RedJay

ummmm... ok this was weird. I loaded up Crysis just a sec ago, and set it to 1680x1050 med settings, Played for about an hour, did like 3 missions, and i was getting a very respectable 50 FPS, I was getting tired and almost BEGGING it to crash when it did. But instead of a BSOD I got my old problem, the screen freaked and went wild, than i got a message saying Crysis has encounterd a problem and needs to close (one of those annoying windows messages. I am not so much of a power exepert and was wondering what u guys think? Still my PSU?

Nellys197

Did you check for sagging voltages yet? Just curious

XFreeRollerX

So you have a new PSU?

what have you done so far so we know what to rule out, Im kinda lost now

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no I dont have a new PSU, it may take a bit till I get one of those, I am still on my crappy old 1. I am just wondering if you think that the last crash was related to my PSU still, and no i have not checked 4 sagging volatages yet... cause i dont know how to do that. I can if u want me 2... you just gotta tell me how.

XFreeRollerX

go to BIOS and tell what voltage is set to

then go into windows and open CPUz and tell the IDLE volts (0% usage) and load voltage (100% stress using PRIME95 or similar)

Have you updated BIOS/ Drivers yet? you really should - always first order of diagnosing is get the latest version of everything (get 178 drivers for your card and BIOS update to P07 or later)

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ok, well first I am all updated, I got P08 BIOS a couple of days ago, and just got the new drivers now. 2nd i downloaded CPUz and used Prime95 and ran a torture test. I ran it for about 5 mins, i dont know if i should do more, but at idle the cpu was getting 1.120 volts and at 100% stress it was like 1.176 volts. And when you say go 2 BIOS and look at voltages, what voltages am i looking 4? GPU? CPU?

RedJay

Ohh and I have decided on another PSU. I was browsing around on TD and found this thing.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...093&CatId=2535
I am gonna go with this cause its $50 cheaper, i need every cent I can get.

RedJay

God, the plot really thickens here. I was away for my computer for about an hour, I left it on and came back and moved my mouse to wake it up, i saw the blue windows login screen, than a darker blue... BSOD in windows. But i was quick and took a pic. the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL really stands out to me. Ideas anyone?

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Nellys197

Still sounds like a PSU issue. go here http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php and download HWmonitor. It doesn't install, its a standalone and will show you all sorts of good to know info. Check the 12v, 5v and 3.3v and make sure they don't go too far below what they're supposed to. Chances are your 12v rail will drop the most. If its still running at its barely above 11v there's a good sign of sagging. If you load the GPU and it dops further, bingo

noobdown

irq are usually ram related.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314063 <--0x0a

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