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The crash did indicate a DirectX or graphics card problem, but that could just be a driver issue. We usually recommend worrying about the ASACPI and MSI Afterburner software first since those are known crash causers and probably what caused your graphics card issue to generate a crash. Your previous crash reports showed those utilities were up to date; the new ones since you apparently re-installed Windows show the drivers are no longer up to date and are just waiting to cause blue screens until they are updated.
You can continue to doubt the help we give. We can always leave you to figure out the problem yourself since you seem to know better than us.
Did I miss something, or did you say the BSODs stop when you stop overlocking? If that's the case, then stop overclocking.
Overclocking is known to cause electronic component degradation over time. Apparently, you have reached that time.
Stop overclocking. Can't get any clearer than that.
Stop overclocking!
Stop overclocking!
Stop overclocking!
Update your drivers, ESPECIALLY, ASCAPI.SYS which is known, very well-known, cause of crashes.
You have gotten good advice on trying to find the source of your crashes.
There is no easy, single, thing to do that solves all crashes, you need to remove the possible causes one at a time. After the crashes have been resolved, you can re-install any apps one at a time and check for stability.
Overclocking does increase the rate of hardware degradation, this can be resolved by replacing hardware or adjusting the settings. You will likely need to reduce the OC.
Just because you had a working OC for three years does not mean it will be stable today.
Update drivers and remove suspect apps, this is free and can be re-installed if they are deemed to not be the cause.
If that doesn't work then you have to adjust settings, next step is to start replacing hardware.
Your issues, if after checking drivers and apps is in fact hardware related could be CPU, CPU integrated memory controller or RAM, failing PSU, etc.
It will take some testing to narrow it down.
That's not what I said. If I didn't value your opinion I wouldn't be posting here for help. I just said I don't think it's a driver thing since I have had the same set for 2 years (and I was right) .
No no, that was unrelated. I had two cases of BSOD.
Guess not, I got it to work.
I don't know what the problem was exactly, but my computer has been running fine since I cleaned the motherboard (was full of dust) and reseated everything. I am sure my CPU and GPU where not overheating but maybe my mother board was, or maybe it was just a loose connection.
Thanks for the help guys.
(I wanted a while to reply so I could be sure the problem was gone)
Ah, I was under the impression from your initial response to that post that you thought it was already clean. Glad you double checked, anyway.
When you are confident the problem is solved, you may mark this thread solved.