Random BSOD's

[Favvi]

i am recieving random blue screen of death's. maybe like 1 or 2 a day, sometimes none.

was wondering how i could isolate the problem, could it be my ram? whats that lil utility to test the ram?

i also noticed audio playing recently stutters quite a bit sometimes. could also be my soundcard..

i had the bsod's before the audio problems, and i recieve them with or without my cpu overclock

any help would be appreciated..

[Fr3d]

i think you're referring to memtest86? It's on most Linux LiveCDs as well as freely downloadable on sites, try http://www.google.com

If possible, try other Ram or try your ram in another pc. same with your soundcard.

[Favvi]

well im going to run memtest, and go from there.

how long approximately does it take to run?

[SojIrOu]

i just run the windows version called memtest not memtest86 it detects the error within a few seconds or minutes

[k22]

i am recieving random blue screen of death's. maybe like 1 or 2 a day, sometimes none.

was wondering how i could isolate the problem, could it be my ram? whats that lil utility to test the ram?

i also noticed audio playing recently stutters quite a bit sometimes. could also be my soundcard..

i had the bsod's before the audio problems, and i recieve them with or without my cpu overclock

any help would be appreciated..

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when you get into windows, check the event viewer for details on the cause of the BSOD.

[Favvi]

when you get into windows, check the event viewer for details on the cause of the BSOD.

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yeah i tried that, cant find the info.. ill look more closely next time it happens

been a day or 2 now :shifty:

i tested it out memtest86+, completed 2 tests succesfully.. ill let it run fully over night

[JiveMasterT]

did you try to look up the error codes online? might be a driver related issue or something.

[Favvi]

i have: Forceware 78-01 i was running 72-84 prior, recieved BSOD's then too

[M1h4iL]

Another reason for random BSODS aka blue screen of deaths is your graphics card drivers. When I quit (logged out) of Guild Wars I would get BSOD, not all the time but at least 35% of the time. Then it happened in Far Cry during lan, but apart from that it only happened after quiting Guild Wars. I downloaded a new Nvidia patch and now I dont have any BSODS. Try getting newest vga drivers.

[Favvi]

did you try to look up the error codes online?  might be a driver related issue or something.

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the error codes on the actual bsod screen? worth a try i guess

thanks for all the replies :)

[JiveMasterT]

the error codes on the actual bsod screen? worth a try i guess

thanks for all the replies :)

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no problem. if you wanna find out another possible cause, then try running prime 95 and see how quickly the torture test blue screens your machine. when my motherboard or cpu started acting funny about a year go i ran prime 95 and my machine died in about 15 minutes. i have since upgraded and i ran prime 95 for about 17 hours on my new build and there was no problems. definately run it and see how long it lasts.

[Favvi]

no problem.  if you wanna find out another possible cause, then try running prime 95 and see how quickly the torture test blue screens your machine.  when my motherboard or cpu started acting funny about a year go i ran prime 95 and my machine died in about 15 minutes.  i have since upgraded and i ran prime 95 for about 17 hours on my new build and there was no problems.  definately run it and see how long it lasts.

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doesnt really help me does it? doesnt help me pinpoint the problem :pinch:

heh would be fun to see how long it lasted. wouldnt do any damage??

[Brandon Live Veteran]

If you're running Windows XP, after it reboots it should say "The system has recovered from a serious error," and let you send an error report. Then it should tell you what caused the problem, if it can determine the cause.

If it doesn't say that it's your video driver or something like that, it's probably bad memory or an overheating CPU, insufficient power supply... something like that.

[Favvi]

stress test has been running for 24 mins now.

not sure if this helps, but when i recieve the BSOD's, its usually when im surfing the internet, listening to music in foobar, messaging on msn.. nothing too demanding of my cpu/ram etc..

another thing that pops in my mind (didnt think of it earlier)

installed a wifi card (dlink dwl-g524) and a week or so after i randomly recieved bsod's.. card never acts up and i do have the newest drivers

[insanekiwi]

http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php

look up your bsod error code so you can narrow down the problem ;)

[Favvi]

http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php

look up your bsod error code so you can narrow down the problem ;)

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thank you.

next time i recieve one i will look it up..

Prime95 has been stress testing for 12 hours and 20 mins now.... :unsure:

[JiveMasterT]

thank you.

next time i recieve one i will look it up..

Prime95 has been stress testing for 12 hours and 20 mins now.... :unsure:

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i think it's probably safe to say that the blue screen isnt due to your mobo or cpu. what were the results of the mem test? also, did you manage to look up the error code?

[Favvi]

i think it's probably safe to say that the blue screen isnt due to your mobo or cpu.  what were the results of the mem test?  also, did you manage to look up the error code?

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i havent ran the mem test yet, been too busy ( i let it run the other night through like 2 tests, and it reported no errors, ill finish it someother time).

i havent been able to find the error code anywhere in my events viewer, and i havent had a bsod in a few days, no idea whats goin on with it.

[Favvi]

ran the memtest. passed 24 tests, turned it off.

was workin on my pc for about 15 mins, recieved a BSOD:

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

***STOP: 0x000000D1 (0xF6DBF18, 0X00000002, 0x0000000, 0xF6F89D90)

*** A3Ab.sys - Adress F6FDBF18 base at F6F74000 date stamp 4240AFCC

*** A3Ab.sys - Adress F6F89D90 base at F6F74000 date stamp 4240AFCC

appears to be my dlink wifi card..i do have the newest drivers for it.

[JiveMasterT]

ran the memtest. passed 24 tests, turned it off.

was workin on my pc for about 15 mins, recieved a BSOD:

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

***STOP: 0x000000D1 (0xF6DBF18, 0X00000002, 0x0000000, 0xF6F89D90)

*** A3Ab.sys - Adress F6FDBF18 base at F6F74000 date stamp 4240AFCC

*** A3Ab.sys - Adress F6F89D90 base at F6F74000 date stamp 4240AFCC

appears to be my dlink wifi card..i do have the newest drivers for it.

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try sending that to dlink and see if maybe you can get a copy of some older drivers, or if you havent had the card that long, try returning it to the store and get a different brand... i know with circuit city you can do that.

[Favvi]

well i googled some stuff, seems like quite a few people get the bsod's, they downloaded and used the latest atheros drivers and the bsod's stopped. i am using them drivers now, testing..

[Favvi]

well..

recieved another bsod, not sure which driver...

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

***STOP: 0x000000D1 (0xF6F90EE0, 0x00000002, 0x0000000, 0xF6F3C8C0

*** ar5211.sys - Adress F6F90EE0 base at F6F74000 date stamp 4279E295

*** ar5211.sys - Adress F6F3C8C0 base at F6F74000 date stamp 4279E295

:pinch:

ar is prolly atheros.... :rolleyes: (sure is i looked it up)

[Hitman2000]

its time to do a clean install of windows.

[Favvi]

its time to do a clean install of windows.

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did that last weekend.. :(

[Luke86]

Im getting the exact same error message as you Travis. I havent tried the Atheros drivers yet. Hopefully for me those work and you someone can find a solution for both of us.