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My PC is freezing during gaming

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Anonymous
a b 4 Gaming
October 20, 2012 5:33:58 PM

So I've been quite happy with my rig for the past six months.

Specs:

Intel Core i7 3770K Ivy Bridge
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77
2242269 Corsair 8GB DDR3 1866MHz (2x4)
2279674 Corsair Gaming Series GS800
2291248 Corsair Carbide Series 500R
2258104 OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB
2234205 Western Digital Caviar Blue - 500 GB
2335623 Gainward GeForce GTX 670 (2 GB)



But it keep freezing on me when I play more demanding games. The Witcher 2, Heavily-modded Skyrim and Hard Reset.

I have however been able to run Metro 2033 fine, and Borderlands and simpler games equally fine.

During the freezing the sound usually glitches and the framerate stutters from 0-10 fps. The sound can best be described as buzzing or humming - it's basically just the sound from the game getting stuck.

Then I have to do a hard reboot, and the computer just seem to indicate what was wrong when booting up.

I downloaded MSI afterburner to monitor heat-buildup - this shows 5 minutes of Skyrim (Modded). Notice the insane temperatures!

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How can I be rid of this? My computer can easily run most games at high or ultra settings with ease, but this problem is killing me!

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Anonymous
a b 4 Gaming
October 20, 2012 8:01:24 PM

Okay so I've recorded with hw monitor as instructed:



This is right before things start to go haywire... The sound and image stutters for a bit around here. 2 minutes further in and I can't even minimize the window, because it freezes.

Is it any help?
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October 20, 2012 8:53:16 PM

Time to clean the fins on your GPU's heatsink !
Anonymous
a b 4 Gaming
October 20, 2012 9:02:49 PM

Really? Clean the fins?

Some games work fine, shouldn't they also put some strain on the pc?

I recall to have had this problem from when I first got it so...

Here's a crash dump:

Problemsignature:
Event: BlueScreen
OS-version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4
countrystandard-id: 2057

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 116
BCP1: FFFFFA8009E91010
BCP2: FFFFF8800FB7B630
BCP3: FFFFFFFFC000009A
BCP4: 0000000000000004
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 256_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\102012-2901-01.dmp
C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-5179-0.sysdata.xml


October 21, 2012 4:08:11 AM

Only suggestion I've seen for that BCC Code is to re-install your GPU drivers. The temperature 'spike' is wierd, and would indicate a software glitch rather than a cooling failure as the fan speed increases to cope with the apparent increase in temperature. Ths is further borne out by the fact that some games run ok without spikes. Anyway, un-install and replace with the latest drivers and hope it goes away...
Anonymous
a b 4 Gaming
October 21, 2012 11:42:44 AM

Thx fot the input dodger!

I've uninstalled my GPU drivers (it was the latest from Nvidia) through Driver Fusion in safe mode

Then I installed the drivers again after booting normally.

But to no avail :( 

what can I do from here?
October 21, 2012 4:56:39 PM

Two likely culprits, either you RAM or GPU breaking down under pressure...try running with just one stick of RAM at a time and in different slots to see if it makes any difference. GPU not so easy to swap out unless you have a spare...
(don't suppose the iGPU will cope with the high-end games, but might be worth a try, just to see if it freezes?)
October 21, 2012 6:34:29 PM

can u upload the temperature image again
!