- Jan 4, 2010
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For the past few weeks, I had been having issues with my X79 rig where I'd get black screen and reboots only during gaming - Batman Arkham Origins, BF4, AC4, etc. etc.
At first, it seemed like a power issue so I got a new PSU - Lepa G1600.
Still kept happening - tested each GPU individually and all passed without error/problems.
Black screen problem still persisted. So I installed Win 7 x64 on a spare HDD and checked to see if it was software/drivers - still got black screen/reboot.
Currently on Win 8.1 Pro x64 btw.
Decided it had to be the motherboard - RMA'd the board and just got a replacement (2 days ago). Still get black screen/reboots.
Reflashed the GPU BIOS - worked for a while when the voltage was left at stock (instead of 1.212V). However, still got black screen/reboot after about an hour. Then tried NFS Rivals and got BSOD (0x19) four times.
0x19 pointed to "BAD_POOL_HEADER" so I decided to test RAM w/ MemTest86+.
Tested RAM @ XMP setting (Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB 9-11-11-31 @ 1.65V) - got a ton of errors in MemTest86+ (411 errors after about 8.5 hours).
Reset RAM to "Auto" (1333Mhz) and booted into Windows. Tried playing AC4 and got black screen + reboot within 10 minutes.
I am at a complete loss as to what could be causing this issue.
I had an electrician install a 20A breaker in my place just for the rig - have a heavy duty 12AWG cable for the PSU.
The one thing that seems to be "weird" is that I cannot for the life of me update the chipset drivers on my mobo.
The version I have now is 9.2.3.1032 while the one on ASRock's website is 9.4.0.1026. There is an updated version 9.4.4.1006 but every time I run the installer (either through EXE or through Command Prompt), the window pops up and immediately says "successful". When I check Device Manager, the version is still the same 9.2.3.1032 and has NOT been updated.
Pic:
Could this be the culprit?
Other than that, I have NO idea why this is happening or what's causing it.
I also tried a different socket (15A) just for testing and got the same result - black screen & reboot.
Would really appreciate help with this.
Details on the MemTest I did: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=124397
At first, it seemed like a power issue so I got a new PSU - Lepa G1600.
Still kept happening - tested each GPU individually and all passed without error/problems.
Black screen problem still persisted. So I installed Win 7 x64 on a spare HDD and checked to see if it was software/drivers - still got black screen/reboot.
Currently on Win 8.1 Pro x64 btw.
Decided it had to be the motherboard - RMA'd the board and just got a replacement (2 days ago). Still get black screen/reboots.
Reflashed the GPU BIOS - worked for a while when the voltage was left at stock (instead of 1.212V). However, still got black screen/reboot after about an hour. Then tried NFS Rivals and got BSOD (0x19) four times.
0x19 pointed to "BAD_POOL_HEADER" so I decided to test RAM w/ MemTest86+.
Tested RAM @ XMP setting (Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB 9-11-11-31 @ 1.65V) - got a ton of errors in MemTest86+ (411 errors after about 8.5 hours).
Reset RAM to "Auto" (1333Mhz) and booted into Windows. Tried playing AC4 and got black screen + reboot within 10 minutes.
I am at a complete loss as to what could be causing this issue.
I had an electrician install a 20A breaker in my place just for the rig - have a heavy duty 12AWG cable for the PSU.
The one thing that seems to be "weird" is that I cannot for the life of me update the chipset drivers on my mobo.
The version I have now is 9.2.3.1032 while the one on ASRock's website is 9.4.0.1026. There is an updated version 9.4.4.1006 but every time I run the installer (either through EXE or through Command Prompt), the window pops up and immediately says "successful". When I check Device Manager, the version is still the same 9.2.3.1032 and has NOT been updated.
Pic:
Could this be the culprit?
Other than that, I have NO idea why this is happening or what's causing it.
I also tried a different socket (15A) just for testing and got the same result - black screen & reboot.
Would really appreciate help with this.
Details on the MemTest I did: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=124397
