Solved BSOD Playing Almost all games

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Hey, I recently built a new PC and have been having BSOD troubles in basically every game, from the decades old (Planescape Torment) to the brand new (DotA 2, LA Noire).

I have ran memory tests on the RAM which have come up completely spotless, also have re-installed graphics drivers (ASUS 7970) multiple times and even attempted a fresh install of Windows 7 (64bit). I have also updated my Motherboards BIOS. Windows is running of a Samsung 128GB SSD

The following link is some BSOD dumps from before the fresh install of windows, sorry that they are uploaded on mediafire.

111512-5428-01.dmp
111512-6052-01.dmp

And the attachment is the most recent dumps from after the install.

I would be happy to provide any more details if necessary, thankyou

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EDIT :- Interestingly enough i can play League of Legends or watch movies/TV Shows in VLC without any issue

 

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Welcome aboard.

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Followup: MachineOwner
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According to Carrona.org, STOP 0xA0000001:
Usual causes: Appears to be a custom bugcheck coded into ATI drivers

You may try to update the display driver.
http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-cards/1810-latest-amd-catalyst-video-driver-windows-7-a.html

 

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Thanks for the response, am i correct in assuming you are suggesting to download the beta drivers, if this is the case I will download and install these. Also I assume i dont need to download with .NET support, or do I, im not really certain

Thanks for the clarification.

 

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You may give the beta driver a go . Let us know the situation.

 

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Thanks, Ill download the drivers and post results tomorrow (around 12-15 hours time if you will be on then)

 

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Quick Update, i downloaded and installed the drivers and I am yet to encounter a bluescreen (but havent tested in any other games apart from DotA2) The game was however freezing completely and forcing me to restart, but not a bluescreen.

Also i forgot to mention originally but I often used to encounter an error message on the desktop something along the lines of "The display driver has stopped responding and recovered" but since increasing some TRD delay in registry this error no longer pops up, I dont know if that helps at all.

EDIT - Just tested LA Noire and got that same driver has stopped responding message

Also the crashes occur in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare (not a blue screen but a full system crash (cannot alt tab or open task manager etc.)

Also im not sure if you looked at the memory dumps in the mediafire links but they appear to have been caused by something else (ntoskrnl.exe
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Ger memeter. During playing DOTA2, Alt+Tab and see the memory usage. Is it increasing gradually over time, and approaching 100%?

If you supply the dumps, I might have found something other than ntoskrnl.exe.

 

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Ok thankyou, I will download Memeter and try to check as soon as possible, thankyou for the ongoing support!

Also I am not sure what you mean by supply the dumps, will memeter create dumps or do you mean when the system bluescreens again?

 

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No, memeter will measure memory usage only. During gaming if it crashes again, supply the dumps.

 

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Ok, no worries, Ill have an update probably in 10 hours or so not at home at the moment

 

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Memeter shows usage at around 80% (around 6 out of 8GB) but the task manager and my keyboard applet says that only around 40% of RAM is being used. Also I cant get it to bluescreen now, rather the crashes simply just freeze the whole system and force me to restart

 

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Memeter is showing around 80% usage, while task manager and my keyboard applet show around 40%, unfortunately the blue screens are not occuring (they never do when you want them to) rather the entire system is crashing, often following a few "The display driver has stopped responding and recovered" messages, forcing me to restart

EDIT - Apologies for the double post, I did not see that it went through and I am not sure how to delete, sorry!

 

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"Display driver stopped responding and now recovered" - a popup baloon from the systrey ?

Well.... is the graphics card under warranty? If so RMA it. Otherwise, try some other versions of display driver; wishfully think that any version will be able to fix it. This error is hardware error in most of the cases, and too random to replicate.

I am a victim. After trying everything at last I abandoned my earlier card.

 

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You see the problem is, I took the card back to the supplier and have tested it in friends computers and it is certainly not faulty!

I will keep trying to replicate a BSOD, I have also posted to other forums and have tried some other fixes (possibly being caused by Avast! Antivirus), any other help would be much appreciated.

I might try plugging in my old 9800GT to see whether I can see if it is the video card causing the issues

 

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Some common instructions are:

• Update the display driver to the latest (I hope you have already done)
• Check the temperature of the card, and the system as a whole. Use Speccy. If it is hot, try additional cooling.
• Clean the inside of the computer carefully, specially the air vents and fan grills.

I have told you, this fault is too random to replicate. Avast may cause BSOD, but not this one. Not at all. I faced this issue myself. If is not BSOD, but a hardware fault in 99% of cases.

What you have planned is the best step. Try with another card, or try with onboard graphics.

For more information, see it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2665946

 

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Yep! I will try with both my old NVIDIA 9800GT and the Onboard graphics and see if the errors still occur. Thanks for the ongoing support

 

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Try the other instructions ... update the drivers for both the other graphics options.

 

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Sorry, I have been on holidays, If i need to create a new thread I will but the problems are still occuring, here are some new dumps

 

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Sorry, I have been on holidays, If i need to create a new thread I will but the problems are still occuring, here are some new dumps

What is the result of this ▼ experiment ?

Yep! I will try with both my old NVIDIA 9800GT and the Onboard graphics and see if the errors still occur. Thanks for the ongoing support

 

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Crashes still seem to be occuring with 9800GT, although they may be attributed to overheating. I will not have access to the internet for a few days (surely a fate worse than death) and will try and do some more extensive testing to see.

But to note the 7970 did work fine in a friends PC and also was tested to be operational at the retailer.