BSODs/Freezes while gaming on new rig

joshmuhl · 12-21-2008, 06:58 PM

I just recently built myself a new low-end gaming rig. The whole process went pretty well, but I'm not extremely experienced (this is the first time I've built an entire computer, start to finish, alone). Things went pretty well at first - I didn't have any major problems until I installed a few games and started playing. At first, games would just freeze and force me to do a hard restart, but a few days ago I flashed my BIOS and reinstalled the latest drivers for my video card, which seemed to fix the problem until tonight. I now get BSODs a few minutes into a game, and they will also occasionally quit unexpectedly.

I've monitored my system temperatures using SensorsView, and nothing seems too out of the ordinary: the only notable change is in my GPU's temperature, which climbs to about 42/43C before the system crashes, but I don't think this is too high. I've reinstalled drivers, Directx, games, the kitchen sink, etc. but nothing seems to work. Does anybody here have any ideas?

Tiber Septim · 12-21-2008, 09:23 PM

Hi.
GPU temp is well within acceptable range.
You did install the Gigabyte chipset drivers right?

Have you tried setting the CPU and GPU back to stock settings? It may not be a stable OC.

joshmuhl · 12-21-2008, 11:16 PM

I'm pretty sure the chipset drivers are installed correctly, and the GPU comes stock OC'd, but I will try reseting the CPU to stock settings and see if that makes it stable.

**koala** · 12-22-2008, 07:08 AM

Please post the full blue screen error message and Stop code.

When you were monitoring the temperatures, did you also note the voltages, especially the +12V?

Did you take the readings during fullscreen gameplay or at idle with no other programs running?

Have you made any changes in BIOS or is it set to Default/Optimized?

You list your RAM under My System as DDR2 1000. Is this 800MHz RAM that has been overclocked, or 1066MHz that has been underclocked?

If the blue screen error message indicates a RAM problem, run memtest on each stick (one at a time) for 10 passes each.

dai · 12-22-2008, 07:57 AM

what are you running
video card
cpu
m/board
ram
power supply
brand
wattage

check the listings in the bios for voltages and temperatures and post them

joshmuhl · 12-22-2008, 06:09 PM

I've forgotten most of the content of the blue screen message, but I can tell you that it was a IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL error, and that there wasn't too much other useful information, but if necessary I can redo my OC and try to recreate the error. If it helps, here's the error message I find in the syslog every time I restart my computer after it BSODs:

Quote:

Error code 1000007f, parameter1 00000008, parameter2 bab40d70, parameter3 00000000, parameter4 00000000.

So I guess the problem WAS the OC. It makes sense, since I'm a little new to this

I guess I'll toy with it and see if I can get it stable. Thanks for the help!

dai · 12-22-2008, 06:17 PM

have a read here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms795478.aspx

12-21-2008, 06:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
joshmuhl Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP SP2 My System	BSODs/Freezes while gaming on new rig I just recently built myself a new low-end gaming rig. The whole process went pretty well, but I'm not extremely experienced (this is the first time I've built an entire computer, start to finish, alone). Things went pretty well at first - I didn't have any major problems until I installed a few games and started playing. At first, games would just freeze and force me to do a hard restart, but a few days ago I flashed my BIOS and reinstalled the latest drivers for my video card, which seemed to fix the problem until tonight. I now get BSODs a few minutes into a game, and they will also occasionally quit unexpectedly. I've monitored my system temperatures using SensorsView, and nothing seems too out of the ordinary: the only notable change is in my GPU's temperature, which climbs to about 42/43C before the system crashes, but I don't think this is too high. I've reinstalled drivers, Directx, games, the kitchen sink, etc. but nothing seems to work. Does anybody here have any ideas?

12-21-2008, 09:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
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12-21-2008, 11:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
joshmuhl Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP SP2 My System	Re: BSODs/Freezes while gaming on new rig I'm pretty sure the chipset drivers are installed correctly, and the GPU comes stock OC'd, but I will try reseting the CPU to stock settings and see if that makes it stable.

12-22-2008, 07:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,381 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: BSODs/Freezes while gaming on new rig Please post the full blue screen error message and Stop code. When you were monitoring the temperatures, did you also note the voltages, especially the +12V? Did you take the readings during fullscreen gameplay or at idle with no other programs running? Have you made any changes in BIOS or is it set to Default/Optimized? You list your RAM under My System as DDR2 1000. Is this 800MHz RAM that has been overclocked, or 1066MHz that has been underclocked? If the blue screen error message indicates a RAM problem, run memtest on each stick (one at a time) for 10 passes each. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

12-22-2008, 07:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,680 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: BSODs/Freezes while gaming on new rig what are you running video card cpu m/board ram power supply brand wattage check the listings in the bios for voltages and temperatures and post them __________________

12-22-2008, 06:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,680 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: BSODs/Freezes while gaming on new rig have a read here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms795478.aspx __________________