My games keep crashing

Ben Kent

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Hello,

I recent bought myself a gaming laptop (http://www.ebuyer.com/517548-pc-specialist-optimus-v-x17-gaming-laptop-pcs-l563896). I have had a few problems already on it.

The first problem is I keep getting the Blue screen of death, which usually comes up with different things to search (like PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA, DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER and SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION). To try and solve this I have re-installed windows 8 yet the problem still occurs.

My second problem is that every game the I have tried to play so far, ARMA II (which I downloaded off of steam) and the new Sim City (which I bought on disc) has stopped working within 15 minutes of starting the game.

The annoying thing is that my brother bought exactly the same laptop, from the same place, with the same spec, but he does not get either of these problems. When he plays games it doesn't stop working and he has never got the blue screen of death.

I just wondered if anyone had any suggestions on how to solve either of these two problems.

Thanks
 
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About the BSOD Errors
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA means that an invalid system memory has been referenced, the system requests data from the memory but was not found. Faulty RAM most likely.

DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER is another RAM related issue

Not too sure about the last BSOD error.

The first two indicate RAM failure and also the fact that your games keep crashing indicates RAM issues.

Your RAM is faulty. Contact the manufacturer and explain your problems to them and make sure you tell them you reinstalled Windows, a lot of manufacturer's just stall it by saying that.

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About the BSOD Errors
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA means that an invalid system memory has been referenced, the system requests data from the memory but was not found. Faulty RAM most likely.

DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER is another RAM related issue

Not too sure about the last BSOD error.

The first two indicate RAM failure and also the fact that your games keep crashing indicates RAM issues.

Your RAM is faulty. Contact the manufacturer and explain your problems to them and make sure you tell them you reinstalled Windows, a lot of manufacturer's just stall it by saying that.
 
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Ben Kent

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Ok thanks. I am going to contact the manufacturer today and see if they can suggest anything. Thanks for your help