kiddingguy Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Hi guys and girls, I have a desktop built with the Core i7 920 CPU (bought Feb 2009) I made several upgrades and replacements to it. But the "core" and hardware is still mainly based on 2009 technology. I recently noticed that several BSOD's on this machine are taking over. Can this because of the age of some components? Or might it be a faulty Windows 10 installation (October 2018 update)? Or something else casusing this? Help for determining if this machine is still okay or that I might look for something new is appreciated. There is no real need for a new computer, but if it's failing on me.... a better consideration can be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.D Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Upload the small dmp files somewhere then post the link. What does the BSOD say? Is BIOS 1501 on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevTech Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 30 minutes ago, kiddingguy said: Hi guys and girls, I have a desktop built with the Core i7 920 CPU (bought Feb 2009) I made several upgrades and replacements to it. But the "core" and hardware is still mainly based on 2009 technology. I recently noticed that several BSOD's on this machine are taking over. Can this because of the age of some components? Or might it be a faulty Windows 10 installation (October 2018 update)? Or something else casusing this? Help for determining if this machine is still okay or that I might look for something new is appreciated. There is no real need for a new computer, but if it's failing on me.... a better consideration can be made. Specs PC System: Asus P6X58D Premium - Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.66 GHz (overclocked to 3.4GHz) - MSI NVIDIA GTX 760 GAMING 24 GB RAM (Corsair Vengeance 6x4 GB DDR3 SDRAM @ 1600 MHz) - Asus Xonar D2/PM Samsung 860 EVO SSD 250GB (OS installed) - OCZ 60GB Vertex Turbo SSD - Western Digital 150 GB SATA300 16MB Raptor - some other HDD's Windows 10 Pro 64-bit all in a black SilverStone Midi Tower FT01B-W - List the BSOD type - could be anything - disconnect the OCZ for a while if you can - 2.66 ghz overclocked to 3.4 ghz for 10 years could lead to "electro-migration" depending on amount of overvolt so another worthwhile test is to slow down the CPU a bit and also the RAM timing a bit. - might be worth doing an intensive RAM test - just needs one flakey bit in 10 years out of 24 gigs - ye old standard scrap off the old heat sink gunk and apply fresh never hurts... In terms of Windows 10, newer versions have been turning on a kind of mini-Hyper-V to sandbox device drivers for increased security which can cause oddities so make sure all device drivers are as new as possible - just about everything from ASUS would be out of date so download newer stuff from Intel etc. Also, it doesn't hurt to turn on Hyper-V and stop using any other VM stuff like VM Ware and Virtual Box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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