Does this mean it's time to RMA my 6800 GT?

[Grimbones]

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/response.as...8aa-6fb7-44f0-8827-eaa21c15e859&SID=11

 

[stevty2889]

Could you be a little less specific and give us absolutly no details, thanks.

 

[Grimbones]

Ahh okay, you want some details, well first off, forgive me for being angry, but i've had some horrible oral style pain going on for 2 days straight and i've taken ridiculous amounts of pain relievers to fix this problem, after coming home from my dads house, i hook up my computer and turn it on and get that error, i keep getting it over and over, i am not even doing anything graphically intensive. unless talking on MSN is such?

Basically i have a 6800 GT

AMD 64 3000+

Abit kv8-max3 (which i'm thinking of RMAing)....

sata raptor harddrive...

Anything else just ask, but i think im going to go try to pass out for the night. thanks.

 

[stevty2889]

How long have you had this computer up and running, are you doing any overclocking? Have you tried going in to safe mode? Have you run memtest? How much memory do you have? Were you having any problems prior to these blue screens? What version of drivers are you using? Have you run checkdsk to make sure you hard drive isn't corrupted? Have spyware and anti-virus protection? It sounds more like a software problem, but no way to no with out any information..

 

[birdpup]

Originally posted by: Grimbones
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/response.as...8aa-6fb7-44f0-8827-eaa21c15e859&SID=11

Additional Technical Information

* Error Message: STOP 0x000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER (Q293078)

reinstall the device drivers.

 

[Grimbones]

No i don't really do any overclocking, and i've only had my computer half a year at the longest. I've run memtest recently and i also have a problem with my motherboards memory slots, and this is why i am RMAing it. I have been getting more general "device driver" BSD's prior to this happening while i was gaming, and they always happened because of some referenced memory problems. I took out a stick of RAM, and the computer seems to run better because of this now (albeit slower). I ordered a GB stick of pc3200 Geil RAM, but when i ran memtest on the thing once, the test Froze lol, so i basically am going to RMA it, i might try running the test again though. I'm pretty sure it isn't the RAM slot that i put it in, because the memory i am running currently seems to work. I don't remember if i use the Nvidia beta drivers or not, i'm not sure if i do anymore because i thought uninstalling them and using the current drivers would fix the problem. I have spyware and antivirus, but none of it was running when the crashes occured.

Also before typing this i opened up my case and noticed the actual graphics card was sagging a little bit, because apparently one screw doesn't want to do the job to hold up this massive card, and the slot below it is vacant. (i'll fix this, but as i've been typing this message, it has been crashing more frequently than it would have taken to type this up. So i'm not sure that maybe that had something to do with it.)

I don't really suspect my Hard disk of being corrupted, and i hope to god it isn't, but perhaps i'll run some tests. Hope this helped.

 

[Grimbones]

Of course the moment i just tried to start up world of warcraft the computer crashed again, so that little sagging video card theory has now been thrown out the window.

Also, in the "work around" it gave me when i clicked the link, it said to lower all hardware acceleration, and i did that yesterday and it still crashed, so i'm kind of confused what is going on, i guess i can try installing the nvidia drivers again if i have to. Though i gotta say, if i have to keep reinstalling them everytime this happens, i'm going to be ticked.

 

[stevty2889]

Well if you were having memory problems, then more than likely you have corrupted data on your hard drive. All you really need to do is run chkdsk, that can find and fix the corrupted data. If memtest itself froze, then you definatly have some kind of hardware problem, likely the memory or the motherboard, and from what you are describing it defintaly sounds like memory errors, weather it be that your memory is bad, or it could be incompatible with the motherboard, also could be timings, or not enough voltage. What memory do you have?

 

[Grimbones]

Well this all tailspins into a world of other issues i've been having. For a long while my computer would be running just fine, i swear to god though the moment i installed World of Warcraft my computer began to crash like nothing else. I still play the game, because i'm a mmo addict, but prior to playing it i used to play EQ2, and that game is a lot more graphically intensive and i didn't have all these crash problems. However, onto the real issues:

While using my 1 stick of Ram that i presume to be fine which is a Kingston value ram Pc3200, ddr400, it has been running fairly smoothly, or right up until i got home yesterday. I believe the timings on that ram are around 3-4-4-8. If i remember correctly from memtest. I just got a Gig of Geil ram which is also pc3200, timings are 3-8-4-4. I know it's a bit slower, but hey more ram for cheap is always a good way to go. i was thinking about buying a second stick too.

here is a problem i've been having with Memory slot #2.

1. I cannot start my computer with any ram in the #2 slot on my kv8 max-3. I just can't. It crashes over and over, or theres no video sometimes.

Also, my computer would crash pretty often (while playing WoW) when i ran my other stick of Kingston value ram (i have 2), in the #3 slot. However, i did some musical chairs with my Ram, and have pretty much decided that the 2nd stick i have doesn't workout too well, because it seems to crash a lot easier than this other stick.

Also, the chipset fan on my Motherboard stopped spinning. I read around, and apparently this isn't an incredibly uncommon thing, and i'm running my computer with the fan removed in order to get more airflow through it.



Okay, i'm going to run this chkdsk thing, and get back to you on the findings.

 

[Grimbones]

Okay, the chkdsk supposedly ran, it ran while i was rearranging my comic books behind me, which took like a minute, and by that time it was done. Now, either it did nothing when my back was turned, orrrrrrr it didn't help because i just crashed again.

 

[Grimbones]

I reinstalled drivers for my BFG 6800 GT , and nada. Any idea's, i'm running out myself.

 

[stevty2889]

I don't think you actualy have a problem with your graphics card, it seems to be memory related errors that is causing all of your problems, weather its the memory, or the motherboard, or just a compatibility issue. If the memory isn't working properly, it will corrupt data going to the CPU, and corrupt data being written back to the hard drive, so it can cause all kinds of strange behavior.

 

[Grimbones]

sounds like i should get this motherboard RMA cracking.