Games freezing.

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Josaz

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Hello.

I had problems with my computer lately, games keep freezing and sometimes I get BSOD.

My system is:

Motherboard : MSI K9A2 NEO
GPU : R6870 HAWK
PSU : ALTIS A-550DX
CPU : AMD PHENOM II 940 X4
HDD : WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR BLUE 500GB ( 2 days old HDD )
RAM : A-DATA 2x 2GB DDR2 800MHZ
OS : Windows 7 Professional Edition

I've done memtest86 with no errors, flashed BIOS, reassembled my computer and checked every cable. I've re installed Windows couple times, done CHKDSK, but I still have this problem.

I replaced my HDD, because I thought it was about that. However I still keep getting the same BSOD I got before the HDD replace.

BSOD :


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Dump File : 022512-18187-01.dmp
Crash Time : 25.2.2012 8:56:05
Bug Check String : CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION
Bug Check Code : 0x000000f4
Parameter 1 : 00000000`00000003
Parameter 2 : fffffa80`055b0b30
Parameter 3 : fffffa80`055b0e10
Parameter 4 : fffff800`02dc7240
Caused By Driver : Ntfs.sys
Caused By Address : Ntfs.sys+e54a
File Description :
Product Name :
Company :
File Version :
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+71f00
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\Windows\Minidump\022512-18187-01.dmp
Processors Count : 4
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 7600
Dump File Size : 275 240
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I've ran WD diagnostics tool and it didn't find any errors. Hardware seems to run fine and so does Windows. My computer freezes or crashes whenever I am playing games, and my HDD makes strange scratching noise ( similar to the sound when some wire is touching a fan). It starts happening immediately I start a game ( menus work fine).

I am running out of options here.
 
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G
It seems like a faulty psu. Does your motherboard have integrated graphics?, if do take out the 6870 and see if these problems persist.
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It seems like a faulty psu. Does your motherboard have integrated graphics?, if do take out the 6870 and see if these problems persist.
 
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Try to update the driver of your WD HDD in deivce manager and see what happens.
 

Josaz

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It seems like a faulty psu. Does your motherboard have integrated graphics?, if do take out the 6870 and see if these problems persist.


It was indeed about the PSU. I got myself an XFX 550W Core Edition PSU and everything seems to work fine so far.
 
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