Any blue screen experts?

platypus · 7 Sep 2011 at 07:39

I'm convincing myself that its a graphics card driver issue with directx11, but I was wondering if anyone could shed any light. I've got the dump files if anyone is expert at reading them and willing..

I've run memtest without errors. I can stress both my cpu and gpu using prime/furmark without errors. And when running under stress my cpu doesn't go above 42oC, nor does my graphics card go much above 58oC.

Yet when running a Dx11 application I get so many problems, and thats where the blue screens are occuring. I had so many crashes with Deus Ex that I had to disable Dx11 entirely, making it stable. Crap performance, but stable! Recently have been getting bluescreens in Wow.

platypus · 7 Sep 2011 at 10:58

Hmm I am now wondering if its the factory overclocked card thats causing problems. Any way to tell?

NathanE · 7 Sep 2011 at 11:19

Tried a GPU memory test?

My NV 7600GS card that was only about 4 years old died this year from constant memory corruption issues. It was passive cooled, and not overclocked.

MooMoo444 · 7 Sep 2011 at 12:21

You could try jotting down the specific bluescreen code and seeing what google returns. The one that is a few numbers with a lot of zeros on the end.

Davefran · 7 Sep 2011 at 15:10

Found this, may help ;-)

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GTX 500 series? Crashing in DX11 mode? I think I found the problem.
I ruled out all software issues. "Update your drivers" is a lazy answer and is rarely the problem (especially since Nvidia's drivers get worse with every release).

I had read a little about a DX11 low voltage issue that can produce crashes/display driver restarts. I bumped up my video card's voltage to 1.050 (from 1.038) and this miraculously solved all my problems. I've heard that some need to bump it up more to fix this problem with their particular card, but just be aware that this will produce more heat. If you need any more voltage than 1.050 you should perform a stress test to make sure your card won't melt - or invest in an aftermarket cooler.

Since the change I crashed once (in the hengsha pod area) but for 5-6 hours after that everything was golden.

I have an EVGA GTX570 superclocked card. Apparently this problem can and does manifest on any manufacturer's 500 series card, but it seems more prevalent on the factory overclocked versions since they don't do any voltage bumps.

deanolfc · 7 Sep 2011 at 16:19

Download whocrashed to analyse your dump files http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed