with its counterpart :

http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/hal/19411/


I would try disabling things that always run one at a time and then do a bit of testing to see if the error you are getting stops. Process of elimination basically.

I would certainly check that all your leads inside the machine are connected properly while in the box, just take your time when doing this so not to accidentally disconnect the block that covers the power switch etc as it can take a little while to reconnect those in the right place even with the manual!
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