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BSOD while playing various games
Its not really just BSOD I guess BSOD is a end result of the crashes I keep getting its the all too well known problem with : display driver xxx stopped responding and has recovered. I've been fighting with this problem ever since I got my new graphic card ( detailed specs later ) from time to time when I play a 3d game (doesnt have to be with really intensive graphics) the screen goes black for a couple of seconds then recovers ( unfortunately in some games it does not recover ) multiple flickers like this usually result in a BSOD. The worst thing is that its completely unpredictable and some of the newest graphic intensive games for example might not get the crash at all while others get it multiple times in a row same with some older titles ... Now theres a lot to say so I apologize for the quite chaotic post build :P Lets start with what Ive tried in order to fix or find out whats wrong:
- I tried many different NVIDIA drivers very old ones like 175 and the newest one currently 295 I think ? also many in between those 2 with no real results what sometimes seemed like a fix was just the randomness factor,
- I tried various different settings changes to the NVIDIA control panel which I found on the internet as theres tons of people having similar problem but theres just as many fixes,
- I bought a new PSU a 600W Thermaltake TR2 Bronze which supplies more than enough power,
- I tried different cords with no real result,
- I checked for viruses and I formatted and installed fresh system multiple times also with no result,
-I tried the registry edit thingy I think I saw it in one of the posts here which was supposed to help by making the black out time longer .. this actually had some effect but it wasnt a good one it just made the black outs much more common and increased the chance for a BSOD,
-I never overclocked this graphic card however it is stock overclocked so I tried underclocking with no result,
-I ran various benchmarks and stability tests ran Prime95 for over 12 hours with no errors ran FurMark benchmarks without any stability issues and temperature reaching a stable 77C on full load. Theres no overheating problems whatsoever GPU in idle is at about 37C and while playing doesnt go over 67C quite similar stats for CPU. Ran Memtest aswell without any errors,
Thats about it if Ill remember something later ill be sure to edit it in. Oh there were also some other slight fixes but it was nothing major and also had no effect. This started around October last year when I bought the graphic card at that time I figured out the PSU I had back then was insufficient for the new graphic card and I hoped that the purchase of new one would fix everything however as I did get new PSU few months back it did not solve anything. I thought also of testing the GPU on some other PC unfortunately everyone I know uses laptop =/ Im writing here as a last resort before sending the GPU away on warranty which I really really dont wanna do cause the only replacement I got is a very old GF8600 GTS that overheats 100C +. I refuse to accept it that the new graphic card I got was faulty from the start until all possibilities are exhausted. Hopefully someone here will have some bright idea whats going on, its either something really basic or extremely advanced and rare ...
As for my PC specs :
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64 quite fresh install around 1-2 months old I think
- hardware's age varies oldest HDD is about 8 years old most of the PC is 5-6 years old 1 x 2gb ram stick around 2 years old while graphics and PSU are only few months old
CPU : Inter Core 2 Quad 2.4ghz
RAM: 1 x 1gb Corsair ddr2 800 mhz and 1 x 2 gb Corsair ddr2 800 mhz
GPU: Asus ENGT440 GeForce GT 440 1GB DDR5 (128bit)
PSU : Thermaltake TR2 600W Bronze
Thats about it for the important parts I guess if I missed anything or any other information needed please tell, I also attached a .rar file with the System Health Report and BSOD dump. Im eagerly awaiting any responses =)
with regards,
Netami