ok so about 5 days ago I started getting bluescreens, I didn't think too much about it, but then it started to happen several times a day, and now I will literally get them every time my computer is active (when im in ps, watching movies in mpc and so on)
some time before I got the bluescreens my display driver would start fucking up, and then recover again and every time I do get the bluescreen the monitor flutters, so I figured it was the display drivers that needed and update, so I wiped them out and installed the newest ones, but that didn't work at all. I did it several times with different methods and nothing worked.
here are some snapshots of the bluescreens.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Gi2Md.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/D5cXd.jpg[/IMG]
I am not very good with computer stuff, so I have no idea what this means.
here's some comp spec details
[B]Operating System[/B]
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
[B]CPU[/B]
Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz 41 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
[B]RAM[/B]
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)
[B]Motherboard[/B]
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8H67 (LGA1155) 76 °C
[B]Graphics[/B]
ACER V243HQ (1920x1080@60Hz)
SAMSUNG (1920x1080@60Hz)
AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series (ASUStek Computer Inc) 55 °C
[B]Hard Drives[/B]
977GB Western Digital WDC WD10EARX-00N0YB0 ATA Device (SATA) 29 °C
[B]Optical Drives[/B]
WNSX 6NWLQ3KHUZ SCSI CdRom Device
HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW CH10LS20 ATA Device
DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
[B]Audio[/B]
Realtek High Definition Audio
Really hope this can be solved!
[editline]11th March 2012[/editline]
also the comp is not old, got it in december.
googling "dxgmms1.sys" resulted in
[quote]
Solution 1
Try installing Windows hot-fix [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974431[/url]
Solution 2
nvidia drivers may cause BSOD, try running the straight up vista/windows 7 drivers
Solution 3
There might be a bad memory or other piece of hardware. Run the built-in Memory Diagnostic or other diagnostic tools to find any potential problems.
Solution 4
Disable C1E in BIOS
Disable any boost in BIOS (standard only)
Run driver sweeper in safe mode to uninstall display drivers
Reboot
Install newest video drivers and update directx
[/quote]
I get the same error codes 0x0000007E and I have a ATI HD Radeon 5850. I have not found a solution so far, tried the above already, only makes things worse.
I switched motherboard and processor and ram, didn't help. So it's either the card or the terrible drivers.
While it may talk about an Nvidia driver, I find it more likely that either your RAM or HDD is going bungus. The motherboard [I]might[/I] be at fault as well, but I'd check the other options first. Try downloading HDTune and run an error scan (or just look at "Health). You could do a CHKDSK as well.
I'll recommend MemTest86 for checking your RAM. Download it and burn it to a disk. Now you'll eb able to boot into it, and check the RAM from here. You should let it do it for some time, but from what I've experienced, one pass is [I]generally[/I] enough. Good luck.
I am afraid I'll jinx it now, but the error hasn't happened in hours now, and I have been using ps and mpc as usual...
if it happens again I'll do the ram test thing
The memory diagnostic tool built into modern versions of windows is an absolute joke and should under no circumstances be used to test any kind of RAM. I've purposely installed known bad (one or two bad memory locations) and very bad memory (dozens or more bad memory locations) and the "memory diagnostic" found no problems as the machine would frequently lock up, crash or BSOD.
gonna run a memtest today, it still bluescreens :(
Do the HDD first. Easier, and as probable, really.
ok I did the HDD thing, but I'm not sure what im looking for
Looks under the tab "Error scan". It'll scan for bad sectors. Good ones come up as green, bad as red. It could take a few hours. If it doesn't find anything, take one stick (assuming you have two) of RAM out, and boot into MemTest86. Check the other stick after this.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;35107787]Looks under the tab "Error scan". It'll scan for bad sectors. Good ones come up as green, bad as red. It could take a few hours. If it doesn't find anything, take one stick (assuming you have two) of RAM out, and boot into MemTest86. Check the other stick after this.[/QUOTE]
BSODs aren't usually a symptom of a bad hard drive. A bad hard drive will cause things like files mysteriously becoming corrupt or having read/write errors. It can also cause Windows to freeze for long periods of time with the HDD activity light being on solid.
I actually have the same exact problem. Funnily enough I was doing a Google search for it and this thread came up. Isn't there anyone else who's experienced this?
[QUOTE=bohb;35116107]BSODs aren't usually a symptom of a bad hard drive.[/QUOTE]
Yes they are.
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;35313871]Yes they are.[/QUOTE]
No, they aren't.
Bad drives cause things like Windows freezing for long periods of time from failing to read a sector over and over again. It also causes things like data corruption and program errors. A bad drive causing the BSOD is extremely rare, as most OS libraries are not heavily used (since many are loaded in RAM.)
I have this on my labtop but sometimes it just freezes and the cpu makes a strange noise like a bsod core sound
labtop has an ati radeon 5470 mobility HD dx 11 support intel i5 X 4
4 GB ram
and all mem test comes up fine
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