Quick question - driver crashing

[JamesM]

Would a faulty GPU (or GPUs) cause the AMD driver stopped responding error in windows?

Have tried Win 8 and 8.1, all drivers ranging from 13 to the latest 14 betas and it happens at random times at default GPU clocks.

Also would a GPU cause a system freeze on the desktop? Only really happens if the system is left for a period of time.

Event logger also reports this "Display driver amdkmdap stopped responding and has successfully recovered." at regular times.

 

[JamesM]

Yep and have done a fresh install a number of times.

On system loadup it can sometimes take between 5-10 seconds for the desktop icons to show on the desktop too which I find odd as my AMD system shows them as soon as the desktop is up.

 

[JamesM]

Is there anything I can do to put just the cards through their paces? Perhaps run heaven for a long period of time?

Thing is if I so much as look at a CPU overclock the system crashes/blue screens every time so that points to a CPU/motherboard/mem issue however i've swapped CPU and the problem still happens in regards to the desktop freezing? I'm at a loss really

 

[JamesM]

Cheers guys will have a go.

 

[JamesM]

Running that.. it shows the voltages as follows

+3.3 = 1.99v
+5v = 3.36v
-12v = -7.05v
-5v = -6.57v

They look rather off don't they?

 

[JamesM]

Cheers Nexus, glad it's not just me! Will look at those when OCCT has finished.

Is OCCT any good for CPU testing too?

 

[JamesM]

Does it monitor the PSU side of things accurately?

This is a Seasonic which has only just been replaced as the original was faulty.

No errors found for 15 mins.

 

[JamesM]

n/m running Gigabyte's monitoring software and it shows voltages are ok and stable.

 

[JamesM]

Just been running prime and system appears to have crashed/shutdown.

This is looking more and more likely to be a CPU/mobo/memory fault at the moment

 

[JamesM]

Ok system had a CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT with everything at stock.

According to the might google this could indicate a hardware issue.

Have just run memtest and that found now errors so I guess this points towards motherboard or CPU now.

Cheers for the help guys, will keep investigating.

 

[JamesM]

Everything was at stock :s

Have rolled back to a previous BIOS and put 1.35v through it, will see what happens.