WHEA logger BSOD

[mikelkite]

I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue I seem to be having lately.

After about 6 months of having a gtx 970, i7 870 and 16 GB of RAM installed (I did a bit of a cheap upgrade from a i3 w/4GB and a 5770) I seem to be having constant BSOD stating either

WHEA logger
NMI Hardware failure

Now I have a feeling the PSU I have is dying or dead as the last few days it has been doing this every 10 minutes. The PSU is an Antec modular 450watt and about 6 years old.

I'm going to need to upgrade it if I want to upgrade anything else now- which I intend to do with either x99 or z170 soon.

I have overclocked the board, stress tested and it worked fine for a few months (I also have an h80i cooler)

What is more likely - the PSU is dead or the mobo is fried?

* Just to add I have ordered a 550watt Corsair 80 bronze PSU - should be with me Wednesday so I can test it then.

 

[mikelkite]

Done that - the fact it does it every 10 minutes or so, gaming or idle I would stake it being the PSU being underpowered/old.

I don't think a 6 year old 450 watt is capable of running a 970 GTX and i7 overclocked.

 

[mikelkite]

Yeah it does it at stock as well.

Its got progressively worse recently, I have a PSU tester but it looks within range, but it might be while just using the tester as all it really does is turn on. When it begins to draw power I suspect it is failing on the 12v to keep a stable 12v.

My event viewer gives me odd errors (I work as a sys admin so I have seen my share of weird event viewer/nothing being logged)

I get :

(Not my log but similar - I am at work)

Reported by component: Processor Core
Error Source: Corrected Machine Check
Error Type: Internal parity error
Processor ID: 6

I get NMI-Hardware failures etc.

Now correct me if I am wrong but CPU's are pretty much bulletproof these days as long as they have been cooled correctly compared to say a motherboard which could pop at anytime.

The way I read into this is the CPU is the failing part due to not having enough power or an unstable rail on the aging PSU.

As I have overclocked the i3 prior and now the i7, and added a 970 GTX I would bet it has been drawing close to all it can handle and has simply worn out. Like an amp running at 110% - it's going to have a short life.

 

[mikelkite]

I would but it doesn't stay up long enough to log properly at the moment!

We'll see when the PSU comes - its currently on "Security check processing" from another vendor.

When it gets here I'll slap it in, run stock clock and see what happens.