Computer Crashing when playing games.

Something Else · 25 Jan 2013 at 20:50

all your power connections and data cables such as sata cables plugged in correctly? have you monitored the temperatures of the cpu and gpu? how old are your storage drives?

uannaka · 25 Jan 2013 at 20:55

I have the exact same problem as OP has, except my card is a Gigabyte 7850. My friend also has a 7850 and has the exact same problem as us both. Surfing the web, using Microsoft word, and even using Furmark would not crash my PC. But when I start playing games from Counter Strike: Source to Battlefield 3 it would crash at random times, sometimes 5 minutes into the game and sometimes 2 hours into the game. It's really annoying.

Gux · 25 Jan 2013 at 22:24

uannaka said:
I have the exact same problem as OP has, except my card is a Gigabyte 7850. My friend also has a 7850 and has the exact same problem as us both. Surfing the web, using Microsoft word, and even using Furmark would not crash my PC. But when I start playing games from Counter Strike: Source to Battlefield 3 it would crash at random times, sometimes 5 minutes into the game and sometimes 2 hours into the game. It's really annoying.

Yeah I suspected my GPU to be the problem. Can't be a driver problem since I tried 3 different ones with no improvement.

Last time I am buying AMD, that's for sure. Probably I won't even be able to buy an AMD computer for my next upgrade, because they are hopefully going to go bust. Can't make any good CPU's and can't make a GPU that will run a game for 30 minutes.

Intel/Nvidia for me next that's for sure.

Leprechaun312 · 25 Jan 2013 at 22:44

Gux said:
Yeah I suspected my GPU to be the problem. Can't be a driver problem since I tried 3 different ones with no improvement.

Last time I am buying AMD, that's for sure. Probably I won't even be able to buy an AMD computer for my next upgrade, because they are hopefully going to go bust. Can't make any good CPU's and can't make a GPU that will run a game for 30 minutes.

Intel/Nvidia for me next that's for sure.

their not going bust aslong as they get it right this year they have planned a whole new streak of cpus and gpus. the amd cards are good, your just having issues which is not amd's fault but the g-card manufacturers even if the g-card is to blame

Gux · 25 Jan 2013 at 23:06

Leprechaun312 said:
their not going bust aslong as they get it right this year they have planned a whole new streak of cpus and gpus. the amd cards are good, your just having issues which is not amd's fault but the g-card manufacturers even if the g-card is to blame

Yeah of course it isn't their fault. Just like the original Phenom series with the TLB bug wasn't their fault. Or their award winning GPU drivers, where half of their customers are having problems. The fact is the company is a total joke. Which other company introduces new CPU that is slower and more power hungry than their old generation, i mean come on wake up!!!!

The gap between Intel and AMD is already embarrassing, If AMD do manage to survive, the gap in 10 years time will be around 500% in performance IMO. Joke of a company.

I am still amazed that they actually exists. I have waken up, last time I buy anything with AMD written on it.

wazza300 · 25 Jan 2013 at 23:08

Gux said:
For the 3rd time, I have already updated the bios. It is running the latest bios version on this planet.

Can't open AMD CCC. Another great thing about PC's, **** dosen't work and we never know how or why. I have already reinstall it 3 times but every time it doesn't load up.

I have adjusted the power control slider in afterburner but it makes no difference.

youll have to forgive me as i havnt read all the thread but if ccc isnt loading up at startup then 99% thats down to cpu voltage not being enough

it happens on my z77 system if im too low on cpu v,one/two clicks more cures it and ccc load everytime and games dont crash to desktop!!!

it could be a gpu issue still but you need to try other things first and list all your hardware

Gux · 25 Jan 2013 at 23:31

wazza300 said:
youll have to forgive me as i havnt read all the thread but if ccc isnt loading up at startup then 99% thats down to cpu voltage not being enough

it happens on my z77 system if im too low on cpu v,one/two clicks more cures it and ccc load everytime and games dont crash to desktop!!!

it could be a gpu issue still but you need to try other things first and list all your hardware

That has nothing to do with cpu voltage. You are forgetting ccc is made by the biggest amateurs in IT industry. You can expect bad coding in ccc and that's exactly what it is causing it.

Just to confirm I ran my cpu at 1.50v far greater than recommended and ccc still does not load.

Just forget about it, I have given up, the reason the problem is occurring is because I have a gpu with AMD sticker on it. Just found another guy with the same problem as me. 17 pages of discussion. http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=364498
Using google, there seems to be loads of people with the same problem. Here is the EXACT same noise I get when the computer crashes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8erBOaOBck&feature=g-upl

Fingers crossed AMD goes bankrupt in 2013.

wazza300 · 25 Jan 2013 at 23:39

I've never had any trouble with ATI drivers,ever since my x1950pro

Gux · 25 Jan 2013 at 23:42

Seems to be quite an issue with these **** cards.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1310654/...nt-amd-support-on-this-asap/200#post_18592376

Gux · 25 Jan 2013 at 23:43

wazza300 said:
I've never had any trouble with ATI drivers,ever since my x1950pro

Lucky you, but I heard a variant of X1950pro was the cause of the famous RROD in the xbox 360. Only 10+ million people effected with something like 50% failure rate. Yup ATI/AMD sure sound like a great company.

Gux · 25 Jan 2013 at 23:46

Funny thing is, I probably can't even RMA it. When they are going to test it, it might work, crashes can sometimes happen after hours of gameplay. I doubt it they are going to have a guy play BF3 for 5 hours too see if the GPU crashes. :rolleyes:

wazza300 · 25 Jan 2013 at 23:48

I have two msi tf3 7850 cards tested them in a h55 board z68 and x77 no issues at all,I've seen lots of issues with ocz psu's and gigabyte boards over on tweaktown,Idk if your running a gigabyte board or if the issue extends to gigabyte gpu's but its worth testing with another psu if you can,and to use the latest beta BIOS,if that fails then you can only rma the card

Gux · 26 Jan 2013 at 00:05

wazza300 said:
I have two msi tf3 7850 cards tested them in a h55 board z68 and x77 no issues at all,I've seen lots of issues with ocz psu's and gigabyte boards over on tweaktown,Idk if your running a gigabyte board or if the issue extends to gigabyte gpu's but its worth testing with another psu if you can,and to use the latest beta BIOS,if that fails then you can only rma the card

It's not the motherboard or the psu that is causing this problem. It's clear by a mile that the HD7850/7870 have major problems. The links I have posted, quite a few people have the same problem, even Sapphire on their official forums have admitted that the cards are ****. Only problem is they are only accepting the HD7870 for RMA for this problem and not the HD7850. Clearly the 7850 is also affected with multiple people having the same problems.

This guy has the exact same GPU as me, even the SKU is the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxf8TqlLuCU

Exactly the same problem, even the sound it outputs when it crashes it is the same.

AMD gpu, can't expect much I guess.