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BSOD playing games(COD BO2 & GW2), error 0x000000f4
Hello,
Lets start from the beginning:
My old hard drive got broken (stared making weird noises and random freezes of the system). so i swapped it out for a other one i was previously using for my Media center.
With installing i had some problems with a bad DVD which also "destroyed" my HDD. even with a USB install i kept getting errors if it even found my HDD. so i booted linux and wrote the whole disk with 0's.
After this the install went perfect. though i believe i sometimes had a hiccup nothing serious.
Now the problem:
I keep getting 0x000000f4 errors when i play games, in this case COD BO2. The time i get these is (for me) completely random, sometimes i can play 1 mission but 1 night i could play 3 after each other with no error.
What i have tried so far:
ran check disk: no errors found.
ran mem check: no errors found.
updated all my drivers to the latest.
switched my drive to a other sata slot.
All with no effect.
I also start checking my events. here i found some weird errors:
"The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort4."
which came up several times.
Also previously when my DVD drive was connected it caused Windows to boot extremly slow. Now it is in my Sata 6gb slot and it is working fine again.
Can you guys help my, i really have no clue what to do next. I am afraid that it is in my MoBo or in my sata controller in the mobo.
Also i have a weird error: when i boot windows up it says the Ethernet cable is not connected. though when i look there are some lights blinking. but when i go to the adapters and disable and then enable it, it works fine again. though sometimes windows freezes when i disable it or the adapter simply disappears, but that doesn't happen that much.
I have no clue anymore what it could be, i hope you can help!
edit: my setup:
Windows Pro x64
Asus P8P67 EVO (bios 2302)
Intel i7-2600K
ATI Radeon HD 5850
8GB Ram (2x 4gb)
1 TB seagate (don't know the exact model)