Is this whats causing my system to hang?

Yeah my GPU is Overclocked, but by the manufacture, BFG, i have ran furmark and it didnt crash my system. The video format is a flash video
 
What prog do i need to have to look at the dump file?, im using Avira antivirus, and im not aware of anything that would have installed
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r u using x86 or x64 version of your OS

if so u can dl this

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx

and dl the correct 1 with ur OS

then once installed follow these steps;

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
2. Change to the Debugging Tools for Windows folder. To do this, type the following at the command prompt, and then press ENTER:
cd c:\program files\debugging tools for windows
3. To load the dump file into a debugger, type one of the following commands, and then press ENTER:
windbg -y SymbolPath -i ImagePath -z DumpFilePath
kd -y SymbolPath -i ImagePath -z DumpFilePath
 
pimper said:
r u using x86 or x64 version of your OS

if so u can dl this

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx

and dl the correct 1 with ur OS

then once installed follow these steps;

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
2. Change to the Debugging Tools for Windows folder. To do this, type the following at the command prompt, and then press ENTER:
cd c:\program files\debugging tools for windows
3. To load the dump file into a debugger, type one of the following commands, and then press ENTER:
windbg -y SymbolPath -i ImagePath -z DumpFilePath
kd -y SymbolPath -i ImagePath -z DumpFilePath
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did the following but go the following message,

loading Dump File [blah blah blah]

Could not open dump file [dumpfilepath]. win32 error 0n2
"The system cannot find the file specified"
Debuggee initialization failed, Win32 error 0n2
"The system cannot find the file specified"
 
Well ive just run the video clip 3 times and it hasnt crashed, this is after changing my RAM timmings. I may put them back to what they were and see if i can get it to crash again
 
Ok, i have just managed to recreate the bluescreen i got awhile ago, i remembered that when i restarted my PC before i went to have a shower that, windows 7 was sitting on the "Now restarting system" screen for ages. I have now restarted my PC again (to change my RAM timmings), and it was doing the same thing again, just sitting on the restarting screen, then all of a sudden the same blue screen appeared!! Now what would cause windows to just sit at the restarting screen, and then to blue screen??
 
Yo... was this on a video playing program or something like BBC Iplayer when going from browser > fullscreen?

If it's the latter I may have solutions for you.
 
Well it was the game site, gamespot. But i think ive narrowed it down to my RAM. I set the timmings back to 8,8,8,24,2 and x8, and it crashed 2 times in a row. So my system locking up must be related to RAM, but why would it cuase it to crash when watching a video?

EDIT: Have now set it back to x6 Ram mulitiplier but left the Ram timmings at 8,8,8,24,2, and it played the video fine!!
 
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Do you have memtest? if so run that and list results, that shud pick up any RAM faults, tht may give u the answers
 
deffo run a memtest! google ultimate boot cd or dvd. `download, burn and boot from the dvd. run the memtest86
 
Ok will do that. Looking at the defualt 'Memory Frequency" value, 1066, in the below pic, shoudl that actually be 1066???...

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On a side note, if i click on restart within windows, my system will spend ages on the restarting windows screen, after been on that screen for about a minute the lights on my keyboard and mouse go out, and then 2-3 minutes later i get the blue screen mentioned above. However, if i start my PC up and when i get to the windows login screen, if i select restart from there the PC restarts normally!!, its only if i actually log into windows and then click restart do i get this problem!!
 
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coupe69 said:
Have you read this?

BTW what sort of voltages are you putting through your memory and cpu?
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I have 1.64 volts for my ram, QPI is 1.29 and vcore 1.28. Have just finished running memtest with no errors.....

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Is there a 64bit version of memtest as this says its only 32bit
 
TBH I'd try bumping your vcore up a little bit, I've just brought a core i5 750 which was prime stable for 8 hours @4GHz on 1.36 vcore but was still not stable in need for speed shift, I had several bsod's and even a couple of hard locks. I'd put money on it that if you upped your vcore a bit you'd regain stability.

I am now stable in all my games @ 1.38 vcore, and I'm really starting to question whether or not testing for stability with prime95 is all it's cracked up to be.
Seriously for 3.8GHz, 1.28 vcore does seem quite low for a 920, most people are up around the 1.35v mark for that sort of overclock. Put any vdroop your board might suffer from into the equation, and I think that's where the problem could lie.
 
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I dunno about that.

I was stable at 3.4Ghz with 1.15Vcore. Managed to get it to boot and run prime95 at as low as 1.1375 or so, but it was causing program lockups so i had to up it to 1.15.
 
I think i posted earlier on in the thread that i upper the vorce to 1.35 and QPI to 1.335 and it still locked, so i dont think its to do with the voltage. Its related to the Memory freq multiplier, whenever i have it a x8 it locks up at some point when watch i flash vid in a browser, but when set to x6 it doesnt!!
 
If I'm honest though, the program lockups with my low voltage were very similar to what you are describing, frozen screen with no lights on the kb/mouse. That doesn't necessarily make it the same problem though, as you have said you seemed to pin it to 6x and 8x multipliers on the memory.

When you ran memtest were you at 6x or 8x? :)
 
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