I recently got my pc back from someone who was using it. Anyway have always had problems with my overheating card due to someone's brainiac decision over at gigabyte to manufacture a HD4850 card with no fan on it and my own stupidity in just assuming a card that big would have one.
I solved my early day overheating problems by putting 3 fans on the card (1 directly over the gpu heatsink, 1 over the secondary heatsink at the back and 1 strapped to the side that blows through the fins). this worked for me quite well for some time.
However after getting my pc back i found that the previous user had taken all my fans off the card and it was BSOD'ing all over again..(thanks dude, only took me 2 months to fix that prob last time). So i went out bought 3 more and stuck them back on which i suspect solved the BSOD's related to heating problem...but this time im still getting them. Being Very new at using debugging tools, from what i can gather this has something to do with a CPU problem
Crashes Usually occur when I play World of Warcraft, during times when theres a bit graphically goin on...which yes, is MOST of the time.
But crashes have occured when i simply have my browser open and come back to it to find 'low and behold' BSOD
I was wondering if perhaps the extra load of the fans on the power supply could be causing incosistencies in supply to the CPU when the gfx gets a lil intense and pulls a bit of power, or if perhaps my power supply simply isnt big enought to run both the Card AND the CPU at the same time.
Anything anyone could tell me would be great, as i've tested all my drivers to ensure 7 compatibility and BIOS update..and i'm running out of things to try
Thanks in advance
I solved my early day overheating problems by putting 3 fans on the card (1 directly over the gpu heatsink, 1 over the secondary heatsink at the back and 1 strapped to the side that blows through the fins). this worked for me quite well for some time.
However after getting my pc back i found that the previous user had taken all my fans off the card and it was BSOD'ing all over again..(thanks dude, only took me 2 months to fix that prob last time). So i went out bought 3 more and stuck them back on which i suspect solved the BSOD's related to heating problem...but this time im still getting them. Being Very new at using debugging tools, from what i can gather this has something to do with a CPU problem
Code:
Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.11.0001.404 X86
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Loading Dump File [C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP]
Kernel Summary Dump File: Only kernel address space is available
Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is:
Windows 7 Kernel Version 7600 MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 7600.16385.x86fre.win7_rtm.090713-1255
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0x82c4f000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x82d97810
Debug session time: Wed Apr 7 12:28:51.304 2010 (GMT+10)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:57:46.974
Loading Kernel Symbols
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Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
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* Bugcheck Analysis *
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.
BugCheck 7F, {d, 0, 0, 0}
Probably caused by : amdk8.sys ( amdk8!C1Halt+4 )
Followup: MachineOwner
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1: kd> !analyze -v
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* Bugcheck Analysis *
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UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP (7f)
This means a trap occurred in kernel mode, and it's a trap of a kind
that the kernel isn't allowed to have/catch (bound trap) or that
is always instant death (double fault). The first number in the
bugcheck params is the number of the trap (8 = double fault, etc)
Consult an Intel x86 family manual to learn more about what these
traps are. Here is a *portion* of those codes:
If kv shows a taskGate
use .tss on the part before the colon, then kv.
Else if kv shows a trapframe
use .trap on that value
Else
.trap on the appropriate frame will show where the trap was taken
(on x86, this will be the ebp that goes with the procedure KiTrap)
Endif
kb will then show the corrected stack.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000d, EXCEPTION_GP_FAULT
Arg2: 00000000
Arg3: 00000000
Arg4: 00000000
Debugging Details:
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BUGCHECK_STR: 0x7f_d
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT
PROCESS_NAME: System
CURRENT_IRQL: 2
LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 82c1b31a to 82c95f2b
STACK_TEXT:
807e1bb4 82c1b31a badb0d00 00095147 807e1bd4 nt!KiSystemFatalException+0xf
807e1c28 90cf3bb6 badb0d00 00000000 00000000 hal!HalpClockInterruptPn+0x42
807e1c98 82cd4695 8599d278 807ca800 807c5000 amdk8!C1Halt+0x4
807e1d20 82cb700d 00000000 0000000e 00000000 nt!PoIdle+0x538
807e1d24 00000000 0000000e 00000000 00000000 nt!KiIdleLoop+0xd
STACK_COMMAND: kb
FOLLOWUP_IP:
amdk8!C1Halt+4
90cf3bb6 c3 ret
SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 2
SYMBOL_NAME: amdk8!C1Halt+4
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
MODULE_NAME: amdk8
IMAGE_NAME: amdk8.sys
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 4a5bbf07
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x7f_d_amdk8!C1Halt+4
BUCKET_ID: 0x7f_d_amdk8!C1Halt+4
Followup: MachineOwner
---------Crashes Usually occur when I play World of Warcraft, during times when theres a bit graphically goin on...which yes, is MOST of the time.
But crashes have occured when i simply have my browser open and come back to it to find 'low and behold' BSOD
I was wondering if perhaps the extra load of the fans on the power supply could be causing incosistencies in supply to the CPU when the gfx gets a lil intense and pulls a bit of power, or if perhaps my power supply simply isnt big enought to run both the Card AND the CPU at the same time.
Anything anyone could tell me would be great, as i've tested all my drivers to ensure 7 compatibility and BIOS update..and i'm running out of things to try
Thanks in advance
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Self-built PC
- OS
- Windows 7
- CPU
- AMD 64 x2 6000+
- Motherboard
- JW-RX770-AM2+
- Memory
- 2x 2G 667MHz DDR2 NON ECC CL5 (Kingston Value Ram)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Gigabyte ATI RADEON HD4850, 1GB, DDR3, PCIE2.0
- Sound Card
- AMD770 series chipset
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 500GB SATA (lowest scored component in windows experience index at 5.8)
- PSU
- 585W Gigabyte ODIN Power Supply, 120mm Fan, PCI-E(6+2)
