Sluggish PCM & BSOD

Rosshan

Rosshan

Rosshan

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Hello, I hope someone can help with this problem.
My Pc has been running very sluggish for the last month or so. Even web pages loading up. Sometimes randomly getting the ‘Blue screen of death’, this can happen just even if the Pc is not running any programs.

There has been no new hardware installed recently. I rebuilt my pc with new Cpu, Mobo and Ram from overclockers) last October.

I have recently done a full reinstall of windows 7. This has not helped. I have also swapped the Ram to the spare slots on my Mobo. Because the BSODs are random I gotta kinda wait till it happens to know if anything I do has any effect.

Any suggestions

Hardware -
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W)
Gigabyte Z77-D3H intel Z77
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Palit GeForce GTX 275 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card
 
It could be any number of things, but the first thing you should do is to see what is in the .dmp files when you see a BSOD (which will be in C:\Windows\minidumps). Even if it doesn't mean much to you, it will give you something to google or post back here.

Another thing to try is running the Windows 7 memory test tool to see if Windows can spot any issue with your RAM: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/715-memory-diagnostics-tool.html
 
your best bet now then is to strip all hardware down to a bare minimum in order to get the pc running - remove the gfx card and use the intel hd 4000 graphics on the cpu if you're not already (its probably faster than your gpu anyway!)

* clear your motherboard's cmos and reset all oc settings back to their defaults
* check for any bios updates and flash if necessary.
* try a different sata port if your motherboard has both sata2 and sata3 controllers

beyond that, you're going to need to replace one part at a time to try and find the source of the problem so start asking around for parts to borrow :)
 
Rosshan said:
Removed gfx card. And it hasn't crashed since!
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Possibly, or possibly a new PSU if the reason its crashing is that your's isn't up to the job any more. Try and borrow another PSU or lend someone your GFX card and see if they have issues also.

Glad you're up and running in some sense anyway!
 
I would always use latest bios

then in the bios set vcore voltage response to fast,pwm phase control to extreme performance and pcie/bclk to 100

try one click higher llc too if you didn't want to raise cpu voltage
 
wazza300 said:
I would always use latest bios

then in the bios set vcore voltage response to fast,pwm phase control to extreme performance and pcie/bclk to 100

try one click higher llc too if you didn't want to raise cpu voltage
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I have "bios set vcore voltage response to fast,pwm phase control to extreme performance".
But what is -

pcie/bclk to 100

try one click higher llc
 
you'll see it say cpu/pcie base clock auto set to manual and type in 100 it might help with stability rather than on auto

llc is loadline calibration,each level adds a certain amount of cpu voltage so be carefull what setting you use
 
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