Hang/hard crash and freeze, event ID 6008

Copy the whole event ID

Edit: actually

Check the dump files

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html


I have a few in my log too. When Windows 8 downloads and applies an update and wants to restart, I find it will blue screen or applications will hang and crash if you don't reboot it.

It's definitely your PSU. It's really difficult to repair them because it can discharge and kill you and that's why there aren't many service people willing to service them.

Download Bluescreen view and check and the Dump files.
I'm sure it's a BSOD.

If there's no BSOD, than it's most likely is the PSU.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

PSU is #1, videocard would be #2 to check

Almost all new powersupplies will be compatible, they all use more or less the same standard.

I can't see a lot of reviews and I am not very familiar with that brand, Super Flower. The warranty is good. I recommend going with a more familiar brand though.

RAM should dump and create a BSOD if it fails, that's why I would check PSU first

May have just been a brown-out that caused it

What is a brown-out?

A brown-out is a sag in the flow of electricity coming to the target device. A black out is total power out - everything goes black. A brown-out is a sag in power. A weakened transmission. It is what you experience when you see the lights dim during high stress of power usage, such as during a heat wave and many are using air conditioners, a huge pull on the power supply. A brown-out will weaken the electronic components of an electrical device, such as a power supply unit or an electronic card. See this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownout_(electricity)

Back from the dead; a year later...

Hello. What exactly happened? Same thing? I perceive you bought a UPS unit for brown outs. I'd like to add a little more to itsmgwine information about brown outs and why it's so important to have a UPS unit. All home/office voltage will at some time sag, dropping from the normal 120v110v range to under 80v. When that happens, electric current may become too weak to make clean contact to contact points on the circuit boards or with components. In order to complete the contact, electricity has to jump the connections causing it to burn at those contact points. The burned points conduct no electricity and get wider as the frequency of the brown outs (voltage drops) continues. When it gets too wide, it can't jump or the burn spot at the circuit or contact point and becomes coated with carbon deposits. Thus, the component or computer dies. It's pretty common cause of failure in all electrical appliances.
Take for instance, the old radio you use to hit to make work, has to do with a dirty contact point or a break in the circuit somewhere. Volume knobs on raidos are notorious for carbon build up or dirt, and corrosion. (Crappy, scratchy sound, twisting the knob can clean it, Lol). Each time you hit it or twist it, it cleans the dirty connection off at the break and connects again. With connection breaks continuous turning off and on, the electric currents arch and burns at the weak connections. Hit the radio again, it cleans it, the radio works till it gets too wide to connect, starts to flicker on and off, then ceases to work. Kaput.
In a computer mobo or component, the IT circuits, in the thousands of micro connections, a burn may be impossible to find. A chip would look perfectly normal on the outside but inside could be toasted. It's cheaper to discard the board or component and buy a new one.
Brown outs are quite the opposite of an electrical spike but just as bad. A UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply unit) will prevent both occurrences from happening. A good UPS will keep constant voltage and give instant corrections to the incoming current. Hope this information helps.
Also, Super Flower is a very good psu brand. Another good brand and who subcontracts a number of psu units to other manufacturers is Seasonic. They make psu units for XFX, some Corsair models, etc,. Tom's Hardware has a psu tier listing for the best. Check it out.

Running Afterburner with the new Crimson software my computer video went black, but the taskbar was still there. I was playing Call of Duty, Ghost on line. I managed to turn off my computer safely and restart it, dropped my overclock settings and it was fine. The following night I jumped into a BF3 multiplayer game and had a complete blackout except for power to the hardware. Restarted it and turned the overclocking settings down. 2 more blackouts. I recieved an Error ID 6008 in my event logs. I began to suspect hardware but decided to first uninstall Afterburner and download a lesser OC program, Sapphire TRIXX. I set it up and put in my overclocking settings. No crashes for a week. Not that it's failsafe, I notice my R9 390 temps went down from 70/72c idle to 56/59c idle at reduced fan speed 55% to 35/40%. Not bad.
Maybe it was Afterburner. I've used Afterburner before without problems, my all time favorite but was informed sometimes Afterburner doesn't work well with Crimson. Anyone else have problems using Afterburner with Crimson? Well, I'm checking for PSU and hardware problems to see if my computer's O.K. Just happen to think of this thread.
Will post again if the black out 6008 IDs return.