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Try it with one stick of memory trying each stick you have.  Also reset the BIOS manually on the board.

So here's what happened I got a blue screen of death shortly after logging into Windows 7 then the system rebooted.  Then after it booted I got another blue screen of death.  Both blue screen of deaths from what I've recall are due to memory dumps.  After the second reboot I've got a blank screen.

 

So here's what I've did by far:

1) Push and hold the power button to shut down the computer, switch the PSU to off unplug power cord and all usbs.

 

2) Plug the power cord back in, switch the PSU to on and powered on the computer.

 

Still blank screen.

 

Here are the specs of my 7+ year old computer:

 

-CPU Intel Quad Core 2 Q6600

-Motherboard ASUS P5N-D

-Memory 8GB XM2 DDR2 Corsair Memory

-Storage WD Velocopter HDD, a 500GB WD harddrive (inside the case but not connected), two 1TB HDDs (WD & Seagate) in RAID 1 and a Samsung 840EVO SSD connected to a SIIG/Marvell I/O controller 

-Graphics Card NVidia GTX 560 by EVGA

-Chassis Antec P181

-External Battery backup and surge protection APC BR1500G
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Try it with one stick of memory trying each stick you have.  Also reset the BIOS manually on the board.

Too many ****ing games!  Back log 4 life! :S

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So here's what happened I got a blue screen of death shortly after logging into Windows 7 then the system rebooted.  Then after it booted I got another blue screen of death.  Both blue screen of deaths from what I've recall are due to memory dumps.  After the second reboot I've got a blank screen.
 
So here's what I've did by far:
1) Push and hold the power button to shut down the computer, switch the PSU to off unplug power cord and all usbs.
 
2) Plug the power cord back in, switch the PSU to on and powered on the computer.
 
Still blank screen.
 
Here are the specs of my 7+ year old computer:
 
-CPU Intel Quad Core 2 Q6600
-Motherboard ASUS P5N-D
-Memory 8GB XM2 DDR2 Corsair Memory
-Storage WD Velocopter HDD, a 500GB WD harddrive (inside the case but not connected), two 1TB HDDs (WD & Seagate) in RAID 1 and a Samsung 840EVO SSD connected to a SIIG/Marvell I/O controller 
-Graphics Card NVidia GTX 560 by EVGA
-Chassis Antec P181
-External Battery backup and surge protection APC BR1500G

 

 

Hey franman,
 
Do you remember the error code of the BSOD? Can you take a picture of it? Do you have problems booting to BIOS?
I would also suggest to try to start the computer with its bare minimum hardware (CPU, 1 stick of RAM, no storage drives/only the boot drive, no GPU). Try each RAM stick on each memory slot to see if the problem comes from there.
 
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So after many trial and errors I finally got the computer up and running again.  Just wanna say thank to everyone who tried to help me out.  I tested each RAM module and I found one defect module out of the four.

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