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Hey guys, I just built a new computer and I am experiencing some hiccups. I had an old system Dual core pentium with 3 gigs of ram. I was having tons of problems trying to play Rift and Star Wars, especially in pvp. Now this new system I got the Asus Maximus IV Extreme P67 motherboard with a i7 2600k processor and Corsair Vengence 16 GBs of DD3 1600 ram. I am using my same graphics card ATI Radeon 5770. Now of course I notice a huge improvement playing, almost no lag at all with everything turned up. However after hours of playing I get a blue screen for physical memory and it dumps and resets the computer. I am using Windows 7 Premium and checked and it does in fact show 16 gbs of ram. Do I have something set improper? Is there a way to have the computer clear the physical memory while your playing to avoid these crashes? Also I was thinking about buying the new Radeon 7970 cards, any thoughts? |
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BTW, I got a Crucial 128GB SSD. This is my first SSD, and I find it pretty confusing. Most of the time when my computer resets whatever was running starts up where it left off, also Windows does not ask me to sign in. Its almost as if the computer does not do a clean reboot. Is this a Windows 7 feature or the SSD? |
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2/06/12 10:36:08 AM#3
Originally posted by colonnelli71
At least in the past most blue screens were actually related to driver issues (or software issues).
You say this happens after hours of playing... Is that the only time it happens? Is this with only a paticular game or more than one? If you leave the system on for hours not playing the game(s) that cause this it functions ok? It could actually be a problem with the game you are playing... if its only a certain game. Which is why I ask this... if its only one game you are playing you may find information on its forums or with a google search. If its any game you play.... *read on*
Did you download the newest drivers from AMD for your video card? Install all your motherboard drivers etc?
Sometimes certain SSD drives can cause blue screens as well. You could check for an updated firmware. Just be alert to the fact that some firmware updates will wipe all data on the SSD. So you may end up doing a reinstall of Windows 7 if there is an update.
Your Asus motherboard should also have some utilities.. it would be called something like: AI Suite. One of the options in there is "monitor" and then you'd pick sensor. As you game you can watch your various temps to see if maybe you have a heat problem. Tho honestly it shouldn't take hours ... if that is the case. It would ramp up very quickly... not over hours.
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When you say after it resets whatever you were doing starts up.... what exactly do you mean? Is the computer actually totally restarting.. coming up to the splash screen and then things start to open... or do you mean the screen goes blue.. then black and *poof* you see what you were doing before? (that's kind of important to know exactly... like if you're playing a game and your computer actually resets the game won't still be running... if it is what you are seeing is a video driver crash/recovery).
I didn't answer this but with Windows 7 you shouldn't need anything to clear the memory. Win7 is very good about that.
As to the 7970... I would not worry about that until you figure out what is causing this issue. I have two 7970's and I like the cards. It comes down to having 550'ish US $$ that you are willing to spend... if you can wait until Kepler hits the market... you will get some price drops (kepler is nvidias next chip but no idea when it will come to market beyond this year...). |
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It has happened while playing Star Wars The Old Republic and Rift. I have not noticed it any other time while just surfing the web, only while playing a game. I have another issue I forgot to mention, whenever my computer goes into sleep mode, I move my mouse or click a key, the computer wakes up however my monitor stays black |
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2/06/12 11:12:33 AM#5
What power supply do you have, and what case? I'm especially interested to know the power supply. Give the exact brand name and model, not just the nominal wattage. |
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CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 (CMPSU-850HX) 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED fan, 1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 230mm top fan, and 1x 230mm side fan CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
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I have only had the computer built for 3 days so far. It is running fine, no overheating, the hardware seems fine. The computer is only blue screening after hours of gaming. It seems to be something to do with my ram or the cache? It seems to be crashing from having to dump my physical memory. As long as I am not gaming the computer will not blue screen. |
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2/06/12 3:33:30 PM#8
While I wouldn't have bought some of those parts myself, the only problem is the price tag, not the performance. The parts you didn't mention (e.g., the optical drive) aren't likely to be the source of the problem. Exactly what video drivers do you have? Give the driver version number (e.g., Catalyst 10.3), and also the date that DxDiag reports. Sometimes people who think they have the latest drivers don't, and your problems sound like the sort of thing that could easily be caused by very old video drivers, or improperly installed drivers. Have you overclocked anything? If so, it could be an unstable overclock. Well, you've overclocked the processor's memory controller if you're running it at 1600 MHz, but that's only because Intel went really conservative in what the rated the controller at. AMD claims 1866 MHz support on lower end parts than that. There's also the possibility that one of your parts is simply defective. Try running Prime95 and Furmark, and see if a stress test causes any problems. |
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------------------ ------------ -------------------- --------------- I have Catalyst 12.1 installed. Also, yes I am using the Asus suite to auto tune <overclock> my CPU. I have it set to fast, 4.4 Ghz. |
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2/06/12 4:55:32 PM#10
Try undoing the overclock. There's a decent chance that an unstable processor overclock is your only problem. |
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I just updated the BIOS. There were updates that claim to fix memory issues. Also I had AUTO under memory speed and it was clocking my memory at 1333, I have changed that to 1600. I will undo the overclock to the CPU as well, I do not have any problems with speed at this point. Hopefully this works, thanks for helping. =) |
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2/06/12 7:49:53 PM#12
Please download OHM and report the temperatures you get while playing. http://openhardwaremonitor.org/ Also run Wprime or the beta multicore Folding at home client to test system stability. |
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2/06/12 8:09:05 PM#13
you shouldnt have issue .is cpu igpu off in bios.is your bios set to ahci.did you download the proper gpu driver version.did you update bios via asus(dont use auto it is bugged enter info manually.did you auto update via intel the intel stuff.with these base covered only one thing else come to mind your computer temperature
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2/06/12 8:11:59 PM#14
memery profile use it should have a default and xmp or whatever.i would start default
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2/06/12 8:15:55 PM#15
also why is agp enabled.you should be using pcie for your gpu last i checked there were no 5770 agp.what is using agp.to my knowlege nothing should be using this
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2/06/12 8:22:25 PM#16
did you do a clean install say fron ms website then use your key then call(mandatory with new mobo and cpu)then ms will ask some question you respobd they transfer your phone to proper service and you follow step.always clean install when you change part
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