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BSOD and Complete Freezes - seemingly random.
Hello,
As the title states, my PC is randomly either getting a BSOD (System service exception 0x03B, and more rarely 0x01E) or totally freezing (M+K become unresponsive, cannot ctrl-alt-delete, display and sound are hung). I cannot figure out what is causing it. Because it seemingly happens at random, it is difficult to debug. I am at my wit's end.
I recently upgraded my GPU and RAM in preperation for Fallout4.
My specs:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processor 3.2 ghz
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H
GPU: Zotac Nvidia gtx 970 (formerly radeon hd 6800 series)
PSU: Corsair CX500
RAM: 2x4gb crucial ballistix sport ddr3 240 pin SDRAM PC12800 (formerly 2x2 gb)
500gb HDD (music, videos) and 120gb SSD (Windows, games)
After googling these problems, I have tried many things.
I have done:
reseating RAM/GPU
windows disk check
memtest86+ (Came back no errors, ran for 8 hours, 3 passes)
display driver uninstaller (both GPU manufacturers, in safe mode)
malwarebytes and avira scans
CC cleaner registry and overall cleaner
ensuring system temps are acceptable with speedfan
Downloading Tweakbit Driver updater- It says I have a few out of date drivers, but windows device manager doesn't seem to think so.
I tried downloading "who crashed", but I do not seem to be getting dump files, even though I followed instructions about setting the dump files and page files up. So that program hasn't really helped.
I even ran the "firestrike" gpu benchmarking, and it made it through that ok.
The freezing seems totally random. I'm so lost. Last night I played for four hours totally fine, this morning I had three crashes within two hours.
I have an ISO of windows on a jump drive if I really need to nuke it, but I did a clean install about 2 months ago when I got my SSD...so I don't think that's necessary.
The only thing I haven't tried that I've seen listed is a BIOS update, but when I checked the bios, it was difficult to tell what version I was on and difficult to find the appropriate update, and I am afraid of bricking my build.
I know my PSU is a little on the weak end, but it seems like it should be good enough for now.
Does any one have any insight or tips? How to get a dump file so I know what is triggering it? Please let me know if I can provide anything else to aid in this discussion.
Thanks in advance!