Serious freezing/blue screen problems when gaming - even old games please help

bergz22 · Apr 27, 2014

I have a pc that I built myself with the help of the forum here, and this has been happening ever since I built it. The games I play freeze and I get a blue screen then the game comes back. This happens often. Happens online and offline gaming. Happens with old games such as frozen throne, flight simulator, silent hunter. I don't even want to try to play any new games. I need someone to help walk me through troubleshooting steps or I am going to take it in to a professional. Thanks for your help.

Windows 7
AMD Phenom II X4 955 processor 3.21 Ghz
Cooler Master CPU cooler with dual fans
AMD Radeon 6800- MSI Twin Frozr 2
Crossfire IV Formula mother board
XFX Black Edition 750W power supply
8.00 GB Viper Extreme RAM
Cooler Master tower with 3 large fans and one smaller

Vic 40 · Apr 27, 2014

One of the things to try is another gpu if you can.

The other thing is to update the bios if you don't already have the latest and get the latest drivers for you gpu.
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

Before updating the drivers would i first get rid of the old ones,For that download one of the following tools,
http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/display_driver_uninstaller_download.html
or
http://treexy.com/products/driver-fusion
After that make a restart in safe mode and use the program downloaded to get rid of the old drivers,when finished make a restart and download->install the latest drivers.

bergz22 · Apr 27, 2014

I tried to do the update via the auto detect on that link you gave me from amd. It said could not detect, parse error.

Vic 40 · Apr 27, 2014

Did you get rid of the old drivers first? Probably better.

If the auto update doesn't work find them manually and update yourself.

bergz22 · Apr 29, 2014

Uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled the latest, still having the same problems. This time while playing silent hunter, a game which this pc should have no problem running, the game froze and I got red and yellow vertical lines across the screen. The audio also froze and went into a loop. I had to hit the reset button, cntrl alt del wouldn't respond.

Vic 40 · Apr 29, 2014

Looking at that can i only suggest again to try it with another gpu.

bergz22 · Oct 14, 2014

Bringing back ils thread. Still having issues. I don't have a spare gpu to use, and I can't afford to order one just to try.

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