Just as the title says, and below is what I have done, along with my specs:
MSI Z-77 Motherboard
3.4GHz, i5 processor
EVGA GTX 770 GPU
8 GB RAM (Ripjaw)
120 GB Kingston SSD (Win. 8.1 booted from here)
120 GB HDD from an older desktop computer
750W Corsair Power Supply
I am still having problems with blue screens/random restarts. I just went into my Steam and U-Play settings and followed instructions to fix compatibility, since it won't let me individually set compatibility for the shortcut program.
So, the only options I'm left with are the my CPU may be in a funk.. but I don't know how or why it would be. And the only other option is the Windows 8.1 OS itself. Either way, it gets frustrating spending hours on end trying to troubleshoot and then playing a game to see that a half hour later it just..dies.
Any other suggestions for this problem? Thank you guys for looking!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year everyone!
1. I ran a Memtest86, nothing was found to be wrong with my RAM.
2. I ran a Furmark test to test my GPU, it ran great and didnt shut down my computer at all.
3. While running Furmark, I tested how much power was being pulled into my computer, since my GPU was under heavy load. Only 330W was being generated, and I have a 750W PSU.
4. I ran a "chkdsk (enter drive here): /f /r /x" and checked all my hard drives. Nothing was reported and no bad sectors were found.
5. Out of frustration, I ended up reformatting all of my hard drives and re-installing Win. 8.1 fresh
6. My CPU temperature never exceeds 47C, but I haven't done any specific tests on the CPU alone
7. Nothing I own is OC'd, I tried this once and it gave me problems, so I reverted it back to default.
MSI Z-77 Motherboard
3.4GHz, i5 processor
EVGA GTX 770 GPU
8 GB RAM (Ripjaw)
120 GB Kingston SSD (Win. 8.1 booted from here)
120 GB HDD from an older desktop computer
750W Corsair Power Supply
I am still having problems with blue screens/random restarts. I just went into my Steam and U-Play settings and followed instructions to fix compatibility, since it won't let me individually set compatibility for the shortcut program.
So, the only options I'm left with are the my CPU may be in a funk.. but I don't know how or why it would be. And the only other option is the Windows 8.1 OS itself. Either way, it gets frustrating spending hours on end trying to troubleshoot and then playing a game to see that a half hour later it just..dies.
Any other suggestions for this problem? Thank you guys for looking!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year everyone!