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BSOD totally random, Locale ID: 1043
Dear readers,
Small introduction since I've this bad feeling we won't solve this problem quickly.
My name is Ben and I live in Holland. Study accountancy and I'm 21 years old.
I want to thank everyone in advance, first of all, for any help they may give.
So I've been running this computer for a few years now and unfortunately it seems he has given up on me.
I get random BSOD's when I play games (more freq.), browse internet and even when it's idle.
I think its important to note that I get artifacts first before crashing. Points problem towards videocard, but then again it also happens when I'm idle and the screen is turned inactive.
They occur every 1-2 hours and I can't analyse why or when.
What I've done:
-Downclock everything (CPU on auto and GPU underclocked)
-Reinstall all drivers (completely with a sweeper etc.)
-Fresh windows 7 install
-BIOS update
But the BSOD's kept occurring after these measurements.
This made me conclude that this is a hardware problem, not software.
But since I'm not a expert I want to make sure and ask the real pro's here!
Quick summery of the system:
ASROCK M3A78-CM
Sapphire Vapor-X HD 4870 1GB ddr5
AMD Phenom II 955 BE (3.2 ghz)
OCZ 2GB DDR2 400mhz
I had problems with the video card before, but that was due a flaw in the drivers. It crashed at very low temps and I've solved that one a few months ago and it has ran at 100% after that.
I did several test for videocards (Furmark), memory (memtest86), CPU (Prime95, AMD Overdrive).
They didn't provide any answers. I can play games (Guildwars 2, battlefield 3) at a normal FPS one moment and get artifacts+crash a few moments later (while temps are normal).
I've added the SF file (including 2 dumps from BSOD's occuring after the fresh OS and BIOS update).
Thanks again for any help!