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BSOD While Gaming, Getting worse over time, Error 0x8000000000000002
My computer is a custom build, it is a bit old now, at least 5-6 years. But for the most part it has worked well and is still viable for most gaming. I have always gotten some BSODS while gaming in the past, like maybe one a week, but i always just chopped it up to probably bad drivers or some fluke and it wasn't a big deal.
But more recently, like in the last 6 months, it has started to get worse. It was happening to me about 3-4 times a week a few months ago; and now in the last month or so its been BSODing on me about everyday, and only while i am playing games, never while browsing the net or watching youtube or anything else.
Starting about 6 months ago as well, i notice my computer started to fail its POST. Which means "Indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information."
At first i was worried about my video card, but upon further research i realized just because it cannot initialize video doesn't necessarily mean its a GPU problem.
I often have to turn my computer off and on and off and on several times (sometimes up to 10-20 times) before it will pass the POST. It seems that if i Power Cycle my computer, i get more success at booting. (Turning if off and then back on again as quickly as possible before the power completely leaves my PC.)
So, as of the last week or so, i can only play a game for usually between 10 minutes and an hour before the game either randomly crashes or my entire computer bluescreens.
I have run a couple of HD scans and didnt come up with any big errors.
I have kept an eye on the CPU/GPU temps and they are always within acceptable ranges even while i am gaming.
I have UNDERclocked my GPU and that does seem to increase the amount of time i can play a game before it crashes, but it is still happening multiple times a day.
Currently, i am suspect of the PSU as the culprit, but i would like to get some inquiry on my BSOD logs just to get as much information as i can before i buy a new one.
Hopefully it is just the PSU and not the motherboard.
Last edited by XRuecian; 28 Aug 2016 at 10:19. Reason: New DM Log Collector Zip