PigDog Posted December 31, 2011 Member ID: 222 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 88 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3847 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 1628 Achievement Points: 25635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 02/05/1968 Device: Windows Posted December 31, 2011 OK, my new PC build was humming along just fine, but then yesterday, it just restarted like 3 times for no reason. Actually, the first time, it just went dark and kicked me out of all I was doing and I had to turn it off. The other times it actually restarted. The message that came up on reboot said that Windows had recovered from a serious error, but I don't know what it was....it did say that it blue screened. What would cause a random restart on a bran new system that was working fine??? Awards
NightmareXI Posted December 31, 2011 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Posted December 31, 2011 can be everything LOL but if its a blue screen that might help go to control panel/ system and security/ system/advanced system settings settings of startup and recovery/ uncheck automatically restart so the bsod should stay when it crashes write down what caused the bsod and try to google it hope that helps Awards
Gump Posted December 31, 2011 Member ID: 1060 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 206 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1120 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 01/01/1970 Posted December 31, 2011 Make sure everything is still seated properly,power cables, video card, memory,etc. You can run this program and it will analyze the crash dump from the blue screen and show you what was involved in the crash; www.resplendence.com/whocrashed
hxtr Posted December 31, 2011 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.94 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted December 31, 2011 check and see if a heat problem but normally the machine will lockup from heat. An os/driver kind of thing..... get the STOP codes like Nightmare said. Write down all the numbers.. 0X000020304440 kind of numbers... like 3 of them or more. You can also check the evenlog.. Right click Computer or my computer icon and choose manage. You will see eventlog, open each and see if you see lots of read or yellow. Some may be normal but you can get info there.
BattlewolF Posted December 31, 2011 Member ID: 2028 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 11, 2024 Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows Posted December 31, 2011 Yesterday i had with 2 pc, who works fine problems One did not start up in the morning and the other i used for parts testing the first who did not start had a black screen after putiing the parts back. But both a running again asked me what was problem on both i do not know Awards
PigDog Posted December 31, 2011 Member ID: 222 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 88 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3847 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 1628 Achievement Points: 25635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 02/05/1968 Device: Windows Author Posted December 31, 2011 SkunK|NL Yesterday i had with 2 pc, who works fine problems One did not start up in the morning and the other i used for parts testing the first who did not start had a black screen after putiing the parts back. But both a running again asked me what was problem on both i do not know LOL, probably same thing here.....let's hope it doesn't continue!! Thanks for the advice guys , I am sure I will be able to get the BSOD figured out if it happens again. Awards
PigDog Posted December 31, 2011 Member ID: 222 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 88 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3847 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 1628 Achievement Points: 25635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 02/05/1968 Device: Windows Author Posted December 31, 2011 Well, there we have it....looks like an NVIDIA Krnl Mode Driver is the problem..... 2 crash dumps have been found and analyzed. A third party driver has been identified to be causing system crashes on your computer. It is strongly suggested that you check for updates for these drivers on their company websites. Click on the links below to search with Google for updates for these drivers: nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 285.62 , NVIDIA Corporation) Awards
Xtreme Posted January 1, 2012 Member ID: 3095 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 188 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 115 Achievement Points: 1277 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 10, 2013 Birthday: 02/14/1963 Posted January 1, 2012 Yep, that's an nvidia driver issue or a sign of the card starting to fail. This can also point to a possible error with the hard drive.....it might be corrupting data. I recommend a few things: 1) Browse to the c:\nvidia folder on your hard drive and delete it and all contents. 2) Run check disk to clean up the file system in case there's trash from the crash. Open windows explorer, right click on your C: drive icon>properties>tools>CHECK NOW. Windows will ask if you want to "schedule a check", select YES then reboot the PC. 3) Download Ccleaner and run it: http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ 4) Download and install the newest video card driver from nvidia. Windows 7 handles video card driver updates very well. However, I'm old school so I usually uninstall the old driver, reboot and install the new driver with Windows running in VGA mode. If you're troubleshooting a problem, that's the best method.
Xtreme Posted January 1, 2012 Member ID: 3095 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 188 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 115 Achievement Points: 1277 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 10, 2013 Birthday: 02/14/1963 Posted January 1, 2012 I forgot, pull your video card and CLEAN it. It could also be a simple overheating issue. Do you know your idle and load video card temps?
NightmareXI Posted January 1, 2012 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Posted January 1, 2012 cleaning the card is not the solution at a 4 weeks old rig LOL go with a total fresh install of the graphic drivers this can be caused by many things....but thats the first thing to start with... have done a little research but I have to hurry a bit and will post some stuff later edit: bios version of your mainboard? Awards
PigDog Posted January 2, 2012 Member ID: 222 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 88 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3847 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 1628 Achievement Points: 25635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 02/05/1968 Device: Windows Author Posted January 2, 2012 OK, it just did it again, so I guess I need to do the reinstall of the drivers. My BIOS is Manufacturer: American Megatrends Caption: 08/15/2011 Version: 0801 Awards
Joe Canadian Posted January 2, 2012 Member ID: 822 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 87 Topic Count: 317 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5477 Content Per Day: 0.96 Reputation: 5025 Achievement Points: 42632 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 20 Joined: 12/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 25, 2023 Birthday: 03/01/1967 Posted January 2, 2012 The nvidia driver is very likely to be causing those crashes Awards
NightmareXI Posted January 2, 2012 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Posted January 2, 2012 PigDog OK, it just did it again, so I guess I need to do the reinstall of the drivers. My BIOS is Manufacturer: American Megatrends Caption: 08/15/2011 Version: 0801 you bought the P8Z68-V PRO right? try the reinstall of the nvidia drivers first.... but there are three new bios versions of the motherboard under bug fixes: fix random crashes if some graphic cards are installed if the graphic driver reinstall is not working try the bios update Awards
Nobodygood>XI< Posted January 2, 2012 Member ID: 219 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 492 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 108 Achievement Points: 2906 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 2, 2018 Birthday: 04/28/1957 Posted January 2, 2012 re-install the board drivers first (latest) than the graphics card driver Awards
Labob Posted January 2, 2012 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8389 Content Per Day: 1.45 Reputation: 6126 Achievement Points: 54469 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 01:32 AM Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Posted January 2, 2012 Sounds more like one of your MS updates keeps rebooting your system. Here's a link to check when you last updated and see if it coincides with the begining of your problem. HERE I forget how to delete them and reload them one of our more MS people can help you I'm sure. Good luck Awards
KaptCrunch Posted January 2, 2012 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 340 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5056 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 4314 Achievement Points: 40793 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 61 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted January 2, 2012 PigDog OK, it just did it again, so I guess I need to do the reinstall of the drivers. My BIOS is Manufacturer: American Megatrends Caption: 08/15/2011 Version: 0801 Need more info like MB Brand, Model and REVISION of MB for manufactor changed a chip supplier meaning new instructions for bios. Note will see printed on MB Ver:X.XX get this info before any updating bios also NEVER flash your bios in windows, you have to flash it in DOS by USB stick thats bootable without autoexe.bat, config.sys just your bios file and flasher from MB maker. read all notes from MB site about flashing and the fixes for bios version ok that out of the way then get all current drivers for MB and OS bit(32or64) (audio,chipset,video,data) that are WHQL certified PigDog sounds may need to use released drivers for video not the BETA drivers or roll back one driver version Awards
KaptCrunch Posted January 2, 2012 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 340 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5056 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 4314 Achievement Points: 40793 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 61 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted January 2, 2012 PigDog forgot to ask about your memory what voltage Awards
Xtreme Posted January 2, 2012 Member ID: 3095 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 188 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 115 Achievement Points: 1277 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 10, 2013 Birthday: 02/14/1963 Posted January 2, 2012 NightmareXI cleaning the card is not the solution at a 4 weeks old rig LOL go with a total fresh install of the graphic drivers this can be caused by many things....but thats the first thing to start with... have done a little research but I have to hurry a bit and will post some stuff later edit: bios version of your mainboard? DOH! 4 weeks won't gather much dust! LMAO I think you nailed the problem as it clearly says on the Asus BIOS revision history that the older BIOS has a random crash issue.
PigDog Posted January 28, 2012 Member ID: 222 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 88 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3847 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 1628 Achievement Points: 25635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 02/05/1968 Device: Windows Author Posted January 28, 2012 OK, this is still happening randomly. It only happens when I am gaming - not when doing anything else. Today I uninstalled my NVIDIA Drivers and ran DriverSweeper to get rid of all the crap. I booted in Safe Mode and got rid of remaining NVIDIA stuff. Rebooted and loaded the newest driver in Safe Mode. Within 30 minutes ,it crashed again. the BSOD recorded this in Who Crashed: On Sat 1/28/2012 10:33:01 PM GMT your computer crashedcrash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\012812-9001-01.dmpThis was probably caused by the following module: watchdog.sys (watchdog+0xA577) Bugcheck code: 0x117 (0xFFFFFA800CB674E0, 0xFFFFF8800F9D69C8, 0x0, 0x0)Error: VIDEO_TDR_TIMEOUT_DETECTEDfile path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\watchdog.sysproduct: Microsoft® Windows® Operating Systemcompany: Microsoft Corporationdescription: Watchdog DriverBug check description: This indicates that the display driver failed to respond in a timely fashion. The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time. What the hell else can I do to figure this out? My temeratures never run over about 51 degrees, but are usually in the 40's. I just don't know what this could be. The NVIDIA 570 card is brand new.....could it be bad? How do you check the card? Should I pull it out and put in an old card to see if that does anything? oh- the Mobo is an ASUS P8Z68-V PRO. Memory Voltage is at 1.50 V. I have 4 sticks of G.Skill RipJaws 4096 for a total of 16 GB. PC3-12800 (800 MHz). I just changd my Audio settings and will try that in game too, since sometimes Audio and Sound Drivers and settings can cause this. One other thing that is weird......if I minimize my screen in COD4, it always gives me a DirectX Error when I go back into the game and maximize the screen. That has never happened before either. Help!! Awards
PigDog Posted January 29, 2012 Member ID: 222 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 88 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3847 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 1628 Achievement Points: 25635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 02/05/1968 Device: Windows Author Posted January 29, 2012 Bump Awards
NightmareXI Posted January 29, 2012 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Posted January 29, 2012 oh wow I thought this was solved because I havnt heard a thing for a while LOL have done more research earlier..... you OCed your CPU? maybe its a wrong setting there that causes your "not responding GPU" Awards
Nutcutter Posted January 29, 2012 Member ID: 1540 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 40 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 856 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 100 Achievement Points: 4812 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/28/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 6, 2017 Birthday: 09/20/1969 Posted January 29, 2012 Well my two suggestions would be- First since you have had so many crashes check for corrupted files. You may have fixed the main error but could be getting others because of file corruption. Open cmd prompt as admin and type in sfc /scannow Second install Who Crashed as it will give you a more detailed description of the error. Sorry Gump didnt see your post Id did see a post here about a possible fix have you seen it?
KicknDatAzz Posted January 29, 2012 Member ID: 833 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 49 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 769 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 598 Achievement Points: 5724 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 10 Device: Windows Posted January 29, 2012 Have you got it sorted yet? Out of all the posts and suggestions I see here, seems something was overlooked. You say this is a brand new build... did you OVERCLOCK? That alone could be causing problems. If so crank it down a notch or go back to standard speeds and see what happens. Awards
PigDog Posted January 30, 2012 Member ID: 222 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 88 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3847 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 1628 Achievement Points: 25635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 02/05/1968 Device: Windows Author Posted January 30, 2012 I posted the results of a Who Crahed report above.....here are 2 below. once is from December and the other is from just yesterday. On Sat 1/28/2012 10:33:01 PM GMT your computer crashedcrash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\012812-9001-01.dmpThis was probably caused by the following module: watchdog.sys (watchdog+0xA577) Bugcheck code: 0x117 (0xFFFFFA800CB674E0, 0xFFFFF8800F9D69C8, 0x0, 0x0)Error: VIDEO_TDR_TIMEOUT_DETECTEDfile path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\watchdog.sysproduct: Microsoft® Windows® Operating Systemcompany: Microsoft Corporationdescription: Watchdog DriverBug check description: This indicates that the display driver failed to respond in a timely fashion. The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time. On Sat 12/31/2011 2:00:43 AM GMT your computer crashedcrash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\123011-8127-01.dmpThis was probably caused by the following module: nvlddmkm.sys (nvlddmkm+0xC3BAE4) Bugcheck code: 0x116 (0xFFFFFA801267A010, 0xFFFFF8801004EAE4, 0xFFFFFFFFC000009A, 0x4)Error: VIDEO_TDR_ERRORfile path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sysproduct: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 285.62 company: NVIDIA Corporationdescription: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 285.62 Bug check description: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed. A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 285.62 , NVIDIA Corporation). Google query: nvlddmkm.sys NVIDIA Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR I have NOT overclocked anything on this PC - everything is set as it was when I first booted up - no tweaks to speed at all. Awards
NightmareXI Posted January 31, 2012 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Posted January 31, 2012 ok buddy, I thought you have OCed it but good to know the issue is not there LOL I really hope its not a bad GPU but this error is well known.... I found a post of an Nvidia Tech support guy .... he said a possible fix can be a rollback to a 275.XX driver and here are the newest beta drivers for your card.... BETA they promised to fix this with this release....but its not WHQL yet....this will happen in a few weeks Awards
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