Blue Screens during games

So i crashed again, and Automatic Restart is off, but it automatically restarted. I had no blue screen. Also, no minidump folder in my Windows folder even though it is set to "%SystemRoot%\Minidump"

something isn't right here..

Ok, i've crashed twice since I wrote that, one immediately restarted and one froze on a bluescreen- neither of them created a minidump folder in my windows folder... so my minidumping isn't working for some reason?

duckstaped said:

try this? http://www.files.failedmiserably.com/data/Memorydmp.zip

I can't seem to find a minidump folder at all, but it seems like it is set right in the system properties.

yeah, doesn't that stink chev65? I really do not want to have to get stuff replaced, and my fingers are crossed that it's something I can fix from home (software/firmware) :\

thanks

Can't blame you at all for trying, I wouldn't want to go through the hassle of sending it back either until I exausted every possible solution.

You might want to see what the CPU and GPU temps are around the time of the crash, there are a bunch of programs you can do that with.

The fact that this seems to be happening with games after a certain amount of time tends to point the finger at a cooling problem of some sort.

It sounds like your machine is gaming just long enough to overheat at which point it crashes which is fairly typical for an overheating problem.

Because you are running the GTX260 you can run precision software from EVGA. You can keep track of temps and more importantly turn the fan up if you suspect a heating problem, you can also clock the card down a bit which has been known to fix this type of problem in the past.

You can get it here> http://www.evga.com/PRecision/

definitely isn't over heating, temps are perfectly fine... :\


What i have noticed is that I tend to blue screen during similar "locations" in WoW that are maybe graphic or memory intensive?

duckstaped said:

http://www.files.failedmiserably.com/data/msinfo32.zip

There is my msinfo32 file



here are some of the BSODs i've gotten recently
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/3312/pc291315.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2327/pc291316.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2742/pc291317.jpg
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/8651/pc301318.jpg
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/2007/pc301319.jpg

I've noticed that my crashes all do seem to happen at the same locations within WoW, hopefully that's a helpful peice of info

Just passing thru.... I have not read this threadd. I suspect John (usamsa) coulduse the acrual DMP file use these instructiions to find etc https://www.sevenforums.com/crash-loc...d-problem.html

Ken J_+

zigzag3143 said:

duckstaped said:

http://www.files.failedmiserably.com/data/msinfo32.zip

There is my msinfo32 file



here are some of the BSODs i've gotten recently
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/3312/pc291315.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2327/pc291316.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2742/pc291317.jpg
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/8651/pc301318.jpg
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/2007/pc301319.jpg

I've noticed that my crashes all do seem to happen at the same locations within WoW, hopefully that's a helpful peice of info

Just passing thru.... I have not read this threadd. I suspect John (usamsa) coulduse the acrual DMP file use these instructiions to find etc https://www.sevenforums.com/crash-loc...d-problem.html

Ken J_+

yeah... i haven't had any luck with getting the minidumps to work =\

I'll edit my registry if you honestly recommend it... you guys are the ones who have a better idea about it than me.

Honestly, if I jack something up, i'll just clean format the computer I guess...

I mean... if you think editing registry is worth a try then i'll do it!