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Random blue screens when playing, no dump file
I've had this problem of random blue screens for a couple of years already (the computer is about as old) and now I'm trying to really get it solved. It mostly happens when playing (about 95% of the BSODs) but rarely even when doing nothing. It doesnt seem to matter if the game is old or new. Most games just suddenly give BSOD after playing for 10min or couple of hours.
Error messages vary a lot. There's been a lot of irql_not_less_or_equal and system service exception or it can be just a stop message. Sometimes a driver is specified. usbport.sys is propably the most common but there has been many others too. Sometimes it says "dumping physical memory to disk" but if it does, it freezes to 0%. I dont think any dump files have ever been succefully created.
I had Vista 64bit before and month ago I installed win7. I didn't specifically format the drive but chose a clean install.
I have run memtest for about 10 passes with no errors. CPU and GPU temperatures seem to be ok. Testing system drive didnt give errors either.
Oh, and a couple of times the system has had problems starting, it has just freezed at ASUS logo. I think restarting without any usb devices has cured it then (or maybe just trying to restart enough times).
System specs:
OS: Windows 7 professional 64bit
Case+PSU: Antec Sonata III (500W) with one extra fan
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro
CPU: Inter Core 2 quad Q9550 2,83GHz
GPU: Asus GeForce 9600GT 512MB
RAM: 4x2GB, Kingston HyperX, CL5 800MHz DDR2 (KHX6400D2K2/4G)
HD: 4x Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA2 7200RPM 32MB
1 DVD+-RW drive
Lots of usb devices (keyboard, mouse, usb audio interface, licence storage devices for music software, epson printer..)
F-Secure as a virus protection software.
One of those HDs is for system and the rest for samples of music software.
Conflicts/sharing by msinfo32:
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x0000000F Direct memory access controller
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x0000000F PCI bus
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
IRQ 23 Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3A
IRQ 23 Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A34
IRQ 16 Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21
IRQ 16 Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A37
IRQ 16 Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 3A4A
IRQ 16 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
IRQ 16 Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xFFFFFFFF System board
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xFFFFFFFF Motherboard resources
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
IRQ 17 Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller(NDIS6.20)
IRQ 17 Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 3A40
IRQ 17 Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 3A48
IRQ 18 Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3C
IRQ 18 Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A36
IRQ 18 Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A39
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
IRQ 19 LSI 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller
IRQ 19 Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A35
IRQ 19 Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IRQ 19 Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Memory Address 0xFA000000-0xFE8FFFFF Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21
Memory Address 0xFA000000-0xFE8FFFFF NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
I'll be happy to provide additional info as needed. Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Joza; 03 Aug 2011 at 10:46.