Hello! It's been a while since I posted on the OC.net forums, and lo and behold here I am w/ a problem I can't figure out. I need some new insight. I hope this is the proper spot for this kind of topic.
So, I'm running the following specs:
CPU: AMD FX-6300 (OC @ 4.5GHz) with a Thermaltake SpinQ VT cooler
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 4GB x2
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 rev. 4.0
GPU: EVGA GTX 960 SSC
PSU: OCZ ModXtreme 700W
HDD: WD Green (1TB)
This PC has seen various upgrades since day 1, and this is where I'm at right now. So, I decided to go ahead and milk some power out of my CPU. I followed some basic OC guides, and I know every chip is different. It so happens that I always end up w/ the weak chips lol... Now, I've been fighting with blue screens forever, since day 1. Whether it was Windows 7, 8, 10, whether I changed from a GTS250 to a GTX570, to this GTX960, or from an Athlon II x2, Phenom II x4, and FX-6300. I always had some sort of blue screen. Now, they're really intense and out of nowhere. Besides the blue screens, my PC just shuts off randomly, as if someone unplugged the power chord.
The blue screens I usually suffered from are: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR, SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION, and CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT. I have learned how to use the windows debugging tools and I had it analyze my dumps (you will see 2 most recent dump analysis that I included). Sometimes the fault is with Ntkrnlmp.exe, and I thought maybe I have some corrupt files. I did defrags, sfc /scannow, sfc /scannow /r, I did an on-the-spot windows upgrade/install... hasn't fixed anything. I dug a little deeper, and the uncorrectable error BSOD, seems to point to the CPU, at a specific memory address. Based on what I could gather, stuff gets stuck in the CPU and the CPU triggers a force shutdown or a blue screen in this case.
A little bit of info regarding my overclocking. You will see my settings in the pictures I have provided. Needless to say, I have all bios and drivers up to date. When I overclocked my CPU I ran multiple Prime95 tests and monitored my temps until I found something stable. Relatively recently I put my CPU to test by decrypting some files from someone's computer. Thing ran 10 hours a day, 100% load, NO CRASHES OR BLUE SCREENS whatsoever. I was impressed. I ran Memtest86+ for 10 hours, no errors in RAM modules. But if I were to play a game, or watch youtube, or both, I blue-screen. Youtube watching barely uses like 5% CPU usage, and I blue-screen, which is odd, because when CPU load was 100% during those decrypting attempts, nothing happened. I also noticed that if I leave my PC idle for a very long time, it would blue-screen.
So, these blue screens happen randomly. Cannot trace them to a specific program. Temperatures are in check, and like I said, I would crash even if just watching youtube, where system is practically idle and temps are low. If I forgot to include some information, please request it, and I will reply asap.
BSODDebug1 9k .txt file
BSOD2.txt 7k .txt file
21741967_10207339502404193_885770122_o.jpg 146k .jpg file
21745105_10207339502524196_1172703699_o.jpg 153k .jpg file
21754727_10207339502764202_932292440_o.jpg 139k .jpg file
21754832_10207339502964207_1063534208_o.jpg 128k .jpg file
21755016_10207339502804203_210305662_o.jpg 138k .jpg file
So, I'm running the following specs:
CPU: AMD FX-6300 (OC @ 4.5GHz) with a Thermaltake SpinQ VT cooler
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 4GB x2
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 rev. 4.0
GPU: EVGA GTX 960 SSC
PSU: OCZ ModXtreme 700W
HDD: WD Green (1TB)
This PC has seen various upgrades since day 1, and this is where I'm at right now. So, I decided to go ahead and milk some power out of my CPU. I followed some basic OC guides, and I know every chip is different. It so happens that I always end up w/ the weak chips lol... Now, I've been fighting with blue screens forever, since day 1. Whether it was Windows 7, 8, 10, whether I changed from a GTS250 to a GTX570, to this GTX960, or from an Athlon II x2, Phenom II x4, and FX-6300. I always had some sort of blue screen. Now, they're really intense and out of nowhere. Besides the blue screens, my PC just shuts off randomly, as if someone unplugged the power chord.
The blue screens I usually suffered from are: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR, SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION, and CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT. I have learned how to use the windows debugging tools and I had it analyze my dumps (you will see 2 most recent dump analysis that I included). Sometimes the fault is with Ntkrnlmp.exe, and I thought maybe I have some corrupt files. I did defrags, sfc /scannow, sfc /scannow /r, I did an on-the-spot windows upgrade/install... hasn't fixed anything. I dug a little deeper, and the uncorrectable error BSOD, seems to point to the CPU, at a specific memory address. Based on what I could gather, stuff gets stuck in the CPU and the CPU triggers a force shutdown or a blue screen in this case.
A little bit of info regarding my overclocking. You will see my settings in the pictures I have provided. Needless to say, I have all bios and drivers up to date. When I overclocked my CPU I ran multiple Prime95 tests and monitored my temps until I found something stable. Relatively recently I put my CPU to test by decrypting some files from someone's computer. Thing ran 10 hours a day, 100% load, NO CRASHES OR BLUE SCREENS whatsoever. I was impressed. I ran Memtest86+ for 10 hours, no errors in RAM modules. But if I were to play a game, or watch youtube, or both, I blue-screen. Youtube watching barely uses like 5% CPU usage, and I blue-screen, which is odd, because when CPU load was 100% during those decrypting attempts, nothing happened. I also noticed that if I leave my PC idle for a very long time, it would blue-screen.
So, these blue screens happen randomly. Cannot trace them to a specific program. Temperatures are in check, and like I said, I would crash even if just watching youtube, where system is practically idle and temps are low. If I forgot to include some information, please request it, and I will reply asap.
BSODDebug1 9k .txt file
BSOD2.txt 7k .txt file
21741967_10207339502404193_885770122_o.jpg 146k .jpg file
21745105_10207339502524196_1172703699_o.jpg 153k .jpg file
21754727_10207339502764202_932292440_o.jpg 139k .jpg file
21754832_10207339502964207_1063534208_o.jpg 128k .jpg file
21755016_10207339502804203_210305662_o.jpg 138k .jpg file