BSOD After 20-30 minutes on computer (while playing/Standby)

Hi guys I had this computer for 2 months, it restarted by itself from time to time, but now its happening every day and I have no idea why t, I built it myself

When either I am playing Dota or just browsing the web it shuts down and I cant turn it on , I have to wait 20 seconds before i can turn it on again, Is it overheating or a bad driver?

Hi zapper123, welcome to the Forums. I will try to help you if I can. First I need you to do something for me,



Your last dump file was on 12-07 the one before that was in October. Either you are not having very frequent BSODs or your system is not creating them. Please make sure your system is configured for Small Minidump files, http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/174459-dump-files-configure-windows-create-bsod.html Also make sure you have a folder named Minidump in C:/Windows, if not, create one.

Your last 2 minidumps read the same


That is the Zone Alarm TrueVector Device Driver. Please remove Zone Alarm and replace it with Microsoft Security Essentials (Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft Windows)

I may also suggest you run Check Disk on all Mechanical Hard drives in your system, (http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html) and run the long and short test of Seatools
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/313457-seatools-dos-windows-how-use.html#Part3 Let us know the results of those scans when you do them.

Also, please open an elevated command prompt ( click start, type cmd in the search box, right click on the cmd entry and select run as administrator) in the black box that opens, copy/paste sfc /scannow. If you decide to type it, notice the space between the sfc and the /. It is a system file checker which will scan your system files and attempt to correct any missing or corrupt files. What we want are the results to say windows found no integrity violations. If it says files were found but could not be repaired, close the box, reboot and run it again, after opening the administrative command prompt. You may have to reboot and run it three times for it to repair all system files. If it can't repair them after 3 reboots, let us know.

Thank you very much for your reply, I already updated my info and I will check my HDD tomorrow , I will try uninstalling ZoneAlarm and using MSE, thanks again ill come back tomorrow with my HDD scan

Steve some information for you.


http://www.sevenforums.com/pc-custom-builds-overclocking/356005-how-proper-ventilate-my-pc.html

Just let me know.

zapper123, we only need 1 thread at a time about the same problem.

Uninstalling Zone Alarm worked perfectly and I thank you for that, sorry that I made another thread , i thought that since overheating is another problem (physical) and not about this software issue I had to make another thread, please allow this thread 1 more day because i will post my HDD scan tomorrow and then ill move to the other thread,

sorry again for the troubles !!

No problem, but realize high temps can cause a BSOD also. They may very well be related.

Hello Essenbe, thanks for your help so far. I forgot to mention that my HDD is about 3-4 years old and has had some problems before, I think its time for another one, Just a quick question, Should I get a 1 Tb one or a 500 gb one? Ive read that getting a bigger one is bad because it breaks down quickly, please help me out

Ive downloaded Seagate for windows but every test fails, I would try the DOS one but I think It will be the same since I am planning to change my HDD, Thanks for your time, I think this is going off topic so after this question I think its safe to close the topic and mark it as resolved since my PC doesnt shut down by itself anymore. Thank you very much again!

Edit : my comp just restarted again, I would like you to check this one more time please, I already changed my PC as you said to generate minidumps btw no BSOD appears it just shuts down.

Also heres a speefan SS when I turned on my PC after it shut down.

I really can't help you much with Laptop hard drives. I use SSDs. With desktop hard drives the bigger they are the more failures there are, but it would depend on how much space you need. I have several 2 TB Hard drives I have had fairly good luck with, but they are 3.5" drives. Bigger ones do fail more often, in my opinion, but that's the reason you should do regular backups, so you don't lose data, no matter what size hard drive you buy. There is no substitute for backups.

Thank you for your reply, you have really cleared things up for me! I will get 1 TB HDD and back up my important data (or keep it in the could).

Please check my Edit, I think you missed it, I hope you have time to check it since I already bothered you so much with these issues, Thank you agian for your time.
Greetings!

You haven't bothered me, but speedfan is not my favorite. It is really not very accurate and does not usually tell you what the temps are. In many cases it uses averages for temps. I suggest you go into bios and see what the temps are. You may be able to figure it out that way. You can get better CPU and GPU temp monitoring programs. Also, if you have only 2 fans in your case, you need several more.

Your CPU has a TDP of 71C. It should never be allowed to reach or exceed 71C. So, if SpeedFan has that Temp2 correct, that's barely 19C cushion on that DTP and after a shutdown...

In the other thread, you said you’re using the stock HSF. Using the stock HSF is highly inadvisable for systems that are not going to be strictly general use (word processing and web browsing). I would have to recommend that you toss on at least a Hyper 212 Evo HSF (or similar-performing one) to give you more TDP headroom for gaming and other taxing tasks.

Everything else, temperature wise, looks alright (if SpeedFan is reporting accurately). Although, I would recommend CPUID HWMonitor and Core Temp instead of SpeedFan (the latter two report AMD chips more accurately. SpeedFan is hit or miss for us AMD users in particular). What I appreciate most with both of those is that they supply a minimum, current and maximum value (always nice).

It is a good idea to run at least two monitoring programs to verify accuracy, as a general rule – that’s in addition to checking in BIOS at least once.

And this might well be overcautious of me, but when configuring graphics settings in a new game I always leave those running in the background to ensure my CPU is never in danger of its 62C TDP, and adjust accordingly if it is.

Thank you for your reply, I will totally get a fan for my CPU, i will try to find the one you told me if i can, I am currently downloading the programs you told me and Ill post the results if something happens, Thanks again !

Never run 2 temp monitoring programs at the same time. 2 programs reading the same sensor can lead both to be inaccurate.