- May 10, 2014
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Hello.
Long time lurker, first time poster here,
I am currently experiencing weird system stability issues, first of all,
My specs;
Temperatures;
Overview:
I built this PC in late 2010, since then I have added 2 sticks of RAM, replaced a Gigabyte GTX 460 because one of its fans stopped working completely and the card would constantly give out artifacts.
I change the thermal paste every 14 months, clean and check on fans, CPU cooler, HDD, PSU, GPU every 3 months, dust out the case using compressed air every month or so (I keep the tower on a desk and fiddle around a lot and since I own a cat a lot of hair and dust accumulates rather quick)
The problem I am currently having;
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Extra information about the problem
BCCode: 1000007e
BCP1: FFFFFFFFC0000005
BCP2: FFFFF880043D6EC8
BCP3: FFFFF880081C86A8
BCP4: FFFFF880081C7F00
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 256_1
Bucket ID: X64_0x7E_dxgmms1!VIDMM_GLOBAL::ReferenceAllocationForPreparation+c4
Server information: fa8085ad-5c69-4d40-afeb-e0383643145a
System instability which include hangs, stuttering both in-game and out, screeching noise which I am sure are coming from the PSU.
They are not your regular "whining" noises you would come across in various PSU brands and models, it's almost as if the PSU is struggling. I also sometimes hear what you would call "popping" noises from the PSU, more often than not they occur when playing video games.
BSODs on graphically low-intensive games, most recent example is the AOE: Extended Edition which came to Steam not too long ago, it played fine for about 5hours, now I get severe FPS drops, hangs, freezes, stuttering and eventual BSOD each time referring to the nvidia driver and directx. The skirmish maps won't even load for me now and instead the game just crashes. Another one would beEuro Truck Simulator 2, crashes in a similar fashion.
That is weird to me because heavily modded Skyrim as well as The Witcher 2 on ultra (without ubersampling) runs at 60 fps, although I do experience minor stuttering, though nothing out of the ordinary.
What I have tried:
So which component do you think is the most likely culprit?
Personally, I'm leaning towards the PSU, I would like to hear your thoughts.
Thanks.
Long time lurker, first time poster here,
I am currently experiencing weird system stability issues, first of all,
My specs;
CPU: i5 760 2.80ghz running @ 3,33ghz Turbo
Cooler: Noctua NH-UP12
Mobo: Asus P7P55D Pro
RAM: Patriot Signature series 8GB (2gbx4)
PSU: Corsair TX Series, 650 Watt
UPS: UPS Gembird 1200VA
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 760 2gb OC edition
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
External HDD: Samsung D3 Station 2TB
Temperatures;
Overview:
I built this PC in late 2010, since then I have added 2 sticks of RAM, replaced a Gigabyte GTX 460 because one of its fans stopped working completely and the card would constantly give out artifacts.
I change the thermal paste every 14 months, clean and check on fans, CPU cooler, HDD, PSU, GPU every 3 months, dust out the case using compressed air every month or so (I keep the tower on a desk and fiddle around a lot and since I own a cat a lot of hair and dust accumulates rather quick)
The problem I am currently having;
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Extra information about the problem
BCCode: 1000007e
BCP1: FFFFFFFFC0000005
BCP2: FFFFF880043D6EC8
BCP3: FFFFF880081C86A8
BCP4: FFFFF880081C7F00
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 256_1
Bucket ID: X64_0x7E_dxgmms1!VIDMM_GLOBAL::ReferenceAllocationForPreparation+c4
Server information: fa8085ad-5c69-4d40-afeb-e0383643145a
System instability which include hangs, stuttering both in-game and out, screeching noise which I am sure are coming from the PSU.
They are not your regular "whining" noises you would come across in various PSU brands and models, it's almost as if the PSU is struggling. I also sometimes hear what you would call "popping" noises from the PSU, more often than not they occur when playing video games.
BSODs on graphically low-intensive games, most recent example is the AOE: Extended Edition which came to Steam not too long ago, it played fine for about 5hours, now I get severe FPS drops, hangs, freezes, stuttering and eventual BSOD each time referring to the nvidia driver and directx. The skirmish maps won't even load for me now and instead the game just crashes. Another one would beEuro Truck Simulator 2, crashes in a similar fashion.
That is weird to me because heavily modded Skyrim as well as The Witcher 2 on ultra (without ubersampling) runs at 60 fps, although I do experience minor stuttering, though nothing out of the ordinary.
What I have tried:
Re-installed DirectX
Clean install of a WQHL-certified Nvidia driver 335.23
Memtest, resulted in 100% pass, although I did run the test for only about 2h, should I try a bit more, say 8 or so hours?
Ran disk check, everything came out fine.
Replaced GTX 760 with my old GTX 9600, overall the PSU seems to be making less noise and there are no hangs, but I've yet to run any games.
So which component do you think is the most likely culprit?
Personally, I'm leaning towards the PSU, I would like to hear your thoughts.
Thanks.
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