BSOD

[SmoulderingCircuits]

So I'm browsing forums and on youtube then get a BSOD, using the same settings that have been stable for months on end.

I've had a few weird issues lately ever since overclocking my ram (as mentioned in another thread) but the ram is at stock again now and the system runs C2 fine and Prime fine yet booting up the screen turns into a stripey block whenever I change fan speeds in the previous session. The fact there are problems on booting to Windows (a few seconds after boot) indicate FF7 being a beta is not the root of the issues.

Have I killed my memory OCing? If so how when it is still capable of running a game like C2 on ultra with no lag whatsoever?

I have also noticed some sessions my hard disk (still waiting for my bro to install the raid in my sig/ that was in my sig, those drives are sat on my shelf still) starts up very noisey and IIRC those sessions are the ones the stripey screen after boot up happens.

It's not Vram, I have no voltage control on my 5870s and I haven't touched the Vram frequency

 

[Lollipop]

Try using memtest

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Try using memtest

Eek! Just looked it up, it's a bootable thingimiwatsit! Is there anything that runs in Windows I can use?

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Crysis 2 froze on me but audio continued playing.

Running everything at stock now.

 

[Scoob]

Crysis 2 froze on me but audio continued playing.

Running everything at stock now.

I got that consistantly after upgrading to the DX11 version, my GPU overclock (that I'd been tinkering with) while stable in everything else (3D Mark '11, Vantage, TessMark and games) needed another notch on the GPU vCore to be stable - now it's fine. DX 11 Crysis 2 can push things quite hard.

It does sound like something isn't right with your GPU you know, have you tried under-clocking it? I started getting stripes on boot up with an old GPU of mine, I think I'd gone a little too far overclocking it, so put it back to stock, but it died soon after.

Could still be damaged system ram of course but EVERY time myself or a friend has had stripes at boot it's been the GPU on the way out or too agressive an overclock on the GPU ram. More often the latter has lead to a dead card before very long.

Best of luck.

Scoob.

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

I got that consistantly after upgrading to the DX11 version, my GPU overclock (that I'd been tinkering with) while stable in everything else (3D Mark '11, Vantage, TessMark and games) needed another notch on the GPU vCore to be stable - now it's fine. DX 11 Crysis 2 can push things quite hard.

It does sound like something isn't right with your GPU you know, have you tried under-clocking it? I started getting stripes on boot up with an old GPU of mine, I think I'd gone a little too far overclocking it, so put it back to stock, but it died soon after.

Could still be damaged system ram of course but EVERY time myself or a friend has had stripes at boot it's been the GPU on the way out or too agressive an overclock on the GPU ram. More often the latter has lead to a dead card before very long.

Best of luck.

Scoob.

Managed to run about 2 - 3 hours of Crysis 2 DX11 with the GPUs clocked at stock and the rest of the system at stock. But the problem with Ai suite where it won't open frequently and the system won't shut down (fans still spinning, hard disk stopped) still remains. I think it might be a software problem with Ai suite and a hardware problem of either too many volts [1.5] going through the CPU and it needing lowering a multi and/ or an unstable HT link that was messing up the southbridge and hence the hard disk which caused the BSOD today. Still though, I have not had any stripes or BSODs since I put everything back to stock.

I reiterate, I never touched the Vram.

If this remains stable a good while I may try going back to the overclocked spec except leave the HT on 2000Mhz and auto voltage along with the GPUs at stock

 

[Scoob]

Hi,

Well at least you're getting to play, this is a good thing

AI suite seems to have come a long way, however it can still be glitchy. For example, when running AI suite on my P8Z68-V Pro I get micro freezes every few seconds. For example, if I drag a window and waggle it around the screen it'll freeze, then catch up every few seconds. Shut down AI suite and it's fine once more.

I don't think changing BIOS settings in Windows has quite been nailed yet...

Incidentally I didn't touch the vRam directly on my card that fried, nor did my friend on his yet it was still the vRam that appeared to fail. These were older cards mind, a 6800 and an X800 - both failed with the same symptoms...

Computers are great but when they go wrong it can be a nightmare.

Scoob.

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Hi,

Well at least you're getting to play, this is a good thing

AI suite seems to have come a long way, however it can still be glitchy. For example, when running AI suite on my P8Z68-V Pro I get micro freezes every few seconds. For example, if I drag a window and waggle it around the screen it'll freeze, then catch up every few seconds. Shut down AI suite and it's fine once more.

I don't think changing BIOS settings in Windows has quite been nailed yet...

Incidentally I didn't touch the vRam directly on my card that fried, nor did my friend on his yet it was still the vRam that appeared to fail. These were older cards mind, a 6800 and an X800 - both failed with the same symptoms...

Computers are great but when they go wrong it can be a nightmare.

Scoob.

Totally agree with that.

I tried (yesterday) closing Ai Suite with task manager and it outright refused.

Running 4 cores in blend test at stock right now, gonna keep it running for ages.