Intermittent Reboot with no BSOD??

[tolvar]

Hi Guys

This one is driving me nuts, i need help!!

I put together a new system:

Intel Core i7-950
Asus P6X58D-E
Gigabyte HD 5850
6GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3
1TB Seagate Barracuda
OCZ 600W Stealth Stream PSU
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit

Shortly after putting everything together the system started to reboot automatically, it could happen at any time, but i experienced it usually at the login screen. This made me think that an out of date or incompatible driver was to blame so i upgraded and reinstalled everything.

After this it did appear to settle down a little, it will not now reboot when i'm using it, but if left alone for a while it can reboot.

I have changed the PSU but this made no difference, I can quite happily play Crysis 2 or any other game and it's stable.

Looking at the Event Viewer is see Kernel-Power 41 errors, but this doesn't tell me anything other than the system shutdown unexpectedly.

The one other Event Log entry is Event 1101 -
Audit events have been dropped by the transport. 0; again this doesn't tell me anything usefull.

I've gone into Power Management and created my own config, but to no avail.

Tonight the system rebooted after I had left it alone for 10 mins, only IE9 was on, when I came back it was at the Login Screen, it then rebooted again before i could enter my details. After a hard reboot it's up and running and i've been using it for the past couple of hours.

Any help would be most appreciated, as i'm at my wits end..

Kind Regards

T.

 

[mgorman87]

Please upload a full report
http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/96879-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html

 

[tolvar]

File Uploaded as requested.

Many Thanks.

 

[mgorman87]

I don't really see anything that sticks out in your report that would tell me why your having problems. This leads me to believe it may be hardware or a driver. There are a couple things I noticed though.

01]: Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
                                 Connection Name: Local Area Connection
                                 Status:          Hardware not present

If you're not using this device then I would uninstall it from device manager.

Something is messed up with your event logging. In your system events, it only goes back to April 11. You installed the OS on March 25. In your app events, there is only 1 days worth (April 29). Your MSINFO32 also doesn't show any WER entries. Follow the guide here to make sure WER is enabled. How to Enable or Disable Windows Error Reporting in Windows 7

\??\C:\Program Files (x86)\GIGABYTE\atBIOS\ATITo

Uninstall ATITool. It is not compatible with Windows 7.

29/05/2008 00:14:51    C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\E1G6032E.sys

Update your Intel network drivers - http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18713&ProdId=2198&lang=eng&OSVersion=Windows%207%2C%2064-bit*&DownloadType=Drivers

Enable driver verifier - http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/101379-driver-verifier-enable-disable.html

Please run these tests and report back the results
1. Memtest86 - Run for 7-8 passes - http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html
2. Prime95 - Run all three tests for 3-4 hours each or until fail - http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/100352-cpu-stress-test-prime95.html
3. Hard drive scan usings SeaTools - SeaTools for DOS | Seagate - Both long and short tests


BSOD BUGCHECK SUMMARY

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Built by: 7601.17514.amd64fre.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850
Debug session time: Tue Apr 19 04:20:38.428 2011 (UTC - 4:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:29:11.159
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for atikmpag.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for atikmpag.sys
Probably caused by : dxgmms1.sys ( dxgmms1!VidSchiVerifyDriverReportedFenceId+ad )
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x119
PROCESS_NAME:  System
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x119_dxgmms1!VidSchiVerifyDriverReportedFenceId+ad
BiosReleaseDate = 11/16/2010
SystemManufacturer = System manufacturer
SystemProductName = System Product Name
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[tolvar]

Hi

I've been on holiday so haven't had time to update..

I ran all the tests your recommmended with no errors being reported, also removed and updated all drivers and files you.

So far this has made no difference, what i am seeing is that the system will only reboot if a game isn't active. Sometimes if i leave it at the login screen it reboots, if i come out of a game and leave the system idle it can reboots, if i run Minecraft and minimize it, the system will quite happliy remain on all day..it's most bizzare.

I have a replacement graphics card coming any day now to rule that out, however at this moment the fault could be anything, CPU, Sys Board?

Anything else you can suggest?

Many Thanks.

 

[tolvar]

Update...

Swapped the Graphics Card, PC still reboots!

I've found that if i launch Minecraft the system will remain on for days, if i then close the game it will reboot, sometimes 5 minutes later sometimes 30 mins.

Most frustrating!

 

[mgorman87]

Update...

Swapped the Graphics Card, PC still reboots!

I've found that if i launch Minecraft the system will remain on for days, if i then close the game it will reboot, sometimes 5 minutes later sometimes 30 mins.

Most frustrating!

Very strange indeed I will have someone else look and see if they know what's going on.

 

[tolvar]

Update..

Arranged for a new MB, fingers crossed that resolves the reboots.

I've found that no matter what game is played the system remains stable, it's only when no game is running that it will reboot, no matter what is running, iTunes, IE9, Spotify... very weird.

 

[mgorman87]

Ok. Sounds good. Let us know either way.

 

[tolvar]

Update..

Swapped the MB and it still reboots!

I have now also used a different Hard Drive and copy of Windows, I'm now using Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit. Still reboots though.....I also changed network cables, SATA and power connections.

I spoke with Intel as the CPU is the only thing left I haven't changed, they supplied a test utility and it passed, they mentioned if all the parts are compatible, maybe that is where the fault lies?

I'm running out of hair to pull, any ideas???

Cheers.

 

[mgorman87]

So on a vanilla install of Windows (Nothing installed except updates), you still get the crash?

 

[tolvar]

Yes, it will still crash.

I get the feeling that a windows service is accessing a device or memory area that then causes the reboot, it has to be a hardware fault, i just don't see it being an incompatibility error between hardware.

The only 2 pieces of hardware left is the RAM and CPU. I've tested the RAM DIMM by DIMM and it still reboots, but perhaps it isn't fully compatible with the CPU or MB, I don't know, I can't find anything to suggest this is the case.

The CPU passed all the tests, but is this conclusive??

 

[mgorman87]

No. Nothing is conclusive. I would try swapping out the last two pieces of hardware you have left. For the memory, I would make sure whatever you get is compatible with your motherboard.

 

[tolvar]

Agreed.

I just purchased new memory that is compatible with the MB and CPU, if that doesn't fix it, it must be the CPU.

Cheers.

 

[tolvar]

Update...

Installed the memory and all appeared well. The system appeared stable during the day browsing the net and running Spotify until I went to install a game.

Soon after the install started the system rebooted, I then attempted to copy a large iso file from my server and this also caused a reboot!!

I now have a new CPU arriving today, this is the last part to be swapped out, if this doesn't fix the issue then the pc must be haunted.

 

[tolvar]

Update..

I don't want to tempt fate, but the new CPU appears to have solved the reboot issue!

Thanks for all the help.

T.