just play games and try to remember what your doing when it happens.
Got it. Should I bother getting HWMonitor or Speedfan (well I'll get them for sure once I fix the PC)? I'm pretty sure it's not overheating problems though.
If you want
Aaw. Thought I was in the clear after playing video games for around half an hour but then BSOD. Upload .dmp files? Error was something like "Reference By Pointer".
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135[/url]
[QUOTE=jordguitar;30691238][url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135[/url][/QUOTE]
I'll try that tonight
By the way it only seems to BSOD when gaming since I've been using the PC for quite some time now for just browsing.
do you only use the stock cooler for the cpu and how many fans do you have in there?
[QUOTE=jordguitar;30732798]do you only use the stock cooler for the cpu and how many fans do you have in there?[/QUOTE]
Stock cooler for GPU and CPU. One case fan. Good ventilation, not many cables (modular PSU), and last time I used HWMonitor a few weeks back CPU at load never passed 55 Celsius--I forgot GPU at load but it was definitely fine.
Also it just BSOD'd and I only had Chrome up. So forget what I said about the video games. I'm gonna take it to that shop I posted this week. I'll try the clean boot tomorrow Jord since today I was busy.
[QUOTE=jordguitar;30691238][url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135[/url][/QUOTE]
Ok now today I have time to do that. How do I troubleshoot the problem? Should I play games while doing this method to see if it BSODs?
[QUOTE=FalcoLombardi;30769137]Ok now today I have time to do that. How do I troubleshoot the problem? Should I play games while doing this method to see if it BSODs?[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure if you can play any games under a cleanboot, as I think you're running windows' video drivers.
Just work on it like you usualy do, see if it triggers a BSOD
I've been playing some games on Steam. It works fine. Doing one service at a time.
[editline]28th June 2011[/editline]
There's only 5 service by the way. I'm doing one at a time until I find the one. I am testing it by playing games for an at least an hour. I've been through already 2 out of the 5 services.
Ok so I've followed the guide Jord posted and am about too test it again.
[img]http://img863.imageshack.us/img863/1656/idka.png[/img]
I have a feeling that the last unchecked service is the problem. I'll restart the computer with it checked in a hour or so after I do the current test.
Well alright
Alright it's been 6 or so days without a BSOD with Nvidia Display Driver Service disabled. Should I enable it and post results?
[QUOTE=FalcoLombardi;30944946]Alright it's been 6 or so days without a BSOD with Nvidia Display Driver Service disabled. Should I enable it and post results?[/QUOTE]
why not
Alright just restarted with it enabled. I'll just browse FP and play some games to see what happens.
Ok it's been enabled since my last post with no problems. There are some startup problems still disabled and I'm still on "Selective Startup" instead of "Normal Startup" from the msconfig program. Should I go back to "Normal Startup"?
If your computer is running fine i'd just leave it.
[QUOTE=Naelstrom;31010857]If your computer is running fine i'd just leave it.[/QUOTE]
That's what my brother said too but a few months ago I had BSOD issues as well that magically dissappeared. Then in late May or when I made this thread they came back.
Having the computer in selective startup shouldn't cause a bsod, it should only prevent certain programs from running (because services are stopped).
You should be fine if you leave it, if you post any bsod logs i'll take a look at them and tell you what the problem is.
You should continue to re-enable items until windows starts crashing again. If it just stops, well who knows. I know the OS does like to play unstable the first few days after being reinstalled.
Guess what just happened
This time the screen went black, computer restarted, then after the Windows Logo appeared it went black, no power to mouse and keyboard. However, the computer was still running because I could hear the fans.
:cry:
[editline]28th July 2011[/editline]
BSOD'd in Bad Company 2. I was trying to fix a problem for the monitor since it keeps going into sleep mode randomly without BSOD while playing Bad Company 2.
Ok it's not the video card
Holy shit. Just take it in to some fucking professionals.
I'm not sure if this has been said before, as i haven't read the entire thread, but could you be experiencing Bad Caps/ Capacitor Plague?
Sorry again if this is already asked. :smile:
[QUOTE=EpicExplosion;31408460]I'm not sure if this has been said before, as i haven't read the entire thread, but could you be experiencing Bad Caps/ Capacitor Plague?
Sorry again if this is already asked. :smile:[/QUOTE]
What's that?
[editline]29th July 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Darkebrz;31408318]Holy shit. Just take it in to some fucking professionals.[/QUOTE]
I was going to but then I "fixed" it or it worked fine for about a week.
[QUOTE=FalcoLombardi;31410558]What's that?
[editline]29th July 2011[/editline]
I was going to but then I "fixed" it or it worked fine for about a week.[/QUOTE]
Bad Caps info for you:
[URL="http://www.badcaps.net/"]http://www.badcaps.net/[/URL]
and wikipedia, of course.
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague[/URL]
--I love being helpful. :smile:
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