I can run the computer fine for weeks but when I run 3dmark or pcmark8 or even run some youtube videos I get a total lock up the screen is garbled and static all over. It is intermittent. I have flashed the bios installed the latest catalyst driver changed ram and still have this problem. Error said something about northbridge in event viewer. Maybe before I rush out and replace the cpu someone could give me some advise. Thanks!
PC Crashes During Benchmarks/Graphics AMD Kaveri A8 7600 APU
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RaDiKaL_
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"I get a total lock up the screen is garbled and static all over."
What do you exactly mean with "static all over"
In any case, post your pc full specs, the error you found in the event viewer and monitor your cpu/gpu temps at idle and at load.
If the problem is the Northbridge you would have to replace the motherboard, not the CPU.
What do you exactly mean with "static all over"
In any case, post your pc full specs, the error you found in the event viewer and monitor your cpu/gpu temps at idle and at load.
If the problem is the Northbridge you would have to replace the motherboard, not the CPU.
Sorry about the sparse info, I have a gigabyte F2A88XM-HD3 mobo, gigabyte 430 watt psu, 2 sticks 2gb ram at 1333.
The static all over is a vibrating screen sometime like a small checkerboard pattern just wiggling very fast. last time it was green background with vibrating static over the top. I am using the on chip graphics. I am having trouble locating that error message again. It is saying something about a kernel issue or something now.
The static all over is a vibrating screen sometime like a small checkerboard pattern just wiggling very fast. last time it was green background with vibrating static over the top. I am using the on chip graphics. I am having trouble locating that error message again. It is saying something about a kernel issue or something now.
Well I looked into the event viewer system logs and there was one error repeated all over the place. It was something like error with wmpntwrk. This was logged during each of the crashes. I disabled the windows media player network service process and it still crashed so I went to add or remove windows features and unchecked windows media player. Then unistalled it rebooted. Now the problem seems to be gone. so, just a software issue I hope.
I am having the same problem with the Gigabyte motherboard and the AMD a8 7600 processor.
Put them together in a new case with an old watercooler CPU fan. At first it would post but it would hang when installing windows. Gave up trying to fix it and sent the whole thing back to NCIX repair shop.
First they found that 2 of my 4 sticks of ram were defective so we took the bad ones out. But when we started to load windows the whole thing would then shut down. Replaced the motherboard - same problem but we did notice that the CPU temps were getting too high and this was probably the reason for the shut down. Now replacing the watercooler system with a new one. We will see how this turns out.
Anyone else having problems with the CPU/Motherboard combination? I would be interested in knowing your solutions.
Mark
Put them together in a new case with an old watercooler CPU fan. At first it would post but it would hang when installing windows. Gave up trying to fix it and sent the whole thing back to NCIX repair shop.
First they found that 2 of my 4 sticks of ram were defective so we took the bad ones out. But when we started to load windows the whole thing would then shut down. Replaced the motherboard - same problem but we did notice that the CPU temps were getting too high and this was probably the reason for the shut down. Now replacing the watercooler system with a new one. We will see how this turns out.
Anyone else having problems with the CPU/Motherboard combination? I would be interested in knowing your solutions.
Mark
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