- Jan 13, 2014
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First, my PC specs...
CPU- AMD Phenom 2, 3.2ghz 6-core
PSU- Apevia 680W(old PSU) and Corsair CX750M(new PSU)
GPU- Radeon 6750HD(old GPU) and GeForce GTX 650TI(new GPU)
MOBO- Asus Evo AXT (about 4 years old)
RAM- 2x4GB dual-channel 1600hz corsair
OS - Windows 7 64-bit
My issues started when I decided to upgrade my GPU to the GeForce 650TI. I got it, plugged it in and all that goodness, but my games kept crashing. At first, my PC would say that the drivers were crashing. I, being stupid, decided to keep the card and fight through it until the drivers were updated and would be more stable. The crashes didn't stop, however. Then came the BSOD. It's constant and unpredictable. The only time it happens is when I'm gaming, but it can happen once every 5 hours or once every 20 minuets (lately, more frequently). So, I finally was able to afford a new PSU today, as everything I've read said that MUST be the problem. It didn't do anything whatsoever. SO, with the new PSU and new GPU in, I decided to put my old GPU in and see what happened. Logically, taking steps to make sure none of the drivers were overlapping, ect. I assumed it would work. Nope. New PSU and old GPU, still constantly getting blue screens, even at low video settings in the game. I'm not running other programs or background operations. No antivirus, ect. I've been into my BIOS to look at my 12v fluctuation and on the old PSU it's between 11.76 and 12.03 and on the new one it's between 11.97 and 12.03, so the new PSU is quite a bit more stable, but with either installed, the system is blue-screening just as frequently.
I've been mostly playing "Smite" and also tested this in "Crysis 2" and "Counter Strike: GO" all at max settings. Smite takes the least system resources and is the most infrequent, being anywhere from 3 hours to 10 minuets of play time before crashing. CS:GO, the second most strenuous, didn't crash at all in the approximately 30 minuets of playtime. And Crysis 2 couldn't even get past the sinking ship in the first 5 minuets of the game. I reloaded Crysis 2 and Smite at lower settings but to no avail.
The only other thing I could think that it is would be my RAM, which is fairly cheap and old. My motherboard has also been the victim of 2 lightning storms that killed the onboard sound and networking and now I've got separate PCI cards for both. Maybe the MOBO is so partially fried it's not delivering power well?
*UPDATE* I'd like to update this by saying that it seems like since I've put in my new PSU, I've gotten less BSOD, but more complete shut offs. Like it skips the blue screen and just flat out shuts down or restarts the PC.
CPU- AMD Phenom 2, 3.2ghz 6-core
PSU- Apevia 680W(old PSU) and Corsair CX750M(new PSU)
GPU- Radeon 6750HD(old GPU) and GeForce GTX 650TI(new GPU)
MOBO- Asus Evo AXT (about 4 years old)
RAM- 2x4GB dual-channel 1600hz corsair
OS - Windows 7 64-bit
My issues started when I decided to upgrade my GPU to the GeForce 650TI. I got it, plugged it in and all that goodness, but my games kept crashing. At first, my PC would say that the drivers were crashing. I, being stupid, decided to keep the card and fight through it until the drivers were updated and would be more stable. The crashes didn't stop, however. Then came the BSOD. It's constant and unpredictable. The only time it happens is when I'm gaming, but it can happen once every 5 hours or once every 20 minuets (lately, more frequently). So, I finally was able to afford a new PSU today, as everything I've read said that MUST be the problem. It didn't do anything whatsoever. SO, with the new PSU and new GPU in, I decided to put my old GPU in and see what happened. Logically, taking steps to make sure none of the drivers were overlapping, ect. I assumed it would work. Nope. New PSU and old GPU, still constantly getting blue screens, even at low video settings in the game. I'm not running other programs or background operations. No antivirus, ect. I've been into my BIOS to look at my 12v fluctuation and on the old PSU it's between 11.76 and 12.03 and on the new one it's between 11.97 and 12.03, so the new PSU is quite a bit more stable, but with either installed, the system is blue-screening just as frequently.
I've been mostly playing "Smite" and also tested this in "Crysis 2" and "Counter Strike: GO" all at max settings. Smite takes the least system resources and is the most infrequent, being anywhere from 3 hours to 10 minuets of play time before crashing. CS:GO, the second most strenuous, didn't crash at all in the approximately 30 minuets of playtime. And Crysis 2 couldn't even get past the sinking ship in the first 5 minuets of the game. I reloaded Crysis 2 and Smite at lower settings but to no avail.
The only other thing I could think that it is would be my RAM, which is fairly cheap and old. My motherboard has also been the victim of 2 lightning storms that killed the onboard sound and networking and now I've got separate PCI cards for both. Maybe the MOBO is so partially fried it's not delivering power well?
*UPDATE* I'd like to update this by saying that it seems like since I've put in my new PSU, I've gotten less BSOD, but more complete shut offs. Like it skips the blue screen and just flat out shuts down or restarts the PC.
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