Constant system crashes(Deadlocks i suppose)

SunChase

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Hello everyone. I dont really know if this is the right place to ask for help in such sittuations, but trying wont hurn(i hope).

The problem: when i'm playing a resourceful game(in my ocasion it's XLGames's ArcheAge... happens only there), my pc randomly freezes(the image and the sound, looping the last sound it played), and only Reset helps.

Usually this thing happens randomly and not very often(i'd even go for a once a month). But in the last few days i'w caught this 5 times already and it drives me crazy. The main thing is that i cant really track the source of the problem, cant really recreate it by choice.

But here is something i'w struck on:
1. I open the browser Chrome\FF\Maxthon(has up to 10 tabs).
2. I launch AIMP.
3. I start the game. And at some point the sound can begin to "buffer up"(maybe a software issue), sometimes continuing to play normally, and some times the system dies.

Today the client stood still for 30mins or so, and when i returned and resumed the music playback in a minute or two the system died.

Here are my system specs:
MB: MSI H97 Gaming 3(1.B bios, latest as i know). Before i'w had Gigabyte Z97 Gaming 3. The problem started there(that was my first Intel build).
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 4GB x2.
GPU: MSI GeForce 960 4GB. Before that i'w had Asus GeForce 660, and it literally thrown this problem constantly(but when i game the board to my friend for a 'few weeks testout' he didnt have any problems with is). But in my case the only thing that worked was to downgrade the video drivers to 340(as i remember).
HDD: Storage Drive - ST1000DM003-9YN162, SSD - KINGSTON SH103S3120G (system, game client and windowses page file)
Power: Chieftec CTG-550C
Sound: Asus Xonar. The problem started long ago before i bought it.
OS: Win7(and 10)

Here are the things i have tried:
The first thing i'w tried yesterday is to move the music folder to the SSD.
Tried another motherboard.
Tried diffirent ram. Tried with a random pair of 4x2GB planks.
Tried a diffirent power block. Tried a 450W Chieftec.
Stress tests to try and localyze the source of the problem. AIDA64 stress test(even tried it with the game running). Tried Linx(cant say that the 30min full ram realtime prio was enough). I'w even tried loading AIDA's ram stress test to grab hold of the full ram and launching the game after(in order to force it to ram up in pagesys... if it works that way).
Tried monitoring overheating and voltages.
Tried diffirent games. Tried the latest DOOM(for example).

Nothing of this game me any clues on what could be wrong.

As the system doesnt go to BSOD, there is no dump file or system journal crash statement.

For now i simply switched to foobar(i'm really out of ideas).
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 SP 1 x64 Proffesional
CPU
Phenom x64 2.5Ghz
Motherboard
Asus M3A78
Memory
4.0Ghz
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia gForce 9600 GT
Sound Card
Realtec
Monitor(s) Displays
LG
Screen Resolution
1152x768
Hard Drives
Western Digital SATA 500Gb
Case
ASUS
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
A4-Tech X755 BK
Internet Speed
30m/bit
Does the problem happens in win 7 and win 10 or only on win 7?
- Run a System File Check on a cmd window: sfc /scannow
- Schedule a disk check on a cmd window: chkdsk C: /f and chkdsk D: /f

You mentioned dead blocks. What do you mean?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
    custom build
    OS
    Windows 7 HP 64
    CPU
    i5 6600K - 800MHz to 4200MHz
    Motherboard
    GA-Z170-HD3P
    Memory
    4+4G GSkill DDR4 3000
    Graphics Card(s)
    IG - Intel 530
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 226BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    (1) -1 SM951 – 128GB M.2 AHCI PCIe SSD drive for Windows 7 and Lubuntu
    (2) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for Data
    (3) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for backup
    PSU
    Thermaltake 450W TR2 gold
    Keyboard
    Old and good Chicony mechanical keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech mX performance - 9 buttons (had to disable some)
    Internet Speed
    500Mb/s
    Browser
    Firefox 64
    Other Info
    TinyWall firewall
  • Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number
    Asus Q550LF
    OS
    Windows 7 Pro
    CPU
    i7-4500U 800MHz to 3.0GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Q550LF
    Memory
    (4+4)G DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    IG intel 4400 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Display LP156WF4-SPH1
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    BX500 120G SSD for Windows and programs +
    1T HDD for data
    Internet Speed
    500 Mb/s
    Browser
    Firefox
    Other Info
    TinyWall firewall
This happens on both 7 and 10 windowses.
I'd go for a system check, but the problem continues for more than a year, plus if sticking to the nonSSD harddrive, i'd say i'w checked that one when i copied all of the music to the SSD drive, leaving the first HDD without usage for the test period.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 SP 1 x64 Proffesional
CPU
Phenom x64 2.5Ghz
Motherboard
Asus M3A78
Memory
4.0Ghz
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia gForce 9600 GT
Sound Card
Realtec
Monitor(s) Displays
LG
Screen Resolution
1152x768
Hard Drives
Western Digital SATA 500Gb
Case
ASUS
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
A4-Tech X755 BK
Internet Speed
30m/bit
You mentioned dead blocks. What do you mean?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
    custom build
    OS
    Windows 7 HP 64
    CPU
    i5 6600K - 800MHz to 4200MHz
    Motherboard
    GA-Z170-HD3P
    Memory
    4+4G GSkill DDR4 3000
    Graphics Card(s)
    IG - Intel 530
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 226BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    (1) -1 SM951 – 128GB M.2 AHCI PCIe SSD drive for Windows 7 and Lubuntu
    (2) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for Data
    (3) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for backup
    PSU
    Thermaltake 450W TR2 gold
    Keyboard
    Old and good Chicony mechanical keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech mX performance - 9 buttons (had to disable some)
    Internet Speed
    500Mb/s
    Browser
    Firefox 64
    Other Info
    TinyWall firewall
  • Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number
    Asus Q550LF
    OS
    Windows 7 Pro
    CPU
    i7-4500U 800MHz to 3.0GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Q550LF
    Memory
    (4+4)G DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    IG intel 4400 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Display LP156WF4-SPH1
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    BX500 120G SSD for Windows and programs +
    1T HDD for data
    Internet Speed
    500 Mb/s
    Browser
    Firefox
    Other Info
    TinyWall firewall
Just a phrase i'w caught on microsofts tech forums(the topic was on something similar, that was fixed with a hotfix...tried that already)
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 SP 1 x64 Proffesional
CPU
Phenom x64 2.5Ghz
Motherboard
Asus M3A78
Memory
4.0Ghz
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia gForce 9600 GT
Sound Card
Realtec
Monitor(s) Displays
LG
Screen Resolution
1152x768
Hard Drives
Western Digital SATA 500Gb
Case
ASUS
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
A4-Tech X755 BK
Internet Speed
30m/bit
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