just had a strange experience with my PC, can i have some help to sort it?

beasty6

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hey guys,

ive been playing company of heroes 2 today and that was fine, nice high FPS all smooth etc, i then close the game, browse the web for abit while listening to radio 1 online.

i then close the browser (google chrome) but leave the radio playing (realplayer) and start up BF4, find a server, got connected, game loading up and my PC blue screens.

so i reset the PC and just after the windows loading screen it takes about 5 mins to show anything on the screen, then just appears on my screen all loaded up and ready to go.

here is my spec
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CHVFZ
2x4GB XMS3 1600mhz
gigabyte HD 7990
OCZ 120GB VERTEX 2E
1TB HDD
antec truepower 750w

what could be causing this problem, i have not tried it again since but i will do.
dose the blue screen mean my OC is unstable?
im at 4.6ghz with 1.45core voltage 1.4 NB voltage so its not a extreme overclock but i would like to push it to 4.8+

so whats the problem with my PC? thanks guys
 
temps are fine, GPU never goes over 80deg CPU never goes over 65

RAM i dont know
SSD i dont know either
malware, how do i search and remove it if there is any?
 
ANy idea what the code on the BSOD was? can usually find it after the fact in Event Viewer.

Seen a couple of people getting x09c codes since the last BF4 patch on systems that have previously passed all kinds of stability testing (not quite sure yet if they actually need to bump the additional voltages a notch or if its a purely BF4 problem but guessing its probably exposing an instability).
 
it says SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTINON

atikmdag.sys

collecting data for crash dump ...
initializing disk for crash dump ...

i have no idea what any of that means lol
 
BSOD.png
 
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when i started having similar problems, i had to dial back my OC by 100mhz and lower voltage slightly and it's been fine since, of course that may be completely unrelated to your issue
 
hmmm its strange, i cant start sleeping dogs at all, and its rarely it happens in BF4, not had any issues in other games
 
Not one I've much experience with but IIRC 03b usually means the CPU isn't getting enough voltage - how long have you had the CPU overclocked? if its awhile it could also mean the CPU is degrading due to too much voltage but I don't really have much experience with overclocking AMD CPUs to know whats what there.
 
ive had my cpu and mobo about 7 10 weeks maximum, its always done it but never really too any notice but its starting to annoy me now.

i have 1.45 core voltage and NB voltage set to 1.3, what do i change to resolve this?

EDIT: i have my DRAM voltage set to auto, should i change this to a fixed voltage?

EDIT2: i have changed my vcore to 1.4v and my DRAM to 1.5v

going to see if sleeping dogs runs
 
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neither, just a stock reference HD 7990

im at default bios settings now so stock CPU speed to narrow things down and its still the same BSOD

i dont have issues in any other games, sleeping dogs just dose not start up, BF4 rarely BSOD
 
ok,

so i re-installed the game, have my whole system running at stock, and still the same BSOD.

i have a feeling sleeping dogs dose not like something in my system, could it be my RAM?
 
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