Computer Hope
Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: wacked2015 on December 13, 2008, 05:29:46 PM
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Here are my specs:
MSI P7N Diamond LGA 775 Motherboard
NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX 512MB
Rosewill RX850-D-B 850W PSU
Intel Core 2 DUO Quad Q6600 CPU
Platinum 4GB 240-pin DD2 1066mhz memory
Seagate 250GB hard drive 3Gb/s
I just built this computer a few days ago and I am running into the problem where 10-45min into a game, any game from World of Warcraft to Supreme Commander, the computer will either restart or I get a bsod. I have installed a new CPU heat sink, tested the temperature of the system(44-46C), CPU(26-32C), and GPU (57-59C) during gameplay and all have not shown any over heating. I have removed my sound card and uninstalled the drivers, uninstalled the video card drivers and reinstalled from a freshly downloaded driver. I have underclocked my computer. I have removed all electronics on the circuit that my tower is plugged into leaving just the tower and the monitor had a cable running across the room to the jack on the other electrical circuit. I have taken the memory out trying different slots, used just 1 stick at a time (I have 2 2GB sticks) swapping them in and out. I recently ran a memtest 86 and it came back all green. I am really at a loss, nobody I know knows what is going on it is defying all reason. Any suggestions as to what it could possibly be? This is a brand new computer with all new parts so I do not have parts I could swap components out with.
EDIT: Also computer just restarted twice with no programs running other than trying to get to this website.
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What message do the BSODs say? It could be a driver problem...
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Also, what Operating System are you running?
When did this problem start?
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XP 32 bit and the problem has been going on since I first put this computer together. The errors range from LSO greater than or less than, to t3 .sys (I have a space in between t3 and .sys because I didnt catch the letters in the middle), to Bad Pool Header.
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Ah...multiple BSOD messages...that's not good. It would be nice if we knew the missing blanks in t3____.sys.
If the BSOD refers to a .sys file, 80% of the time the problem is that particular file. It's a driver file. Updating that can solve the problem. The other 20% of the time, it's an OS problem. Since it happens during gameplay, that t3_____.sys could be referring to a video driver of some kind.
As for the other BSODs, we could be dealing with bad hardware (like bad RAM).
Download and install Memtest 86:
http://www.memtest86.com/memtest86-3.4a.iso.zip
Use whatever CD burning program you have to create a CD from the ISO image.
Restart your computer with the CD in the CD-ROM drive. Memtest 86 should automatically start if your computer is set to boot from the CD-ROM first. If not, you'll have to go in the BIOS and change the boot order.
Let Memtest 86 run for a while. If any red appears on the bottom of the screen, you probably have bad (or incompatible, or misconfigured) RAM.
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Video card drivers are up to date, even uninstalled and installed fresh from the NVIDIA site. Already ran memtest and it came back all ok, no errors.
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Do this:
Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced tab -> Settings under "Startup and Recovery" -> uncheck "Automatically restart."
Now this time, the BSODs should stay up long enough for you to see them.
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Did that and tried to force the problem to occur, took about an hour but system restarted but no bsod. Haven't been able to recreate the bsod all day.