Random BSOD's

Jonathan_King · 01 Feb 2011

I will admit I have yet to see a thread where Furmark helped us identify a bad graphics card; however, it still may be worth a shot.

Video Card - Stress Test with Furmark

Testing the motherboard is tricky at best; expensive software exists, but it is reportedly quite inaccurate. The best way to test a motherboard, is to eliminate all other components the best we can, and then take a gamble and replace it.

Have you run Prime95 yet? Run both the Blend and Small FFTs tests.

https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...t-prime95.html

...Summary of the dumps:

Code:


Built by: 7600.16617.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100618-1621
Debug session time: Wed Jan  5 02:11:24.091 2011 (UTC - 5:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 8:44:09.870
Probably caused by : Ntfs.sys ( Ntfs!NtfsLookupExternalAttribute+17d )
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x50
PROCESS_NAME:  hamachi-2.exe
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x50_Ntfs!NtfsLookupExternalAttribute+17d
SystemProductName = System Product Name
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XxDarkSinzxX · 01 Feb 2011

I'm going to give everything you said a shot, in the meantime I followed what your signature said and I ran that exe so TAKE THIS. I also ran the system report. I'm currently uninstalling hamachi because I don't like it anyways.

XxDarkSinzxX · 01 Feb 2011

yeah I bluescreened during the video card test ):, I think I got a page fault error (something along those lines). My temperature started at 57 and started getting close to 80. At first it went up steadily but then it slowed down but was still rising, all in a time span of about 6-9 minutes. Does this mean my graphics card is at fault here? It also has a heat sink btw.
There was also no minidump file created for the bluescreen ):

reventon · 01 Feb 2011

Repeat the test and see if you get the same result. The timing of the bluescreen there could just be a co-incidence.

Jonathan_King · 01 Feb 2011

Try running Furmark again; if it consistently crashes, that may indicate a problem in that area.

80 is a fine temperature for any GPU; that shouldn't be the problem.

XxDarkSinzxX · 01 Feb 2011

I did it again and it ran for 30 minutes and I stopped it because I thought that was a sufficient time to test it. It stopped rising at about 75C. I tried to re-seat all my ram and graphics card again with high hopes. I tried to play a game and bluescreened with the typical fault error. and again there is no log stored in minidump. Hopefully you can put the Windows_NT6_BSOD_jcgriff2.rar to use. also thanks guys. so yeah its still broken .

XxDarkSinzxX · 01 Feb 2011

I ran the CPU stress test, the first time I'm pretty sure they both had an error and stopped. then I ran it again and one of the threads stopped. Anyways it says to leave it running for 6 hours but it stopped after about 3 minutes because it found an error. I ran it again and they both errored in like 5 seconds flat.
screens:
http://i53.tinypic.com/2927afs.png
http://i56.tinypic.com/t52ljc.png

I also ran a GPU memtest with a program called OCCT and it passed 10 times.

Jonathan_King · 01 Feb 2011

As a final test, I suggest that you run Memtest86 overnight on both of the RAM sticks together.

If that passes, RMA or replace the CPU.

XxDarkSinzxX · 01 Feb 2011

could reseating the CPU work or is it necessary that I purchase new one

Jonathan_King · 01 Feb 2011

I suppose there is a chance reseating it may help; it's probably worth the money for the time it will take.

Give it a shot, and then run Prime95 again.