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BSOD : My computer does not seem to like Source games, especially HL2
My computer gives me BSODs after an amount of time every time I run Half-Life 2. It usually runs fine with Team Fortress 2 (even though even TF2 gives it occasional BSODs) but Half-Life 2 appears to be problematic.
I'm providing a text file of all the BSODs over the past roughly 24-48 hours or so. I got them all using BlueScreen View.
If anyone starts telling me to get rid of overclocking, please don't. I already removed EVGA Precision X from my computer and as for the processor - that was hardware overclocked by Origin ages ago and I don't have enough know-how to undo that, nor should I because I paid for my overclocking. If it comes down to be that then I guess I'll just have to not play Half-Life 2, which sucks, but it and sometimes Portal are the ONLY games that this happens so often on. Non-Source engine games never have the issues at all, I really don't get it.
Whether this issue does get fixed or not, I'll be sending my computer into Origin for getting looked at and cleaned up when I return to the US. Right now I'm in China and because of Origin not being a very big company they don't exist here - hence why I can't get any professional support here.
Thanks!
- Alex
System Details :
Manufacturer : Origin
Model : EON 17S (laptop) (from August 2011)
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU : Intel i7 Extreme 2920XM (4.1 ~ 4.8Ghz Turbo Mode)
GPU : Overclocked 2GB NVIDIA 580M GTX
Memory : 16GB Kingston Hyper-X Dual Channel DDR3 @ 1600Mhz
Storage : OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 240GB
Storage 2 : 750GB 7,200RPM Hard Drive
WLAN : Intel Centrino Avanced-N 6230
Also note, my ethernet port is broken. Somehow it came loose from the motherboard. Will get that fixed later.