Computer dying?

[LouisBarnes]

I have a fairly new custom PC that I got built in February this year.

Here are the specs:

i5 2500k
16gb Vengeance 1600mhz RAM
120gb SSD
1 TB HDD
GTX 570
TX650 Psu

So basically when I'm playing games such as Minecraft or League of Legends the screen will switch off and the sound that I last heard repeats over and over really fast creating a really annoying sound in my headphones.

The fans will usually suddenly speed up, but this cant be a problem with temperate because playing Napoleon: Total War I hit 80c and never crash like this.

Sometimes the screen will turn pink or blue, but on most occasions it simply goes black. On occasions the screen will switch back on and I can resume what i'm doing. But usually I'll have to manually reboot the system with the reboot button on the front of the case.

I've tried cleaning the inside of dust, I've moved the PC to a spot with better airflow, I updated my graphics card drivers with GeForce experience.

I've also just ordered a new fan to go on the side, but I'm utterly clueless now So I came here to see if any of you can help me. I feel like after every reboot i'm slowing killing my PC.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[Torn Mind]

Video card might be the issue. Might need to disable or remove and try gaming on the IGP(lower your settings, of course) to see if that is the case.

 

[LouisBarnes]

Ok, how do i disable the gpu and make it run on the integrated graphics?

I don't really want to be removing it as I dont have the confidence.

 

[SecurityTheatre]

Probably the wrong forum to post this, but I suspect either a hardware problem, or (more likely) a software (likely driver) issue.

To eliminate hardware, strip it down to bare as possible (remove extra devices, USB devices) until you're at the minimum to play the game. If you have an integrated GPU, try pulling out the primary GPU (assuming you have one) and run on the Integrated one.

If you have many sticks of RAM, try running on just one of two of them.

If it crashes in each scenario then you have ruled out that bit of hardware as the source of the problem.

Also check the device manager for driver failures. You might even see something in the event viewer if you pop in there and check out the system event logs. Perhaps a driver that's consistently failing before the crash?

I recently had a corrupted sound card driver cause the exact issue you're describing. Reinstalling the sound card driver solved the issue.

For me it caused random reboots in games and in things like YouTube, but the system would run fine most of the time and could sit idle for days without issues.

 

[Torn Mind]

Ok, how do i disable the gpu and make it run on the integrated graphics?

I don't really want to be removing it as I dont have the confidence.

BIOS should have the option somewhere. Often times there is a setting that will say "PCI Express" or something under Northbridge settings or similar. Your board manual should have the directions. You can tell us the board model so we could check it out the manual ourselves too.

Yeah, this should be in Computer Help forum. No biggie, a mod will do it eventually.

 

[LouisBarnes]

Yeah I tried to post it in computer help but misclicked it haha.

I just recovered from yet another crash and had this error, maybe someone can make some sense of it?

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 124
BCP1: 0000000000000000
BCP2: FFFFFA800D167028
BCP3: 00000000BE000000
BCP4: 0000000000800400
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 768_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\112113-7878-01.dmp
C:\Users\Louis\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-172349-0.sysdata.xml

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[The Day Dreamer]

Seems like Video Drivers problem, If running on the latest beta, then revert back to STABLE.

 

[LouisBarnes]

It can't be the drivers as I know others on the same ones, is it hardware based? I just got a white screen; that means I've had blue, black, pink and now white.

 

[SecurityTheatre]

Can you post the minidumps?

Sometimes that shows a consistent driver that is causing the issues.

 

[SecurityTheatre]

It can't be the drivers as I know others on the same ones, is it hardware based? I just got a white screen; that means I've had blue, black, pink and now white.

Increasingly suspicious that it's a bad video card...

 

[videogames101]

video card or PSU would be my guess

you're going to have to isolate the problem by removing variables one at a time

 

[Thewiruz]

My guess is that you maybe overclocked the CPU?

Then i would eather increase the QPI/Vtt one step or the v-core 1 step
Also your ram voltage is set to?

Also run one memory stick at the time to check if that is the cause of your issue
have you reset the bios and set it to optimized defult if you have that option?

 

[mindless1]

Probably video card overheating and/or physical damage like cracked solder joint that manifests itself with temperature change.

Take the side panel off, point a regular household fan at it, and use a utility that monitors video card temperature to see what that is when it crashes. Run some video benchmarking software to see if it also causes a crash with and w/o the fan.

 

[denis280]

Download whocrached and get back with result

 

[oynaz]

Or just RMA the video card. It is a very likely culprit.