Computer Intermittently Freezing

[patrickgeustis]

i need some advice for anyone who has delt with computer hiccups and intermittent freezing. The computer specs are:

Biostar TF720 A2+
2GB Crucial Ballistix 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM ( BL12864AA80A )
Maxtor SATA 200GB
EVGA 8800GT
Corsair 520 watt PSU
AMD athlon x2 5600+ 2.8GHZ
XP SP2 and SP3 - i've tried both
Samsung TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B

anytime i try to play a game, music, or play a video on youtube or anywhere the computer shutters and freezes intermittently. In Left 4 Dead, the game catches up, but will eventually shutter again.

My initial thoughts were bad sectors on the hard drive...i've ruled that out, i was running a 300GB WD hard drive with the same issue and found some atapi errors in XP. I formatted and reinstalled XP on the Maxtor.

My next idea was the Crucial ram. When i inspected one of the ram modules i noticed some discoloration on the pins. I removed both sticks of ram, and used some identical ram from another computer. The problem was still there.

So then i proceeded to the audio. I know that sometimes on board audio coupled with bad drivers could cause shuttering and hiccups. I uninstalled all the on board audio drivers and used my x-fi from another computer. Once i updated the xfi to the newest drivers i still had the issue.

My final test was the 8800GT. I removed it, and used my room mates 8800gt, still the same issue.

I'm not giving up, i just want to see if anyone has had similar issues. i'm leaning towards a bad driver, but haven't singled it out yet. I'm currently running a fresh install of XP Sp2, with just the mobo, video, audio drivers. i don't have any anti virus installed nor do i have any other programs except steam installed.

 

[katank]

Thermal throttling on CPU? Have you checked temps?

 

[patrickgeustis]

CPUID Hardware Monitor 1.1.2.0 ----------------------------------------------------- Mainboard Vendor BIOSTAR Group Mainboard Model TF720 A2+ (0x1F1 - 0x2F22444) LPCIO ----------------------------------------------------- Vendor ITE Model IT8718 Vendor ID 0x90 Chip ID 0x8718 Revision ID 0x5 Config Mode I/O address 0x2E Dump config mode register space, LDN = 0x4 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 87 18 05 11 00 00 F3 2C 40 08 00 00 1F 00 00 00 30 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 0A 10 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 00 02 00 00 04 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Hardware monitor ----------------------------------------------------- ITE IT87 hardware monitor Voltage sensor 0 1.34 Volts [0x54] (CPU VCORE) Voltage sensor 1 1.10 Volts [0x45] (VIN1) Voltage sensor 2 3.34 Volts [0xD1] (+3.3V) Voltage sensor 3 4.95 Volts [0xB8] (+5V) Voltage sensor 4 11.90 Volts [0xBA] (+12V) Voltage sensor 5 -7.74 Volts [0x79] (-12V) Voltage sensor 6 -4.86 Volts [0x4C] (-5V) Voltage sensor 7 4.84 Volts [0xB4] (+5V VCCH) Voltage sensor 8 3.12 Volts [0xC3] (VBAT) Temperature sensor 0 23°C (73°F) [0x17] (TMPIN0) Fan sensor 0 3154 RPM [0xD6] (FANIN0) Fan sensor 1 1164 RPM [0x244] (FANIN1) Fan sensor 2 1259 RPM [0x218] (FANIN2) Dump hardware monitor LPC Register space, base address = 0x0A10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 00 13 00 FF 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 14 C9 07 D6 44 19 10 FF FF FF 77 D7 7F 7F 7F 00 02 02 FF FF FF FF FF 20 54 45 D1 B8 BA 79 4C B4 C3 17 B2 80 80 38 48 48 30 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 40 7F 7F 7F 7F 7F 7F 5F 74 2D 40 9C 22 FF FF FF FF 50 FF 03 7F 7F 7F 50 FC 00 90 00 05 12 60 00 00 00 60 7F 7F 7F 00 00 02 FF FF 7F 7F 7F 00 00 62 FF FF 70 7F 7F 7F 00 00 02 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 90 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF B0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF C0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF D0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF E0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF F0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF Hardware monitor ----------------------------------------------------- NVIDIA Mainboard hardware monitor Dump hardware monitor 00000000 00000004 00000008 0000000C 00 00000000 00041401 00000000 00000000 10 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 20 00000000 00000000 00000000 28880000 30 00000000 00000000 00000000 00008020 40 00000505 00000000 00013000 00000000 50 000000C0 00000000 04000000 02000000 60 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 70 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 80 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 90 00000000 00000000 00040000 88000000 A0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 B0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 C0 48484808 08484848 48080808 08080808 D0 08480808 08080808 28282828 08080828 E0 08080808 68686808 08680868 48480808 F0 68080848 08080868 08080808 08080808 01 no output 02 no output 05 no output 06 no output 0B no output 25 no output 12 no output 13 no output 14 no output 15 no output 24 no output 28 no output Hardware monitor ----------------------------------------------------- ACPI hardware monitor Temperature sensor 0 23°C (73°F) [0xB92] (THRM) Dump hardware monitor Hardware monitor ----------------------------------------------------- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ hardware monitor Temperature sensor 0 36°C (96°F) [0x55] (Core #0) Temperature sensor 1 25°C (76°F) [0x4A] (Core #1) Dump hardware monitor Hardware monitor ----------------------------------------------------- GeForce 8800 GT hardware monitor Temperature sensor 0 66°C (150°F) [0x42] (GPU Core) Dump hardware monitor Hardware monitor ----------------------------------------------------- Maxtor 6L200M0 hardware monitor Temperature sensor 0 33°C (91°F) [0x21] (HDD) Dump hardware monitor Processors Map ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of processors 1 Number of threads 2 Processor 0 -- Core 0 -- Thread 0 -- Core 1 -- Thread 0 Processors Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Processor 1 (ID = 0) Number of cores 2 (max 2) Number of threads 2 (max 2) Name AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Codename Windsor Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ Package Socket AM2 (940) CPUID F.3.3 Extended CPUID F.43 Brand ID 4 Core Stepping JH-F3 Technology 90 nm Core Speed 2800.0 MHz (14.0 x 200.0 MHz) HT Link speed 1000.0 MHz Stock frequency 2800 MHz Instructions sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64 L1 Data cache 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size L1 Instruction cache 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size L2 cache 2 x 1024 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size FID/VID Control yes max FID 14.0x max VID 1.400 V Features XD, VT K8 Thermal sensor yes K8 Revision ID 5.3 Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 0 Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 1 Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 2 Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 3 Thread dumps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Thread 0 APIC ID 0 Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0 Type 02002008h Max CPUID level 00000001h Max CPUID ext. level 80000018h Function eax ebx ecx edx 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x68747541 0x444D4163 0x69746E65 0x00000001 0x00040F33 0x00020800 0x00002001 0x178BFBFF 0x80000000 0x80000018 0x68747541 0x444D4163 0x69746E65 0x80000001 0x00040F33 0x0000091F 0x0000001F 0xEBD3FBFF 0x80000002 0x20444D41 0x6C687441 0x74286E6F 0x3620296D 0x80000003 0x32582034 0x61754420 0x6F43206C 0x50206572 0x80000004 0x65636F72 0x726F7373 0x30363520 0x00002B30 0x80000005 0xFF08FF08 0xFF20FF20 0x40020140 0x40020140 0x80000006 0x00000000 0x42004200 0x04008140 0x00000000 0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x0000003F 0x80000008 0x00003028 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x00000000 0x80000009 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x8000000A 0x00000001 0x00000040 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x8000000B 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x8000000C 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x8000000D 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x8000000E 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x8000000F 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000010 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000011 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000012 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000013 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000014 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000015 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000016 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000017 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000018 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Cache descriptor Level 1 I 64 KB 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 1 D 64 KB 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 2 U 1 MB 1 thread(s) MSR 0x0000001B edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0xFEE00900 MSR 0xC001001E edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x00000053 MSR 0xC0010015 edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x02000040 MSR 0xC0010042 edx = 0x31061208 eax = 0x06140214 MSR 0xC0010041 edx = 0x00000001 eax = 0x00000814 CPU Thread 1 APIC ID 1 Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 1, Thread ID 0 Type 02002008h Max CPUID level 00000001h Max CPUID ext. level 80000018h Function eax ebx ecx edx 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x68747541 0x444D4163 0x69746E65 0x00000001 0x00040F33 0x01020800 0x00002001 0x178BFBFF 0x80000000 0x80000018 0x68747541 0x444D4163 0x69746E65 0x80000001 0x00040F33 0x0000091F 0x0000001F 0xEBD3FBFF 0x80000002 0x20444D41 0x6C687441 0x74286E6F 0x3620296D 0x80000003 0x32582034 0x61754420 0x6F43206C 0x50206572 0x80000004 0x65636F72 0x726F7373 0x30363520 0x00002B30 0x80000005 0xFF08FF08 0xFF20FF20 0x40020140 0x40020140 0x80000006 0x00000000 0x42004200 0x04008140 0x00000000 0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x0000003F 0x80000008 0x00003028 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x00000000 0x80000009 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x8000000A 0x00000001 0x00000040 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x8000000B 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x8000000C 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x8000000D 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x8000000E 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x8000000F 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000010 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000011 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000012 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000013 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000014 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000015 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000016 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000017 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000018 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Cache descriptor Level 1 I 64 KB 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 1 D 64 KB 1 thread(s) Cache descriptor Level 2 U 1 MB 1 thread(s) MSR 0x0000001B edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0xFEE00800 MSR 0xC001001E edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x00000053 MSR 0xC0010015 edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x02000040 MSR 0xC0010042 edx = 0x31061208 eax = 0x06140214 MSR 0xC0010041 edx = 0x00000001 eax = 0x00000814 Drive ----------------------------------------------------- Name Maxtor 6L200M0 Display ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NVAPI display API Display Adapter ----------------------------------------------------- Name GeForce 8800 GT ACPI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACPI Tree _GPE _L0B _L10 _L09 _L0D _L05 _L18 _L17 _L00 _L15 _L11 _L02 _PR_ P001 _PCT _PSS _PPC _PSD P002 _PCT _PSS _PPC _PSD P003 P004 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 CPU4 _SB_ PR00 AR00 PR02 AR02 PR10 AR10 PR11 AR11 PR12 AR12 PR13 AR13 PR14 AR14 PR15 AR15 PR16 AR16 PR17 AR17 PR01 AR01 PRSA PRSB PRSC PRSD RS0A RS0B RS0C RS0D RS1A RS1B RS1C RS1D RS2A RS2B RS2C RS2D RS3A RS3B RS3C RS3D RS4A RS4B RS4C RS4D RS5A RS5B RS5C RS5D RS6A RS6B RS6C RS6D RS7A RS7B RS7C RS7D RSA0 RSAC RSB0 RSB2 RS11 RS12 RSMB RSMU RSZA RSRU RSTA RSIR RSII RSIG RSU1 RSU2 RSI1 RSI2 RSSA RSMA PCI0 _HID _ADR _BBN _UID _PRT NPTS NWAK SBRG _ADR SPTS SWAK SMIE [ ] [ ] PS1S [ ] PS1E [ ] SXCT [ ] S1CT [ ] S3CT [ ] S4CT [ ] S5CT [ ] UCFG [ ] U1CF MUAR _UID _HID _STA _CRS UCRS UIRQ UIO1 UIO2 PIC_ _HID _CRS DMAD _HID _CRS SPKR _HID _CRS COPR _HID _CRS UAR1 _UID _HID _STA _DIS _CRS _SRS _PRS CMPR FDC_ _HID _FDE _STA _DIS _CRS _SRS _PRS LPTE _HID _STA _DIS _CRS _SRS _PRS LPPR EPPR RMSC _HID _UID CRS_ _CRS HPET _HID _UID CRS0 CRS1 _STA _CRS CF29 [ ] [ ] [ ] P2IR HPTE [ ] [ ] NVID LPDC [ ] S3F8 S2F8 [ ] S2E8 [ ] S3E8 [ ] M300 [ ] M330 [ ] FDC0 [ ] P378 P278 P3BC [ ] G200 G208 RRIO RDMA TMR_ _HID CRS0 CRS1 _CRS RTC0 _HID CRS0 CRS1 _CRS OMSC _HID _UID CRS_ CRS1 _CRS PS2K _HID _CID _STA _CRS _PRW _PSW PS2M _HID _CID _STA M2R0 M2R1 _CRS _PRW _PSW SIOR _HID _UID CRS_ _CRS DCAT IKEY KBFG MSFG UR1F ENFG EXFG LPTM UHID ORF0 ORF1 ORF2 ANF0 ANF2 ANF4 STF0 STF1 SIOS SIOW SIOH IOID [ ] INDX DATA [ ] [ ] LDN_ [ ] OP29 [ ] ACTR [ ] IOAH IOAL IOH2 IOL2 [ ] INTR [ ] DMCH [ ] OPT0 OPT1 OPT2 OPT3 OPT4 CGLD DSTA DCNT CRS1 IRQM DMAM IO11 IO12 LEN1 CRS2 IRQE DMAE IO21 IO22 LEN2 IO31 IO32 LEN3 DCRS DSRS SALD SLD1 GSRG SSRG _S3D _S1D NATA NVRB _HID FNVR _DIS _SRS _STA _CRS PCIE _HID _UID CRS_ _CRS SMB0 _ADR SMCF [ ] SMPM SMT1 SMT2 SMAD [ ] SB1_ SB2_ SMBB SME4 [ ] [ ] XPME GPMD _PRW IMAP _ADR PIMC [ ] PIID [ ] PILN [ ] PIU0 PIU2 UBR1 UBR2 [ ] [ ] PIRM PMUD PAZA GPUR PR0E [ ] PIRA PIRB PIRC PIRD [ ] P0EA P0EB P0EC P0ED P1EA P1EB P1EC P1ED P2EA P2EB P2EC P2ED P3EA P3EB P3EC P3ED P4EA P4EB P4EC P4ED P5EA P5EB P5EC P5ED P6EA P6EB P6EC P6ED P7EA P7EB P7EC P7ED [ ] XVE0 XVE1 XVE2 XVE3 XVE4 XVE5 XVE6 XVE7 USB0 _ADR _S1D _S3D _PRW USB2 _ADR _S1D _S3D _PRW US15 _ADR _S1D _S3D _PRW US12 _ADR _S1D _S3D _PRW NMAC _ADR _PRW IDE0 _ADR PTS0 SID0 SID1 SID2 SID3 SID4 SID5 IRQM [ ] IR0M REGF _REG A090 [ ] ID20 [ ] IDTS IDTP ID22 UMSS UMSP TIM0 TMD0 PIO0 DMA0 PIO1 DMA1 CHNF CFG2 [ ] SSPT SMPT PSPT PMPT SSAS SMAS PSAS PMAS [ ] SDDR SDDA PDDR PDDA SSUT [ ] SSUE SMUT [ ] SMUE PSUT [ ] PSUE PMUT [ ] PMUE GMPT GMUE GMUT GSPT GSUE GSUT CHN0 _ADR _GTM _STM DRV0 _ADR _GTF DRV1 _ADR _GTF CHN1 _ADR _GTM _STM DRV0 _ADR _GTF DRV1 _ADR _GTF DRMP GTM_ STM_ AT01 AT02 AT03 AT04 ATA0 ATA1 ATA2 ATA3 ATAB CMDC GTFB GTF_ RATA ATA0 _ADR PRI0 _ADR SPTM _GTM _STM MAST _ADR _GTF SLAV _ADR _GTF SEC0 _ADR SSTM _GTM _STM MAST _ADR _GTF SLAV _ADR _GTF DRMP P0P1 _ADR _PRW _PRT HDAC _ADR SCID SACW _PS0 _PS3 PMCF [ ] PMDS [ ] PMEN [ ] PMST DCF2 [ ] AOCW [ ] CDID _PRW IXVE _ADR _PRT IGPU _ADR ERR0 ERR1 VER1 NVIF PBNK PCOL DBNK DBK2 DCOL DCL2 RNKP STAD GLDT GTBW GLBW GMCK HCBF HCTG DDCA DDCB DGHC DGON DGOF HSTA _DSM _DOD CRT0 _ADR LCD0 _ADR DDVI _ADR GPUR HDCP [ ] SIGN CHKS RESR GLOB WMI0 _HID _UID _WDG WMNV WQBA HTWF [ ] [ ] LDTF G170 [ ] [ ] LSMD HMM2 [ ] [ ] MEMW [ ] MCLK [ ] DDRM YMM2 [ ] [ ] YDDR G110 [ ] RR10 [ ] RR11 [ ] RR12 [ ] RR13 G140 [ ] RR14 [ ] RR15 [ ] RR16 [ ] RR17 [ ] RR18 [ ] RR19 [ ] RR20 [ ] RR21 [ ] RB14 [ ] RB15 [ ] RB16 [ ] RB17 [ ] RB18 [ ] RB19 [ ] RB20 [ ] RB21 [ ] G040 [ ] RR22 [ ] RR23 [ ] RR24 [ ] RR25 [ ] RR26 [ ] RR27 [ ] RR28 [ ] RR29 [ ] RB22 [ ] RB23 [ ] RB24 [ ] RB25 [ ] RB26 [ ] RB27 [ ] RB28 [ ] RB29 [ ] G080 [ ] RR30 RR31 G180 [ ] RR32 RR33 WMI1 _HID _UID _WDG WMMX WQXM MXR0 _ADR _PRW _PRT PCV0 [ ] PEV0 [ ] [ ] XPE0 [ ] RQD0 PES0 PEP0 BR11 _ADR _PRW _PRT BR12 _ADR _PRW _PRT BR13 _ADR _PRW _PRT BR14 _ADR _PRW _PRT BR15 _ADR _PRW _PRT BR16 _ADR _PRW _PRT BR17 _ADR _PRW _PRT SUPP CTRL _OSC CRS_ MIN5 MAX5 LEN5 MIN6 MAX6 LEN6 MIN7 MAX7 LEN7 _CRS BN00 [ ] SMIP RMEM _HID _UID CRS_ _CRS PWRB _HID _UID _STA _PRW BUFA ICRS LSTA LPRS LCRS LCRO LSRS LSRO LNKA _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LNKB _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LNKC _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LNKD _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN0A _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN0B _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN0C _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN0D _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN1A _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN1B _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN1C _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN1D _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN2A _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN2B _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN2C _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN2D _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN3A _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN3B _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN3C _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN3D _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN4A _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN4B _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN4C _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN4D _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN5A _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN5B _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN5C _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN5D _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN6A _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN6B _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN6C _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN6D _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN7A _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN7B _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN7C _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LN7D _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LUB0 _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LUB2 _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LMAC _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LAZA _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS SGRU _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LSMB _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LPMU _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LSA0 _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS LATA _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS UB11 _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS UB12 _HID _UID _STA _PRS _DIS _CRS _SRS XCPD XNPT XCAP XDCP XDCT XDST XLCP XLCT XLST XSCP XSCT XSST XRCT MUTE RBPE RWPE RDPE WBPE WWPE WDPE RWDP RPME _SI_ _TZ_ THRM _TMP _CRT _REV _OS_ _OSI _GL_ NPTS NWAK FZTF DP80 DP90 SPIO IOPB IOPL IOEB IOEL IOGB IOGL IOSB IOSL SSMI SSEP SSEN SHPB SHPL PMBS PMLN SCBS SCLN ACBS ACLN MTAB MTAL ACA4 SCIO SCTL SNAS SNAM SNAL SPAS SPAM SPAL MUAE APIC PCIB PCIL WKTP SSBS CSTR RTTR BIOS [ ] SS1_ SS2_ SS3_ SS4_ [ ] IOST TOPM ROMS MG1B MG1L MG2B MG2L [ ] DMAX HPTA CPB0 CPB1 CPB2 CPB3 ASSB AOTB AAXB SMIF DTSE DTS1 DTS2 MPEN TPMF MG3B MG3L MH1B MH1L OSTP HYCM RRIO RDMA PICM _PIC OSVR OSFL MCTH PRWP GPRW WAKP DEB0 [ ] DBG8 DEB1 [ ] DBG9 OSYS SCPP [ ] IGUB IGUL SM00 [ ] CTLR HSTS ADDR CMDR DAT0 DAT1 [ ] ALAD ALDL ALDH [ ] [ ] SB32 SWFS SRBY WBYT CLAR WWRD RBYT RWRD SMRB GPS0 [ ] GS00 GS01 GS02 GS03 SENP [ ] INDX DTA0 SBYT GBYT RTMP CTMP WOTB WSSB WAXB _PTS _WAK _S0_ _S1_ _S4_ _S5_ PTS_ WAK_

CPUID Hardware Monitor

The cores seem to be about 10 degree difference from one another. I've had another suggestion to try another PSU.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Run MemTest

I'm thinkin' issue(s) with voltage and timings ...

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

Left 4 Dead has known issues with the latest nVidia drivers + multicore support. Turn off multicore rendering in options and see if your problem goes away in that game. I had to turn this off with my E6600 + 8800GTS system because every few seconds, I would get video lockup and audio stuttering, even with all settings on low. Not sure what would be causing your other video/audio issues, but I would suspect drivers.

Edit: That is a pretty big discrepancy between core temps. If I were you, I'd reapply thermal compound and reseat my HSF.

 

[BlueBlazer]

Inspect the motherboard for bad caps... It could also be the PSU or overheated graphics card...

 

[patrickgeustis]

looks like it was left 4 dead multicore support, as well as memory timings and clock speed. The motherboard default clock speed of the ram was 400mhz not the 800 the ram is suppose to be set at. Timings are rated to be 4-4-4-12, don't know how to set them exactly (biostar bios sucks) but i'll get to that ASAP. I'm running 3DMARK06 to see if it shutters or hiccups and i haven't seen any issues out of the norm. I know 3dmark06 is outdated but its the easiest way to see a test.