Is it my PSU?

[Repuhlsiνe]

Hi guys, i am still trying to troubleshoot my instability issues on my gaming rig. I think it may be my power supply that is causing it to freeze at random times. The GPU i have is a PNY GTX 560Ti. My PC can run a game for a few hours on high setting then other times it will freeze just after booting. My PSU is a Rocketfish 550 watt. I recently read this article http://www.guru3d.com/article/gefo [...] i-review/7 which contains information on the 560ti power consumption. This article is more info on my PSU http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/art [...] Review/748

CPU:Intel Core i7 860@2.80GHz
RAM:8GBs at 1333MHz
PSU:RocketFish 550 Watt
GPUNY GTX 560Ti

More info can be provided if necessary.

-Thanks.

[AceInfinity]

Try checking your internal temperatures for both your GPU and CPU. Does it freeze during gaming or just completely random as you say? I would recommend running a couple stress tests as well for the GPU and CPU... Another thing to turn off any overclocking to test if you have it set up that way.

[Repuhlsiνe]

Try checking your internal temperatures for both your GPU and CPU. Does it freeze during gaming or just completely random as you say? I would recommend running a couple stress tests as well for the GPU and CPU... Another thing to turn off any overclocking to test if you have it set up that way.

The freezing/crashing occurs during gaming and at random times, for example I just went and tried to install HW monitor to get temps and soon as i got to CNET it froze.

EDIT: Additionally, i have encountered several blue screens, one specifically stated "a driver has overrun a stack-based buffer".

[AceInfinity]

The freezing/crashing occurs during gaming and at random times, for example I just went and tried to install HW monitor to get temps and soon as i got to CNET it froze.

EDIT: Additionally, i have encountered several blue screens, one specifically stated "a driver has overrun a stack-based buffer".

Ahhh, my specialty The thing here is that I think your GPU is overheating. But....

If you require help with a BSOD you should do the following...

1. Locate your Minidumps folder:

• This is usually placed in C:\Windows\Minidump\. Navigate to that location and copy all of the files over into a folder on your desktop and preferrably compress them into an archive before uploading to a file host.

2. Provide your crash dumps in the next post with the download link to the .dmp files

• I will review/debug the crash dump to more accurately verify the cause of this BSOD.
  
• Note: Further instructions will be given after I have reviewed the crash dump, be patient, and don't do ANYTHING while i'm in the review process as solving BSOD's requires patience, and a logical order of operations. If you do anything that I have not asked you to do, you are only puting your own system at risk, because now you're just on your own doing trial and error.

Once reviewed I can give you more details on why these crashes occur and your freezing probably. Freezing can be a complex issue. Sometimes it causes the kernel to crash, other times it doesn't and it just locks up without sending data to the NT module to initiate a crash at all. And sometimes it just causes your computer to Reboot or Shutdown.

Edit: hopefully you had your small memory dumps enabled. If not...

How to enable Small Memory Dumps

• Open up the Run command from the start menu
  
• Type in "SystemPropertiesAdvanced" without quotes then hit enter
  
• Under startup and recovery, click the settings button
  
• At the bottum under write debugging information select "Small Memory Dump 256 KB" from the drop down menu
  
• Press OK

[Repuhlsiνe]

Thanks for the response, i just went to retrieve the BSOD dumps and when i powered on my PC the screen would come on and say "Entering power saving mode" and wouldn't boot properly. I am confused as to whether it is overheating because of how it can run a game like BF3 for hours fine and other times freeze right after booting, or most recently, wont boot at all. The same thing applies to it being a PSU Issue.

[AceInfinity]

So you can't boot into your computer? Were you able to view the crash dumps created by the kernel? There should be some created in there everytime the system crashes to a blue screen. If you can be kind and post that I can review it for you. Any kind of advice at this point wouldn't be as accurate until I have that dump file.

Try booting into safe mode if you must from the F8 boot menu.

[Extasey]

Really could be a number of things... I had a similar problem with my motherboard a few years back.

Sounds like RAM to me. Try puling out all modules except for one (put it in slot 0) and run it through a stress test. If it crashes, change the module to another one. If it just goes it MIGHT point to a faulty module, if it fails again try swapping as many parts as you can (with a mates computer or an older one) to see if you pull something out allows it to run fune again.

But also pull the BS dumps.

[Repuhlsiνe]

Really could be a number of things... I had a similar problem with my motherboard a few years back.

Sounds like RAM to me. Try puling out all modules except for one (put it in slot 0) and run it through a stress test. If it crashes, change the module to another one. If it just goes it MIGHT point to a faulty module, if it fails again try swapping as many parts as you can (with a mates computer or an older one) to see if you pull something out allows it to run fune again.

But also pull the BS dumps.

I will try the re-seating the RAM, i'm considering just taking my PC to Geek Squad and having them use their diagnostic tools to check it. They will probably over charge the hell out of me, knowing my luck it will be a minuscule issue and i'l get charged $50. Thanks for the reply Extasey.

[AceInfinity]

I will try the re-seating the RAM, i'm considering just taking my PC to Geek Squad and having them use their diagnostic tools to check it. They will probably over charge the hell out of me, knowing my luck it will be a minuscule issue and i'l get charged $50. Thanks for the reply Extasey.

lol look at my userbar, don't waste the money in my opinion.

Where are your BSOD crash dumps???

[AceInfinity]

If you live in Sydney (Australia) you can always give me a call!

---

LOOK AT HIS USERBAR! HE SHOULD BE LEADER OF THE INTERNETS! #Whattahead

I was just giving him an excuse not to waste his money, but definitely:

If you live in Sydney (Australia) you can always give me a call!

Lets go ahead and call the O'mighty great one

Spoiler (Click to View)

Don't be such a twat, i'm trying to help just as you are.

You're on the wrong forum guy... http://imatroll.net