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WittleZimmy

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Hello all,

I have a custom built PC that I built last summer. However, since the build, there have been a few problems.

Starting off, I would get the "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" whenever I would be running a game. This led to a few BSODs. I searched around the web and found a way to delay this, removing the BSOD that happened to my computer.

However, afterwards, my computer started doing weird things in game, specifically in games like Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Smite, and Battlefield 3 in which in good cases, the screen freezes and the audio either loops/stutters, or completely stops. A quick restart of the game fixes the problem temporarily. On bad cases, the monitor will turn black and go into standby mode and all audio will stop playing after a quick loop/stutter/buzz noise from my speakers. A hard reset is then required and the reboot takes forever.

Any help is appreciated.

Things I have done:
-memtest: no errors
-reinstall graphics drivers
-cleaned out computer
-moved computer for better airflow
-reseated memory and graphics card
-unplugged the power supply and replugged it back in (Case, not outlet)

Here is all the parts that I have on the PC.

Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell 3.4GHz LGA1150
Asus Z87-PRO LGA 1150 Intel
Mushkin 16GB 993995
Asus GTX660-DC2O-2GD5 GeForce GTX 660
Western Digital WD1002FAEX 1TB
Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE-OEM
Rosewill Blackhawk Gaming ATX Mid Tower
Corsair TX850M 850W Semi Modular

 
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Warfyr

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Leave the side panel off.. next time it happens touch (carefully) the gpu and mobo bridge.. if they are untouchable then there is your problem. (over heating)
 
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Nope, did the 15 minute one and it never went over 60c
 
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well shit... the gtx6 series is a bit older it may be possible the gpu is just having... moments of weakness.. kinda like slow dying ram..
only other thing i can personally think of is if the psu is starting to fluctuate to much but thats not normal unless your psu is very old and/or has been under full loads a heck of a lot..

because the audio loops is not very likely its the mobo so the problem is centered around that gpu either in drivers or in one of the physical forms i mentioned above.. make sure you have all the updated run times and etc stuff..

I am not 100% convinced its not over heating of some form tho.. it could just be a cold day there for all I know.. after 4 hours of gaming a rooms temp tends to trend up and that would explain the long reboots....

The last thing I can imagine is its a HDD error or a failing sector but you said you did mem tests so assuming those eliminated it see above..

I will add this tho.. I have a desktop (an older one) that has a bad ram card in it.. now this card only acts up after a reboot of the system.. if i reboot and then try to play games and stuff.. it will basically do what your describing.. if i reseat all my ram and move them around and reboot it runs perfect until the next reboot.. keep in mind there is NO TEST that can detect this kind of weird mem failure and I only figured it out by messing around with stuff..

food for thought.
 
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WittleZimmy

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Hmm, this gpu is still kinda new, at most just pretty much over a year old, so I don't think that could be a problem. I have thought it could be the psu, but most of the crashes are just a quick ctrl+alt+del, end task, and reboot. I'm more convinced that it might be more software based. I've been digging around online and someone mentioned that my sound driver could be involved, I'm not that sure.

As for your last mention, you're saying that memtest won't find a bad ram stick? Could you fill me in more on that?
 
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Think about when your going to the doctor and even tho you have been feeling bad or had a thing happen all day.. once you get there damn the luck you cant get the problem to happen in front of him so he has no idea if your lying or not..

Thats pretty much memtests and bsod's.. It may or may not be doing the specific thing when you run the test and if its triggered by a specific event (video games, psu fluc, gpu hiccup, certain program) you would have to be running the test at the time of that event to find it since all other times the pc would read them as "perfect"..

As for the software conditions.. (ignoring all possible hardware issues) The most common cause of BSOD with freezing and the likes is going to be in the OS depending on what kind you have it could be compatibility issue or lack of updates.. counter to that if it was working before hand and then you got a new update sometimes that causes drivers to "brain fart" for lack of better way to say it and they then need to be updated or reinstalled because of (new) compatibility issues with the update.

my money stays on drivers if your sure its not hardware.. Easy check just update them all and/or remove them completely and do a fresh install.. and yes removing them completely is a pretty necessary step I recently had an issue where my os kept installing a crappy drive automatically making it frustratingly impossible to install the newest one in a clean manner.. i had to get a program that helped with it and finally got the damn thing to work..

helps to have a driver recognizer type thing from the manufacturers website as many times drivers will appear very similar but not be the actual optimal choice.
 
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You'll probably need to run me through a clean driver setup so that I get it right.

 
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