BSOD while gaming, 0xf4

[Necabote]

Had this issue a few weeks ago, couldn't fix it. I got fed up and reformatted thinking that would solve a driver issue...but the problem persisted. I finally resorted to swapping out my ATI 6870 to an NVidia 8800 and the problem ceased...for awhile. Now it happens once or twice a day, only while gaming or some other intensive process. I do not know what to do.

Ran memtest but nothing was found. I just don't know what else to do.

Thanks!

 

[kegobeer]

Fill out your system specs. Click the link in my signature to do it.

 

[Necabote]

Done. Sorry and thanks.

 

[kegobeer]

Please update your specs again - list the model of your motherboard in addition to the manufacturer (Intel).

 

[kegobeer]

According to your minidump, you have a process that is crucial to system operation that is crashing. You said this was a problem several weeks ago. What happened immediately prior to this starting? Did you remove/add/change hardware? Did you have a virus? Did you update your motherboard BIOS?

 

[Necabote]

Updated specs.

I haven't changed any hardware, although I will go through it and tighten everything to be sure nothing is loose. And I didn't mess with any bios or other significant software. I was playing league of legends the first time it happened, HOI3 the second. Shortly thereafter it began to crash after 5-10 minutes into any game I attempted, even lower end ones.

I'm going to put the 6870 back in and see if the old problem occurs. If it does I'll post a dump of it.

 

[townsbg]

Do you have drivers for both cards installed? That could cause issues.

 

[Necabote]

I don't believe so. Uninstalled catalyst and all that, which I thought took off the drivers too. Besides I was having this issue prior to switching graphics cards as well. I'll find out tomorrow if the problem persists with the old one.

 

[kegobeer]

Have you downloaded all the drivers you need from the manufacturer websites and installed them (especially the chipset drivers)?

 

[Necabote]

Everything is updated to the latest.

 

[townsbg]

Try a slightly older graphics driver.