Dear readers,
Small introduction since I've this bad feeling we won't solve this problem quickly.
My name is Ben and I live in Holland. Study accountancy and I'm 21 years old.
I want to thank everyone in advance, first of all, for any help they may give.
So I've been running this computer for a few years now and unfortunately it seems he has given up on me.
I get random BSOD's when I play games (more freq.), browse internet and even when it's idle.
I think its important to note that I get artifacts first before crashing. Points problem towards videocard, but then again it also happens when I'm idle and the screen is turned inactive.
They occur every 1-2 hours and I can't analyse why or when.
What I've done:
-Downclock everything (CPU on auto and GPU underclocked)
-Reinstall all drivers (completely with a sweeper etc.)
-Fresh windows 7 install
-BIOS update
But the BSOD's kept occurring after these measurements.
This made me conclude that this is a hardware problem, not software.
But since I'm not a expert I want to make sure and ask the real pro's here!
Quick summery of the system:
ASROCK M3A78-CM
Sapphire Vapor-X HD 4870 1GB ddr5
AMD Phenom II 955 BE (3.2 ghz)
OCZ 2GB DDR2 400mhz
I had problems with the video card before, but that was due a flaw in the drivers. It crashed at very low temps and I've solved that one a few months ago and it has ran at 100% after that.
I did several test for videocards (Furmark), memory (memtest86), CPU (Prime95, AMD Overdrive).
They didn't provide any answers. I can play games (Guildwars 2, battlefield 3) at a normal FPS one moment and get artifacts+crash a few moments later (while temps are normal).
I've added the SF file (including 2 dumps from BSOD's occuring after the fresh OS and BIOS update).
Thanks again for any help!
Small introduction since I've this bad feeling we won't solve this problem quickly.
My name is Ben and I live in Holland. Study accountancy and I'm 21 years old.
I want to thank everyone in advance, first of all, for any help they may give.
So I've been running this computer for a few years now and unfortunately it seems he has given up on me.
I get random BSOD's when I play games (more freq.), browse internet and even when it's idle.
I think its important to note that I get artifacts first before crashing. Points problem towards videocard, but then again it also happens when I'm idle and the screen is turned inactive.
They occur every 1-2 hours and I can't analyse why or when.
What I've done:
-Downclock everything (CPU on auto and GPU underclocked)
-Reinstall all drivers (completely with a sweeper etc.)
-Fresh windows 7 install
-BIOS update
But the BSOD's kept occurring after these measurements.
This made me conclude that this is a hardware problem, not software.
But since I'm not a expert I want to make sure and ask the real pro's here!
Quick summery of the system:
ASROCK M3A78-CM
Sapphire Vapor-X HD 4870 1GB ddr5
AMD Phenom II 955 BE (3.2 ghz)
OCZ 2GB DDR2 400mhz
I had problems with the video card before, but that was due a flaw in the drivers. It crashed at very low temps and I've solved that one a few months ago and it has ran at 100% after that.
I did several test for videocards (Furmark), memory (memtest86), CPU (Prime95, AMD Overdrive).
They didn't provide any answers. I can play games (Guildwars 2, battlefield 3) at a normal FPS one moment and get artifacts+crash a few moments later (while temps are normal).
I've added the SF file (including 2 dumps from BSOD's occuring after the fresh OS and BIOS update).
Thanks again for any help!
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate x64AMD Phenom II BE 955 @ 3.2ghzOCZSapphire VAPOR-X HD 4870 1GB GDDR5
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Asus
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II BE 955 @ 3.2ghz
- Motherboard
- ASROCK M3A78-CM
- Memory
- OCZ
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire VAPOR-X HD 4870 1GB GDDR5