Display Driver crashing problem Ive had for 4-5 years.

MSTwaterbug

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Ive made a few threads before but this one has more information and its been a long while since the other ones.


Okay, so for as long as I've had this computer I remember it occasionally having the display driver crash.
I've had it for 4 or 5 years and absolutely nothing I've tried has fixed this.

Specs when I first built the computer:

AMD Radeon HD 5570
AMD Phenom II x4 965 3.5Ghz
4gb ram
ASUS M5A88-EVO motherboard
Some old power supply that i replaced (blue star) or something



When I built the computer for the first few months or so there was no crashes, then it started to crash maybe once or twice a month, a few months later it started crashing more, and then more and more as time went on. Eventually it started crashing atleast once every time I tried to play a 3d game. The display driver would always recover, most of the game did not.
I decided i should update my graphic drivers to see if it would fix the problem, but it only made it worse. Every time the display driver crashed it would also BSOD and require the entire computer to reboot.

So, last year on my birthday i got a new graphics card. Gigabyte AMD Radeon 7750. I wiped out the old drivers and installed the latest ones for this graphics card. No crashes for a few hours and then they returned, still BSOD-ing my computer. This is the point i started trying every solution i could find on the internet.


  • Wiping out the old driver files useing various driver uninstallers and reinstalling the current ones
    Installing the drivers without the Catalyst Control Center
    Messing with registry files
    Switching PCIe slots
    Checked memory sticks for errors (there were none)
    replaced bad powersupply for a better one (Thermaltake TR2 600watt)
    Upated BIOS
    Wiped hard driver and reinstalled windows + Drivers

after trying all of those the BSODs still appear. mostly every 2nd time i boot up a 3d program

Current Specs:


  • Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7750
    AMD Phenom II x4 965 3.5Ghz
    4gb ram
    ASUS M5A88-EVO motherboard
    Thermaltake TR2 600watt

Yesterday I decided to see what would happen if I tried to use the onboard graphics (AMD/ATI Radeon 4250) and so far it hasnt BSOD'd at all yet.

I'm really confused about this.

Did I happen to get 2 bad graphic cards in a row?
Is there something wrong with my PCIe slots?

What do you suggest I do?

If you need more information just tell me.
 
Do the crashes happen soon as you re-installed Windows and tried a game? You said it ran fine for a few hours then started crashing, was anything installed during those few hours.

Start with a fully clean system, and only the drivers for hardware and Windows Updates ran. Install 3DMark, and run it. Is it stable then?

Is the video card new? If not, could very well be bad.

Are you overclocking anything? If you are, set to defaults and try things again.
 

MSTwaterbug

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Its been a while since then but I think all I had installed was Steam and Skyrim.


I did the 3DMark test before there was no problem the first time i ran it. The 2nd time it crashed. But this was a while back when I reinstalled windows.


Pretty sure it was a new card.


No Overclock
 
Have you tried different versions of the video drivers? You can try running on a single memory stick at a time, see if that helps, aside from that, unless you want to try a clean Windows setup again, the motherboard seems to be the only thing you did not replace. Can you try the video card in another system for a while to test that? Or another video card in the same range as yours in your system. Maybe try an nVidia card since the other 2 were AMD, just in case.
 

MSTwaterbug

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The motherboard is the next thing im replacing. I may or may not be getting this one (http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Chipset-2000MHz-Motherboards-GA-970A-D3P/dp/B00DJ3DWFK/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1395509709&sr=8-15&keywords=amd+am3+motherboard)

I'm thinking about trying the graphics card in another system my mom has but i dont know how old her motherboard is so I'll have to check that first. If the new motherboard doesnt work out I'll try an nVidia card.