Solved BSOD randomly, mostly while playing saints row the third

[bluesaber27]

i checked out that thread you linked me to and check to see if it was overheating by powering up gpu fan speeds to 100% and taking off the cover of my pc case. I managed to play over an hour of modern warfare 2 with no problems, usually my fan speeds are set on automatic, is there a reason why it doesn't increase fan speeds when it gets hot? Is it because of gpu is faulty?

 

[Arc]

May be ... you may try SpeedFan to monitor your fan speed.

 

[bluesaber27]

okay, i ran furmark and speedfan at the same time to see if the fans would run faster, and it does. So what's causing it to overheat? Could it be because i didn't put the pc wires behind the motherboard?
Edit: i find that when i put my gpu fan speeds higher than 55% it will start to make a loud buzzing noise, like it's hitting a wire. I've taken a look at i think the fan is maybe hitting the plastic cover or something. the noise disappears when i touch the plastic part.
Edit: my pc crashed this time after half an hour even though i set the fan speed on max and took the pc cover off, so it must be the gpu itself, i'll rma soon.

 

[Arc]

Let us know the results with the replacement GPU.

And, nice troubleshooting

 

[bluesaber27]

i just noticed, but when my pc crashes, the gpu fans stop. Also is there a reason why i crash only on some games and not others? such as mass effect 2, and fallout 3?

 

[Arc]

► Stress test the Graphics Card using Furmark.
Video Card - Stress Test with Furmark

Also, do you have adequate power supply?

► Stress test the Video Memory
|MG| Video Memory Stress Test 1.7.116 Download

Report the system temps during games, after a reasonable time in gaming, using Speccy summery tab.

 

[bluesaber27]

any special options to select when testing video card memory? Also is there a way to make speccy appear even when gaming so i don't have to alt tab all the time?

 

[Arc]

any special options to select when testing video card memory? Also is there a way to make speccy appear even when gaming so i don't have to alt tab all the time?

Probably not, in both the cases

 

[bluesaber27]

do i test the whole 2 gbs? and in the recommended solution? Also, it's passed the 1 gb tests, but it said some of the tests weren't supported. Also i've found out that the 5 short bios beeps mean process failure.

 

[Arc]

do i test the whole 2 gbs? and in the recommended solution? Also, it's passed the 1 gb tests, but it said some of the tests weren't supported. Also i've found out that the 5 short bios beeps mean process failure.

I think if it is beep codes, I need some more help

 

[bluesaber27]

what kind of help?

 

[Arc]

I asked some other persons who have idea about beep codes, they will guide us the next steps.

 

[centaur78]

Bluesaber

For the AMI UEFI Legal BIOS ...5 Beep codes means a Processor error (means processor has failed.)

Now based on the last dumps which is available here ... which is 3 weeks old.. i cant find any dumps with Bugcheck that are caused due to processor error.

Is it possible for you to post the latest files using SF diag tools ?? If you are able to boot to windows.. then post the snapshot of temps using speedfan ??

On the other had if your are not able to boot.. I would suggest you use air can and blow the dust out of the GPU fans and the CPU fans. Then try starting the system.

 

[bluesaber27]

okay here's the newest dump files, also my pc boots up fine, it only crashes when i play games. I'll get to taking a screen shot of my temps soon.

 

[Britton30]

I may be wrong, but a process error is not a CPU error necessarily. Severla hundred Processes happen at boot.

 

[bluesaber27]

it was for a brief moment but core zero went to 50 something degrees, is this normal? It had that little fire sign next to it. This was after almost 2 hours of play.

 

[Britton30]

I don't think it's normal, but not uncommon. My i5 has a differential of 16C when I run CPU stress tests. What was the lowest core temp?

 

[bluesaber27]

does heaven and furmark detect this stop 0x117 error, because when i rma it these are the tests they are gonna do to see if it is faulty, and if they don't find faults i have to pay then money for the tests.
Also, is my 550 w psu enough for my pc? maybe that's why i have gpu failure

 

[Britton30]

Those tests will let them see whatever you saw, they don't detect specific stop errors or bug checks. They may have more machines to test with too.

I personally would recommend at least a 650W, single 12V rail, PSU on that rig.

 

[bluesaber27]

i just tried out the Heaven bench mark program and i got my pc got a black screen, so does this confirm that my gpu is faulty? I really don't want to post or drop off my gpu at the store which is really far away and find out that it wasn't faulty and then i have to pay them money to give it back and i have to pick it up again.