This is a PC that was custom-built by a friend last September. Since early May I've been getting BSODs more and more frequently while playing games like Diablo III and Left 4 Dead 2. Since it's been happening during games, I suspect it could be my GPU, but I haven't had to troubleshoot much before so I'm not sure.
I have tried to update my graphics driver (AMD CCC 12.4 from 12.3), but when I did so my PC refused to recognize the new drivers at all (tried Driver Sweeper and restarting, no luck). I ended up restoring back to a system restore point before I tried to update in order to get the PC usable again, as I need it for work as well.
I have WhoCrashed installed and have been checking the crash dumps, but they vary each time and googling hasn't helped me much.
Here are some specs:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 970
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
GPU: XFX HD-687A-ZHFC Radeon HD 6870
HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
Thanks in advance for your help. Hopefully I've not left anything important out.
I have tried to update my graphics driver (AMD CCC 12.4 from 12.3), but when I did so my PC refused to recognize the new drivers at all (tried Driver Sweeper and restarting, no luck). I ended up restoring back to a system restore point before I tried to update in order to get the PC usable again, as I need it for work as well.
I have WhoCrashed installed and have been checking the crash dumps, but they vary each time and googling hasn't helped me much.
Here are some specs:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 970
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
GPU: XFX HD-687A-ZHFC Radeon HD 6870
HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
Thanks in advance for your help. Hopefully I've not left anything important out.
My Computer
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II X4 970
- Motherboard
- GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3
- Memory
- G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX HD-687A-ZHFC Radeon HD 6870
- Hard Drives
- SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB
- PSU
- OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
- Case
- LIAN LI Lancool PC-K58W
- Cooling
- COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus