BSoD 124: No overclocks?

TehBluebear · 20 Jun 2013 at 07:27

kaku said:
124 is definitely vcore related.

What voltage is your chip at under load with the vcore set to auto?

I havn't a clue, wouldn't even know where to start to find out. Can't believe the amount of hassle I'm getting from this spec, I want my 775 system back

TehBluebear · 20 Jun 2013 at 17:34

Just happened again, out of the blue. I can't seem to 'force' it to happen no matter what I do.

I wonder if it's my PSU, it *is* about five years old now, do they start to get flakey as they get older? It's an Antec unit, but still... Would a 1155 CPU suck up more power or be more demanding than say, a Q6600?

wazza300 · 20 Jun 2013 at 17:37

should be less power hungry than your old setup

do you know what cpu voltage is being used ?

it could be psu but its hard to say without testing with another

TehBluebear · 20 Jun 2013 at 20:23

When you refer to CPU voltage, is that Vcore? Looking in Bios, the changeable part is set to Normal, with a (what I assume is the default) value of 1.230v next to it.

EDIT: here is a pic of my CPU Core Voltage settings menu as it stands atm. Is there anything that I should change?

tipes · 20 Jun 2013 at 22:46

TehBluebear said:
When you refer to CPU voltage, is that Vcore? Looking in Bios, the changeable part is set to Normal, with a (what I assume is the default) value of 1.230v next to it.

EDIT: here is a pic of my CPU Core Voltage settings menu as it stands atm. Is there anything that I should change?

You are not overclocked atm you say - but 1.230v core seems a bit high to me for standard clock. You sure your not overclocked - what is your multi set to?
Try re setting bios to defaults and see if that helps.

wazza300 · 20 Jun 2013 at 23:07

stick in a usb stick and press f12 for each bios setting/page and post here

then I can tell you roughly what to set

TehBluebear · 20 Jun 2013 at 23:30

Alright, I'll take the screenshots when I get back from Canada in 2 weeks and post them in here. Cheers for your help so far Wazza!

TehBluebear · 21 Nov 2013 at 22:56

Well, I never did do the screenshots, as when I got back from Canada it seemed to have sorted itself out. Cue completely BSoD-free computing and gaming from July until... well... now.

In the past week or two, this same problem is rearing its ugly head again. At a complete loss as to what's causing it still. Temperatures all seem above board and normal.

Will report back with a load of BIOS screenies tomorrow.

thecremeegg · 21 Nov 2013 at 23:27

I had similar problems a few years back, it was my psu iirc

TehBluebear · 21 Nov 2013 at 23:29

thecremeegg said:
I had similar problems a few years back, it was my psu iirc

I'll look at replacing it then. It's an Antec TruePower Quattro 850, which I've had for about 5 years now, would it be starting to go at that age then?

Bart_Hunt · 21 Nov 2013 at 23:38

Question.
Does your motherboard have those presets like 'energy save', 'performance' etc?
If you have them andnit is set to 'performance' its basically an overclock.
I had this happen to me, didn't really read thru the mobi msnualband I set the preset to 'performsnce' on my asus board. I was quite surprised my stock 4770k went wtraight to 4.3 in turbo mode. I had no idea this was related to those presets until someone here on forums told me.

TehBluebear · 22 Nov 2013 at 00:33

I'll check, but I don't recall seeing anything like that. (Gigabyte Z77-D3H).

I'm still running the factory BIOS version I think, reason being that I've had issues with newer versions in the past with no detecting of keyboard or mouse input...

TehBluebear · 24 Nov 2013 at 16:19

Ok, here you go guys, screenshots of every BIOs page for your perusal. Hope you can find what's causing this to be BSOD'ing all the time.

http://imgur.com/a/kVFsT

wazza300 · 24 Nov 2013 at 18:41

GA-Z77-D3H - F22b http://www.mediafire.com/?navvb2xe139l7bl

latest beta,bios settings look fine to me?

id manually set loadline calibration to low or medium though,if just 8gb of memory then stock 1.05v cpu/vtt is fine,i run my 8gb Samsung green at 2133mhz with 1.05v cpu/vtt and 1.55v dram v

TehBluebear · 24 Nov 2013 at 20:39

Well, the F22b version seems to be happy with a keyboard and mouse this time, so that's all good.

However, when I changed the BIOS settings to what you suggested, I also decided to bump up my Sammy Greens to 2133 by raising the multiplier. I think I had about 3 BSODs after, one even when Windows was loading. Just turned it back down to stock and it seems to be running a lot better.

So I'm guessing the problem is either my RAM (which I hope not), or my PSU being unable to cope due to age. Any ideas?

EDIT: spoke too soon, it's just BSOD'ed again

wazza300 · 24 Nov 2013 at 21:58

It's hard to say,only way to know for sure is try another psu

Your ram should do 2133mhz also with 1.555v dram in BIOS,if not try 1800mhz

TehBluebear · 24 Nov 2013 at 22:08

wazza300 said:
It's hard to say,only way to know for sure is try another psu

Your ram should do 2133mhz also with 1.555v dram in BIOS,if not try 1800mhz

I think I'll order a new PSU then, just to be safe. Probably time now anyway.

Thinking of going for another Antec, I was looking at the new High Current Gamer 620w, would that be enough for an i5-3750k, 670GTX based build?

wazza300 · 24 Nov 2013 at 22:19

Yh I would thinkso,the xfx psu's are decent also,using one myself with gigabyte z77 up4 th

TehBluebear · 29 Nov 2013 at 14:58

Going to test if it is the RAM over the weekend by using one stick at a time. If neither of those BSOD, then it must be the PSU failing surely?

TehBluebear · 30 Nov 2013 at 20:56

Ok, update: Tried it today with one stick in at a time, and it's BSOD'ed with each stick. I assume its unlikely for a matched pair of Samsung Greens to both be faulty?

Should I start looking at replacing the PSU now? Could it even be the mobo itself at fault?