- Feb 13, 2015
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Hi, guys my computer's got the case of the blues. I have lots of information so please read it all. Thanks.
My PC:
Budget home-build
CPU: AMD FX-4350 4.2 Ghz 4 core (says it's at 4.5 will talk more about this later)
MB: ASUS M5A97 r2.0
GPU: EVGA Nvidia GTX 750 1GB
PSU: Corsair CX500M (80+ Bronze class, Semi Modular 500W)
RAM 2X4GB Crucial Ballistix CL9@1.5v 1600 (set to something else in bios will talk about later)
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120G (120GB OS drive)
HDD: Toshiba 500GB (I think 7400 rpm?)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Fans: thee intake (two of which are filtered (the effectiveness is questionable) two molex exhaust
My Problem and its History:
My computer randomly blue-screens, freezes and becomes unresponsive (Hard Hang?), or if I'm lucky, the game crashes when playing steam games. (Which is what I use it for 90% of the time).
It wasn't always this way. I have used it happily for many months, but a month or two ago (I'm not good with time) it blue-screened. At first it rarely happened, but looking back I now see a trend in which, it happened more and more frequently as time progressed, to the point where now, when I play any game, it is only a matter of time before one of the things mentioned above occurs.
All the information I got:
Here's the link to the screenshots:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By-_-MkCV5h1fjluMUM5cTkzWGNKX1V2T2wxdGNYTTRIUk50R2h0RkNZc1QtVU9TV0RPSDg&authuser=0
Thanks for reading it all, hope this helps you help me help myself!
My PC:
Budget home-build
CPU: AMD FX-4350 4.2 Ghz 4 core (says it's at 4.5 will talk more about this later)
MB: ASUS M5A97 r2.0
GPU: EVGA Nvidia GTX 750 1GB
PSU: Corsair CX500M (80+ Bronze class, Semi Modular 500W)
RAM 2X4GB Crucial Ballistix CL9@1.5v 1600 (set to something else in bios will talk about later)
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120G (120GB OS drive)
HDD: Toshiba 500GB (I think 7400 rpm?)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Fans: thee intake (two of which are filtered (the effectiveness is questionable) two molex exhaust
My Problem and its History:
My computer randomly blue-screens, freezes and becomes unresponsive (Hard Hang?), or if I'm lucky, the game crashes when playing steam games. (Which is what I use it for 90% of the time).
It wasn't always this way. I have used it happily for many months, but a month or two ago (I'm not good with time) it blue-screened. At first it rarely happened, but looking back I now see a trend in which, it happened more and more frequently as time progressed, to the point where now, when I play any game, it is only a matter of time before one of the things mentioned above occurs.
All the information I got:
■ Okay so although the processor is 4.2ghz, and the memory is 1600mhz, it seems to be clocked at around 4.5 ghz and the memory is clocked at less then 1600. I took the computer into micro-center for an unrelated issue before I began gaming on it so maybe they made these changes.
■ I repeat, over time, I have noticed a trend in which the crashes, (game or whole pc) became more and more frequent as time progressed. They were tolerable before but now unbearable.
■ In past sometimes the just game would crash.
■ Thus far this only happens when gaming (but I don't do much else). (I'm using the computer to type this).
■ The games I usually play are TF2, Robocraft, and Rust; All are susceptible to this.
■ The critical events in the event log all say kernal-power Event ID 41. Meaning the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly. Most of them say bug check:0 but some say 209 (I have photos) and the information saved.
■ Microsoft's support page I think attributes this to insufficient power (weak power-supply, over clocking etc. (I'm scenario 3) Here's the link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2028504/nl
■ If it means anything, I have multiple times in past done a forced shut-down of my computer (long press power button) (for unrelated reasons)
■ For a period of time I only had my ssd in my computer, then later I added the HDD, it is unlikely but possible that this problem started after that.
■ The time varies, but usually I can get 5-15+ minutes of game play out of robocraft before it crashes.
■ Recently, it has happened once or twice that audio will not play for a short period or will be lowered and then rise back up all on its own
■ I don't know how hot my cpu was when my pc crashes, but to test my temps I would play a game and periodically check the temperature (using AiSuiteII). The heat was around 44C°, perfectly normal for my cpu..unless my sources are wrong.
■ More often I get a blue-screen when something goes wrong; freezes and solely game crashes are less often.
■ I usually play at low or second lowest quality settings, on a 1440x900 monitor (I have a really small budget).
Here's the link to the screenshots:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By-_-MkCV5h1fjluMUM5cTkzWGNKX1V2T2wxdGNYTTRIUk50R2h0RkNZc1QtVU9TV0RPSDg&authuser=0
Thanks for reading it all, hope this helps you help me help myself!
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