I7 4770k BSOD Qustion

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I am having an issue with blue screening which occurs at random times during Gaming. No FPS drop or anything just blue screen.

I think the issue is... With my power supply came a 4 pin connector for the CPU but the mother board I have has an 8 pin slot I put in the 4 pin connector into the 8 pin slot and it ran so I figured it was fine.

My question is...Am I running into these blue screens because I am using this 4 pin connector for my CPU (i7-4770k) rather than using an 8 pin connector?

Tests I have ran to somewhat self-trouble shoot

-memtest86: Pass
-Intel Processor diagnostic tool: Pass
-Furmark: No bsod and temperatures under 75 Celsius

Here are the components I have in my rig.

Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K
RAM: 8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H-CF
GPU: R9 280x
PSU: AX 760
 
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Your mobos ram slots maybe faulty, looking up your mobo, alot of complaints about connectivity issues come up with ram, usb etc. I would say the mobo is faulty. Run memtest86 on both ram slots again and see if comes up with an error. Everything in my opinion points to a bad motherboard.
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the 4 pin should give more than enough power for the i7 4770k. This could be a number of things but I do not think that your processor is the issue. Which Titles were giving you the most trouble? also which driver?
 
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By title do you mean blue screen title? if so the most common one i think is "Bad pool header"

And for the driver do you mean my gpu driver? im on AMD catalyst 14.9
 
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the 280x came with its own pcie connectors. The connector I used was just 1 4 pin (2x2)
 
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What? The pcie connectors are hardwired(unless modular) in the power supply and plug into the the graphics card. Sounds like your power supply is not sufficient, as it sounds like your using molex to 6 pin pcie/8 pin pcie, which is bad.
What model of power supply do you have. Your errors may be due to your power supply not being adequate based on what you have said.
 
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The power supply i have is the Corsair AX760
The 280x came with 2 connectors which I plugged into the 280x and the power supply

This is my first build so it is very probable I could have connected something incorrectly
 
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I'm pretty sure the PSU is fine it's a "Corsair AX 760"
 
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Ok, but I did look up some quick reviews of your PSU. That should work just fine :) It should have actually came with 2 seperate 8pin EPS 12V cpu power connectors which are the 4+4 connector variety. It also should have 6 6+2 Pin PCI-E connectors for videocards. Maybe double check how you have it wired. You should have all the connectors/cables you need for your setup in the box/bag that came with your powersupply. You shouldn't need the adapters that came with the 280X.
 
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Ok so I think I may have found the issue.

I had 1 connector from my PSU going into both slots (2x 8pin) on the video card. With a connector that came with the GPU which was like a jumper cable

So now I re wired it with the connectors that came with the PSU to now have 1 connector per 8 pin slot (2 connectors to the GPU now)

Would this have been the reason why I was blue screening?
 
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Maybe, you should have a 4+4 pin to plug into the cpu connector, i know it has one. When you plug that in everything should have sufficient power. Then, try to recreate the bsod error.
 
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[strike]It only came with the 4pin connector than was labled "cpu" on it no other connector fit the cpu slot[/strike]

Scratch that I went looking in the cable case and found a 4+4pin I will connect that and keep you posted if I do get the bsod error
 
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I just meant Game Title. You mentioned that you get a blue screen when gaming. Last things first. Or first last. I doubt very much it is a Power issue. Even a 4 pin can supply over 200w. Try Some Stress testing to be certain the CPU is stable and temps are fine. I recommend Aida 64 myself. Also Each crash is reported in the Event Viewer, for the most part. If you can remember the date and time of the latest crash the info in their may be useful. Check for Event ID # , Locale ID .(.ie Locale ID 1033, BCC Code..ect ) If it is a memory related issue try Memtestx86
 
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A 4 pin molex can only handle up to 11 amps (132 watts). An r9 280x uses well over 132 + 75 from the pcie slot itself. Power may or may not be the issue, but his connectors were still incorrectly connected and could have caused the issue. That issue is alot easier to fix than going through bug reports and taking hours testing everything when the issue could be as simple as connectors.
 
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So I just blue screened again...

Was playing Diablo 3 when it occurred. I could not read the error message because it was all scratched out looking...

Using BlueScreenView
Heres what the dmp file showed

Dump File: 120914-8500-01.dmp
Time of crash: 2014-12-09 6:21:20 PM
Bug Check String: UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP
Bug Check Code: 0x0000007f
Caused by driver: ntoskrnl.exe
Caused by address: ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
File discription: NT Kernel & System
Product name: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company: Microsoft Corporation
File Version: 6.3.9600.17328 (winblue_r3.140827-1500)
Processor: x64
Crash Address: ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Full Path: C:\Windows\Minidump\120914-8500-01.dmp
Processors Count: 8
Major Version:15
Minor Version: 9600
Dump File Size: 286,256
Dump File Time: 2014-12-09 6:22:02 PM
 
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