Freezing at random times

tally2425 · 3 Jan 2013 at 10:57

Well i'm having a problem since i have upgraded to Windows 8, It happens mainly whilst i'm playing League of Legends. All the happens is a loud 'DURRR' noise and get a blue screen saying 'Your computer has encountered a problem', This causes the computer to freeze and i have to give it a reboot for it to work. What's the best way to work out the problem?

Mitzy · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:05

Check your event logs I would guess, also what error code is displayed when it blue screens?

Are you overclocked?

tally2425 · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:17

Mitzy said:
Check your event logs I would guess, also what error code is displayed when it blue screens?

Are you overclocked?

I'm not sure on the code, Will check next time it does it. i'm normally just annoyed so just reboot straight away haha! will pay more attention next time!.

Yes i am overclocked!

Mitzy · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:18

tally2425 said:
I'm not sure on the code, Will check next time it does it. i'm normally just annoyed so just reboot straight away haha! will pay more attention next time!.

Yes i am overclocked!

Check the error logs or take note of the code next time but if I was you I'd be looking at the overclock primarily.

tally2425 · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:22

Mitzy said:
Check the error logs or take note of the code next time but if I was you I'd be looking at the overclock primarily.

I will take note of the code and check the log too, Just need to get to the bottom of it now as it's bugging me!.

Hmm the overclock was fine on windows 7 and it's only started doing this since i upgraded to windows 8 though.

Mitzy · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:24

It may not be the overclock but its worth ruling out, you need more info though.

tally2425 · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:26

Mitzy said:
It may not be the overclock but its worth ruling out, you need more info though.

Thanks, I'm at work at the moment so will get information to you once i get home

tally2425 · 3 Jan 2013 at 17:10

Just got home and looking at the event viewer, This 'Critical' error seems to have popped up a lot, Doesn't mean much to me does it to any of you guys?

zakblood · 3 Jan 2013 at 17:19

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/announcement.php?f=129

download and use these tools as it seems to be only happening at max ie in games

if this also makes it happen the same, then overclock or memory could be the error

it helped me, but i guess you have already tried it and im being to basic, but it may help others to see and not have done it / tried it

good luck

tally2425 · 3 Jan 2013 at 17:26

zakblood said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/announcement.php?f=129

download and use these tools as it seems to be only happening at max ie in games

if this also makes it happen the same, then overclock or memory could be the error

it helped me, but i guess you have already tried it and im being to basic, but it may help others to see and not have done it / tried it

good luck

Running the tests now and at idle it's at 2200mhz and when running prime 95 it's 2589mhz so the clock is working at max and still haven't encountered an error as of yet

tally2425 · 4 Jan 2013 at 08:15

Well after a good half hour running prime95 no crash happened, Any other ideas?

zakblood · 4 Jan 2013 at 08:29

run sfc, system file checker and let that check for errors, and scandisk/f on reboot etc

always good for a shot

tally2425 · 6 Jan 2013 at 17:31

Well it happened again and this is the error i'm getting

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

Any ideas what this could be?

wazza300 · 6 Jan 2013 at 17:33

tally2425 said:
Well it happened again and this is the error i'm getting

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

Any ideas what this could be?

memory related,either dram voltage too low or cpu vtt

list your components

tally2425 · 6 Jan 2013 at 18:14

wazza300 said:
memory related,either dram voltage too low or cpu vtt

list your components

will do 1 min

tally2425 · 6 Jan 2013 at 18:18

CASE: Cooler Master Elite 310 Mid Tower Gaming Case with see-thru side panel

POWERSUPPLY: OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5QL Pro P43 Chipset LGA775 FSB1600 DDR2/1066/800 Main board

CPU: Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q8200 (4M Cache, 2.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)

HDD: 2GB Samsung Spin point F3 SATA-II 3.0 GB/s 16M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive

RAM: 4GB 4 x 1GB PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory

DVD DRIVE: Sony Optiarc 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER Black

GRAPHICS: MSI GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

SCREEN: Samsung SM943NW 19" 5MS 1440x900 DVI LCD Wide Monitor

tally2425 · 7 Jan 2013 at 08:01

Did it again but got another error which said

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Anymore ideas?

wazza300 · 7 Jan 2013 at 09:35

on that board try one/two clciks more cpu northbridge voltage from what auto is using,and one/two clicks more dram voltage

tally2425 · 7 Jan 2013 at 10:19

wazza300 said:
on that board try one/two clciks more cpu northbridge voltage from what auto is using,and one/two clicks more dram voltage

I'll give that a go when i'm home, I do this through the BIOS right?

wazza300 · 7 Jan 2013 at 11:01

yeah,