Overheating PC

Hughsy · 11 May 2008 at 00:12

Hi Guys

As of today my PC has been resetting and occasionally a BSOD when I have been playing CS & WoW. I worked it out to be my GFX Card so I have took the side panel of my case and set the GPU Fan to 100% but still no joy. I can literally play a 3D Game for 10-20 mins before it just goes black and resets. When a BSOD hits it display NVL_Display.dll to be the error so it is deffo my GPU.

The wierd thing is though my temps seem to be ok:

GPU - 57c IDLE - 65+ Load (Highest 70+)
Quadcore - 25 IDLE

As it is the summer I am willing to purchase a VGA Cooler if somebody would agree that this would fix my problem. If any other suggestions lay them down.

Lewis

Cob · 11 May 2008 at 00:21

Memtest86+ your Ballistix.

Hughsy · 11 May 2008 at 00:29

I know a bad batch of Ballistix have been going around but i have had this setup for a good while now and no problems until the heat hit

My PC Resets at about 30% on Memtest.

SlimJ GBR · 11 May 2008 at 00:47

Hughsy said:
My PC Resets at about 30% on Memtest.

Sounds like your memory needs replacing to me

Had similar problem with some new ram a few weeks ago, one of the 1gb dimms was faulty, got it replaced and is now perfectly fine

Hughsy · 11 May 2008 at 00:53

I will try my OCZ from my 2nd PC tomorrow.

Cob · 11 May 2008 at 01:02

Is your Ballistix set to 2.2v?

Hughsy · 11 May 2008 at 01:05

Cob said:
Is your Ballistix set to 2.2v?

+0.5V in Bios.

Cob · 11 May 2008 at 01:06

That'll be 2.3v.

Test each stick by itself.

Hughsy · 11 May 2008 at 15:27

I tried my OCZ 800MHZ 2gb RAM - I get 100% on Memtest - but I am still getting BSOD playing Games. Any more suggestions?

Hughsy · 11 May 2008 at 21:27

The BSOD is - STOP 0x0000007E (0xc0000005, 0xAF368D0, 0xB2ED9BC4, 0xB2ED98C0)

Then Kmixer.sys - Address AF3F68D0 base at AF3F6000 - Datestamp 448FCDCB.

Anybody, getting rather annoying now.

Cob · 11 May 2008 at 22:11

Have you tried some graphics different drivers?

JimAroo · 11 May 2008 at 22:26

Come across the Kmixer.sys BSOD few times before.. from my experiences it's faulty MOBO / RAM.

Don't take my word for it though.

CliffyBiro · 11 May 2008 at 22:29

Try a spare molex fan blowing on the GFX card. Will check if it's the temperature causing it to crash.

Hughsy · 11 May 2008 at 23:07

Should I try a Format to rule out the possibility that something is corrupted. I've tried two kits of RAM and still getting BSODs + i've used these drivers since i formatted 1 month ago

EdGey · 12 May 2008 at 00:27

skippi90 said:
Try a spare molex fan blowing on the GFX card. Will check if it's the temperature causing it to crash.

Hughsy · 12 May 2008 at 12:17

I now BSOD when I try to format, any ideas? Must be mobo?? :S

Hughsy · 12 May 2008 at 13:12

ok my Ballistix has been Memtested in my 2nd PC for 300% with no Crashes 0 Errors - so this rules out the RAM. Will be testing GFX card soon.

joedeath332 · 12 May 2008 at 18:50

I thought that when testing memory using memtest 86 ( testing from floppy ) that all that is tested is the ram / board , and not the OS , or the gfx in anyway , or am i mistaken.
I it does only test these components and you were getting bsod's then i dont see how the gfx could be causing this.

Hughsy · 12 May 2008 at 21:34

It appears both my MOBO and CPU has gone. I placed my CPU in my secondary PC, it would turn on but the moment it would get onto desktop it would BSOD. When placing a 2nd CPU into my main PC, i would get no signal on my monitor. I am certain I connected everything properly aswell.

I am now running my 2nd PC with a 8800 GTX / 2gb Ballistix / 650w Corsair PSU and it appears to be fine.

Strange how this can suddenly happen though.

Thanks for everybodies help

Calabi · 13 May 2008 at 19:57

I just discovered the same thing had annoying artifacting in games, dots and blobs at set points on the screen. Just realized it could be my graphics overheating because of the sound card being too close to it. Turned out to be true, I moved it and now all my pc temps have gone down. I think its because of the high ambients causing things to get worse enough to be noticeable.