Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit going sour with freezes

[wrxsnowman]

I have been searching forums left and right and haven't been able to come to a conclusion to why I have recently started dealing with game crash issues. I was playing Battlefield BC2 for a while with no issues, now recently I took up the game again once the WoW arena season started coming to a close. I mention WoW because my rig never crashes/complete lock up while playing WoW or anyother Strat games. The crashes seemingly come with all of my FPS games. FarCry2, Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising, BFBC2, Arma2. Its kind of odd that the Firstperson shooters are the only games that seem to make my system lock up. I did do some tests, like Memtest that passed, cleaned out some files.


So after tinkering with drivers and other multiple things...I did as follows
Upgraded M4A79 Deluxe to BIOS 3603
Reverted back to Catalyst 10.5 just to see what would happen
Totally Reinstalled Windows 7 and started over with fresh drivers and running with Realtek ALC1200 on board sound
Did another Memtest and memory seems to be fine, did DOS version and windows version. A


After the reinstall I've had a few Windows 7 desktop crashes during net surfing and still the problem persists. I'm kinda stumpped on what to do...any ideas? thanks guys





Currently my Rig setup is:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz stock

ATI Radeon HD4890 1024mb RV790 Catalyst 10.5
4MB Gskill DDR2 PC2-400 memory
Asus M4A79 Deluxe MOBO with Bios 3603
Realtek ALC1200

Corsiar 650w PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

 

[wish]

Follow this :
http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/96879-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html

 

[wrxsnowman]

BSOD report\

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
Components to the PC were bought on 12/01/2009

So it may be possible components are getting weak. If so it would be nice to know which ones

 

[Jonathan_King]

Try removing AVG. Use this tool: http://download.avg.com/filedir/util/avg_arv_sup_____.dir/avgremoverx64.exe

Replace it with MSE for now: www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

Install these updated Realtek network drivers: Realtek

If that doesn't help anything, enable driver verifier: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/101379-driver-verifier-enable-disable.html

 

[wrxsnowman]

Try removing AVG. Use this tool: http://download.avg.com/filedir/util/avg_arv_sup_____.dir/avgremoverx64.exe

Replace it with MSE for now: www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

Install these updated Realtek network drivers: Realtek

If that doesn't help anything, enable driver verifier: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/101379-driver-verifier-enable-disable.html

So I removed AVG and installed MSE like instructed
also I installed the drivers, and did the enable driver verifier.

After that I started up BFBC2 and played for about 5 min and another freeze following reboot I fired up the New Metal of Honor to have it freeze right away at start menu. I'm begining to think its a hardware issue, just hope to get it pointed out. Here is a fresh BSOD file

 

[Jonathan_King]

Well I can't see a sofware cause right now, and it sounds like hardware anyway. Let's start some tests.

I don't know what program you used to test RAM; be sure to use Memtest86, and run it for at least 7 passes, according to this tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

Test your temperatures; that seems especially likely now. Use Speedfan: SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer

 

[wrxsnowman]

I ran Memtest86 overnight and I had no errors...also I do monitor my temps which are always good I failed to mentions. I also kept track of my video card it rarely goes over 79c with is kinda high, but its always been like that. So maybe age is just getting to my pc

 

[Jonathan_King]

Try Prime95: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/100352-cpu-stress-test-prime95.html

What are the temperatures Speedfan reports?

The computer will not "age"; individual components may, however. Buying a new computer may solve the problem, but hopefully we can figure out which piece is causing the problems.

 

[wrxsnowman]

I'll give prime95 a shot...I'm starting to lean on faulty GPU...I"ll keep informed on my prime95 results

 

[spyknee]

I would try a video card driver redo. Uninstall them in safe mode. Use driver sweeper to get it all out. Get to windows stock vga drivers. Make sure you have the correct driver for your windows version.

W7 is DX11, your card ??, the games???.
run dxdiag see what it says. start>run>dxdiag>enter>select for 64bit>display tab
disable sound in device manager, enter games. Just a check.
Double check bios and vid card setup.

 

[wrxsnowman]

So I ran prime95 for about an hour and no freezes....all my speedfans were under 50c so I'm not having a heat issue....I think a new GPU might be in order...

 

[wrxsnowman]

Spkynee I've done the driversweeper in safemode...then reinstalled...I tried the games with Creative SB24bit live card, and realtek on board. just about everything. Different video drivers. If I had another rig to try the card in I would or another card, but I sold my old 8800gt. So, I'm still leaning toward a faulty GPU under 3d load crashes

 

[wrxsnowman]

So I did a safemode uninstall again...still the same result and disabled the sound...still same ol freezing up

 

[Graphik]

wrxsnowman,

I have the same exact problem on my system... For a while I had been running SLI 8800gts and recently I fried one of the cards. So, thinking that I could simply upgrade and get a new card to solve my problem I purchased a gtx460. I get the new gtx460 in the mail and like a kid at xmas immediately go to install all the drivers etc....

Everything is running beautifully until I actually try to play a game. I play COD4/5 and Lotro quite a lot and have had no problems until I fried my card. Now I understand that what led me to this condition is different than you, however, I'm here now and cannot find out why this is happening.

My conditions:
- Launch Game
- Login
(Approx. 1 - 5 mins)
- Screen and all peripherals lock up
- Screeching static noise
- Requires power cycle to recover

I have ran the memtest and found no issues, I have removed the sound card / drivers, switched slots to separate IRQ, checked voltages in the BIOS, reloaded drivers for all components, checked power connections to the vid card, blew out and dusted the entire system...

One thing I did notice is that using the precision application that comes with the card, I'm running kinda hot on the cards. ~50c idle and ~70+ when running the games... I'm going to work on getting better cooling in the chassis, however, the side is already off and I have a fan pointed straight in there.

I was able to run a bit longer last night by only using one 8800, but it too crashed with the above conditions after around 40mins.

I'm still looking...

 

[wrxsnowman]

The odd thing is my Video card usually runs hot around the 68-72c. It has been like that for months. I have good cooling in my case so its kinda odd if the heat is the issue now. Sometimes just starting a game makes it crash like in the new MOH once the opening screen appears it locks up with no heat or any load

 

[Graphik]

Just checking to see if there were any other inputs on this... it is still occurring for me.