My System and the BSOD

[berkeleyboi]

Hi all, I'm having some trouble with my recently assembled computer. I'm getting some BSOD when playing Civilization IV, which isn't a very demanding game. I can use some help diagnosing what's wrong. Here are the specs:

Power Supply: OCZ StealthxStream 600W
Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB HD 7200/32MB/SATA-3G
Motherboard: MSI NF750-G55
Processor: AMD Athlon II X3 440 - 3.00GHz, 1.5MB Cache
Memory: 2GBx2 Corsair DDR3 1600
Video Card: x2 Sli BFG Geforce GTS 250 1GB
Case: Antec Three Hundred

I ram MemTest and got no errors. I have also used OCCT on my graphics card and CPU and have found no errors after normal 1h tests. One thing to note: I have a lot of video problems when I try to run SLI with a SLI bridge. Like vertical lines popping up, flickering, and artifacts. However, the BSODs occurred when I was running SLI without a bridge. I'm thinking that one of my video cards might be defective, but I have no idea how to test it beyond OCCT. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[tecmo34]

Does it only BSOD in that game only? (points to a driver issue with the game or GPU - look for driver updates)

What is your error code? (If you can't see it do to the reboot, go into your system's "startup and recovery" tab and uncheck autorestart. This will allow you to record the code and research it.)

 

[berkeleyboi]

I'll install some other games and see if I get other BSODs, but my drivers are the most current. I'll post the error code once I get another BSOD.

 

[berkeleyboi]

Here is the error message:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:

BCCode: 3d
BCP1: FFFFF88007611F20
BCP2: 0000000000000000
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: FFFFF8800FFA8F40
OS Version: 6_1_7600
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\070310-16484-01.dmp
C:\Users\Chiwide\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-22750-0.sysdata.xml

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The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000003d (0xfffff88007611f20, 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000, 0xfffff8800ffa8f40). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 070310-16484-01.

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EventData

param1 0x0000003d (0xfffff88007611f20, 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000, 0xfffff8800ffa8f40)
param2 C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP
param3 070310-16484-01

 

[berkeleyboi]

Also, it seems like this only happens with Civ IV. I played Mass Effect 2 at the highest graphics settings for 2 hours and didn't have any problems. Civ IV, on the other hand, causes BSOD after half an hour to an hour of play. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[tecmo34]

Have you tried uninstalling CivIV and reinstalling to see if that helped?

Have you downloaded the latest game patches to make sure it is up-to-date to fix possible capatability issues?

 

[berkeleyboi]

I think I fixed it. I increased the voltage on my CPU a bit and everything stabled out. No more BSOD and SLI works for Civ IV even with the bridge.

 

[tecmo34]

We'll keep our fingers crossed

Glad to hear you are running stable.