Welcome to the world of BSOD's!

 

I've been fighting them for a few months, still losing the battle (I did not overclock, even though I would like to).

I am getting them everyday. Sometimes one, just in the beginning of my PC session, sometimes as many as several.

Usually when I type, browse or just... do nothing. Both BlueScreenView and the Win Debugger always show ntoskrnl.exe as the problem.

 

What have I tried? Well I have:

- read 487458974589754 BSOD threads in the net (will need strong glasses now, lol)

- reinstalled Windows (Win 7 64-bit)

- run Memtest to check RAM (OK)

- run chkdsk and HDD Tune to check HDD (OK)

- run verifier a few times and removed two suspicious files

- run antivir and malware software (clean)

- cleaned regs (done)

- updated BIOS (to F6)

- checked BIOS settings

- replaced my wireless keyboard

- installed all available drivers in their lates versions

- undusted my PC inside

 

...Nothing!

 

I will be watching this thread with great interest.

Welcome to the world of BSOD's!

 

I've been fighting them for a few months, still losing the battle (I did not overclock, even though I would like to).

I am getting them everyday. Sometimes one, just in the beginning of my PC session, sometimes as many as several.

Usually when I type, browse or just... do nothing. Both BlueScreenView and the Win Debugger always show ntoskrnl.exe as the problem.

 

What have I tried? Well I have:

- read 487458974589754 BSOD threads in the net (will need strong glasses now, lol)

- reinstalled Windows

- run Memtest to check RAM

- run chkdsk and HDD Tune to check HDD

- run verifier a few times and removed two suspicious files

- run antivir and malware software

- cleaned regs

- updated BIOS

- checked BIOS settings

- replaced my wireless keyboard

- installed all available drivers in their lates versions

- undusted my PC inside

- raise CPU voltage a little (not auto)

 

 

...Nothing!

 

I will be watching this thread with interest.

 

As member111333. said BSOD is hardware releated, not enough voltage or bad settings in bios.

 

Last but not impossible, defective hardware can be the cause of malfunctions.

I forgot to add the errors reported in blue are different.

Here's an excerpt from BSV to illustrate this:

 

defective hardware can be the cause of malfunctions.

 

I am aware of that but how to find the culprit?

As far I as can say (not being a computer specialist) none of my hardware parts seems corrupt.

 

not enough voltage or bad settings in bios.

 

I have compared my BIOS setting with the recommended ones for my hardware and it seems as it should be.

 

raise CPU voltage a little (not auto)

 

Frankly speaking I am afraid to do it (no tech guy here again), so I have voltages for CPU and RAM set to AUTO.

But I may do some more reading, drink something to raise my courage and give it a try.

 

 

PS: I wish my BSOD reasons would be the same as my blurry/jaggy ground textures ones I have also been fighting with no success.

.......It would be two-in-one in case of finding a solution! B)

This talk of overclock, BSOD blah, blah is nonsense.It's plain and simple. ITS a W.A.T. (Windows Activation Technologie) issue. His install of Win7 doesn't like his hardware change and got tagged non compliant. He just needs to do a clean install of Window 7, However that may be. Ive have had to deal with it many,many times.

This talk of overclock, BSOD blah, blah is nonsense.It's plain and simple. ITS a W.A.T. (Windows Activation Technologie) issue. His install of Win7 doesn't like his hardware change and got tagged non compliant. He just needs to do a clean install of Window 7, However that may be. Ive have had to deal with it many,many times.

 

How can you be so sure? BSOD's can happen for a lot of different reasons.

My Win 7 install has gone through 3 different boards / chipsets with no issues at all.

The first thing to do would be to analyze those minidumps with WinDBG.

 

Could be deffective hardware, a buggy driver, unstable overclock...

How can you be so sure? BSOD's can happen for a lot of different reasons.

My Win 7 install has gone through 3 different boards / chipsets with no issues at all.

The first thing to do would be to analyze those minidumps with WinDBG.

 

Could be deffective hardware, a buggy driver, unstable overclock...

 

Without a clean install. You will never know and by FAR the first and easiest step. Seen it many times. Little planning before the upgrade could have saved alot of grieve. Some get away with hardware upgrades not tagging WAT with no problems, most do not.

 

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Without a clean install. You will never know!

 

You will know if you can find the culprit.

But obviously it's always an option to try a clean install to rule out faulty hardware. Just back up the system, and if the problems persist after a clean install, then you know there's something wrong with your RAM, HDD...

You can always restore your original install and try things out if you have a backup, I'm being captain obvious I know

 

I would suggest posting here where people actually know what they're talking about

I forgot to add the errors reported in blue are different.

Here's an excerpt from BSV to illustrate this:

 

 

 

I am aware of that but how to find the culprit?

As far I as can say (not being a computer specialist) none of my hardware parts seems corrupt.

 

 

 

I have compared my BIOS setting with the recommended ones for my hardware and it seems as it should be.

 

 

 

Frankly speaking I am afraid to do it (no tech guy here again), so I have voltages for CPU and RAM set to AUTO.

But I may do some more reading, drink something to raise my courage and give it a try.

 

 

PS: I wish my BSOD reasons would be the same as my blurry/jaggy ground textures ones I have also been fighting with no success.

.......It would be two-in-one in case of finding a solution! B)

 

Rafal, there is something you have to understand, CPU have a safe working voltage and if you stay inside their max spec your OK, I can almost assure you 100% that your BSOD are releated to your memory not been set correctly in bios (cas and voltage) or your CPU is not getting the voltage needed.

 

Each memory or CPU is different and will need some tweaking to run at spec., you can take 2 identical CPU or set of memory and both will run with different voltage for best result (still inside voltage spec. by manuf.)

 

Also, you have to try one thing at the time, set your memory in bios as manuf. specification, that include voltage and cas, if you still get blue screen look at what is the voltage your CPU is at using CPU-Z http://www.cpuid.com...ares/cpu-z.html go back in bios and enter it manually, you can also raise it a notch or two and be still well inside manuf. spec.

 

Please post a screen shot of CPU-Z showing your settings for the CPU and the memory before changing anything.

 

Also give me the spec of your rams, you can fing it on the memory stick as seen below.

 

As far as hardware failure, this is the last think to look for after you tried everything else.

This talk of overclock, BSOD blah, blah is nonsense.It's plain and simple. ITS a W.A.T. (Windows Activation Technologie) issue. His install of Win7 doesn't like his hardware change and got tagged non compliant. He just needs to do a clean install of Window 7, However that may be. Ive have had to deal with it many,many times.

 

Please. Activation has NOTHING to do with BSODs. Absolutely nothing.

 

OP: write down the stop code the next time you get a BSOD and post it here, we can help you better with more technical information. Whatever you do, don't just go blindly reinstalling your O.S. because someone told you too. That's a last resort, not a first.

Hello, Alain!

 

Thank you very much for your good will to help me.

So much appreciated!

 

Here is my RAM - I've got two 4GB sticks like these (Corsair Vengeance) on my mobo:

 

 

Here are my CPU-Z screens that might help:

 

 

And here are my BIOS screens, may be of use:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have just realised that our fourm's 'My PC's Specifications' menu does not include the power supply unit.

So, I have Corsair HX 750 W.

 

Thanks a lot in advance, mate.

 

I promise to learn and become a more tech-educated simmer.

Maybe I can help someone one day too.

 

My dream now is a two(three)-stage one:

- to have a stable system with no BSOD's

- to have my terrible ground blurries / road jaggies disappear

- possibly also: to overclock my CPU to some 4.5 GHz (and have the system stable)

 

Sometimes buying new equipment for hard-earned money, brings nothing but trouble.

I hope soon to be able to look back and say 'It was all my ignorance, nothing else'....

So you'r CPU is overclocked to 4013.MHz....I was under the impression you were running everything at stock (auto). turbo boost is probably enable, try what I wrote below first and we'll look for other thing if you still get BSOD.

 

Keep BLCK at 100

 

Change Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.) to standard or what ever it is to have no profile enable.

 

Change the number under System Memory Muliplier (SPD) to the number that will give you 1600MHz for your memory speed.

 

Change Performance enhance [turbo] to standard,

 

Dram timing selectable set to expert,

 

Under chanel A and B Timing Settings enter 9-9-9-24, leave everything else on auto.

 

Under Dram Voltage enter 1.50 manually.

 

Lets see if you still have BSOD, if you do will see about other stuff.

 

Good luck.

So you'r CPU is overclocked

 

I am sorry, Alain, I forgot to explain that. So, very briefly:

 

Most of the time I was running on an completely untouched CPU (3.3 GHz).

However I was having blurries and jaggies and the BSOD's too (yes, I had them before as well, with the same reports).

So I asked a computer shop guy (I have no idea about overclocking and it scares me!), who sold me my PC, to overclock it to 4.5 GHz in hope to get rid of my problems.

He unwillingly agreed only to 4 GHz saying more is risky (whatever he means). But it din't change anything (neither better nor worse): same blurries, same BSOD's.

 

Thanks for the other remarks.

I am just taking care of them.

Will let you know later.

 

Thank you, my friend! :good:

Dear Alain,

 

Please treat me as a tech-idiot, whom I probably am. :blush:

I need a little bit more guidance for what you wrote in your above post.

 

- I left the BLCK as it is (100)

- I have changed the X.M.P. and Turbo back to Default and Standard.

- I have manually typed 9-9-9-24 channel A and B timinings, althogh set as Auto they were already showing [9]-[9]-[9]-[24] aside the [Auto] marks.

 

But:

 

1. Which memory multiplier to choose (I am too ignorant to know by myself)? The choice is:

- AUTO

- 8.00

- 10.66

- 13.33

- 16.00

- 18.66

- 21.33

 

2. The DRAM Voltage section in my BIOS does not show any possibility (or at least I cannot see it) to choose it manually.

....It has only markable choices of AUTO, NORMAL, and a long numeric list from 1.100 v up to 2.400 v (it was at 1.500 v, so I left it like that).

 

Thanks for your assistance and sorry if my questions seem silly.

Dear Alain,

 

Please treat me as a tech-idiot, whom I probably am. :blush:

I need a little bit more guidance for what you wrote in your above post.

 

- I left the BLCK as it is (100)

- I have changed the X.M.P. and Turbo back to Default and Standard.

- I have manually typed 9-9-9-24 channel A and B timinings, althogh set as Auto they were already showing [9]-[9]-[9]-[24] aside the [Auto] marks.

 

But:

 

1. Which memory multiplier to choose (I am too ignorant to know by myself)? The choice is:

- AUTO

- 8.00

- 10.66

- 13.33

- 16.00

- 18.66

- 21.33

 

2. The DRAM Voltage section in my BIOS does not show any possibility (or at least I cannot see it) to choose it manually.

....It has only markable choices of AUTO, NORMAL, and a long numeric list from 1.100 v up to 2.400 v (it was at 1.500 v, so I left it like that).

 

Thanks for your assistance and sorry if my questions seem silly.

 

Do you have the crash dumps? upload them or better yet, post in the Win 7 forum I linked.

There's something obvious here though. You don't start overcklocking until you've tackled those BSOD's

Dear Alain,

 

Please treat me as a tech-idiot, whom I probably am. :blush:

I need a little bit more guidance for what you wrote in your above post.

 

- I left the BLCK as it is (100) BLCK as to be

- I have changed the X.M.P. and Turbo back to Default and Standard.

- I have manually typed 9-9-9-24 channel A and B timinings, althogh set as Auto they were already showing [9]-[9]-[9]-[24] aside the [Auto] marks.Dram timing selectable as to be set to expert first.

 

But:

 

1. Which memory multiplier to choose (I am too ignorant to know by myself)? The choice is: The one number that will give you 1600MHz

- AUTO

- 8.00

- 10.66

- 13.33

- 16.00

- 18.66

- 21.33

 

2. The DRAM Voltage section in my BIOS does not show any possibility (or at least I cannot see it) to choose it manually.

....It has only markable choices of AUTO, NORMAL, and a long numeric list from 1.100 v up to 2.400 v (it was at 1.500 v, so I left it like that). I don't have your board bit it maybe that you have to set it at normal so you can set the 1.50v from the long numeric list, scroll down or up to 1.5v and it enter, that's what you should see, 1.5v replacing auto.

 

Thanks for your assistance and sorry if my questions seem silly. There is no such thing as a silly question according to my wife....