Hi All,
I hope you don't mind my first post here being a request for help but you guys seem to know your stuff.
I just built myself a new system yesterday but I am getting frequent BSOD's pretty much always when gaming.
My Spec:
Intel C2D E6750
Gigabyte GA-P35
Inno 3D 8800GT
4 x 1GB OCZ PC6400
500GB Seagate Sata II
XP SP2 Home
And some other parts I salvaged from old PC:
570W Trust PSU
M-Audio Delta 2496 Soundcard
Everything seems peachy until I try out a game (Graw2 or COD4). I will go for between 10 - 30 minutes before I get a BSOD and restart.
I have tried swapping the RAM around and am currently using just 2 sticks which have passed a lengthy memtest with no errors. I have also tried several different sets of nvidia drivers (am currently trying the omega drivers).
After having this problem all day yesterday I reformatted my drive again with a clean install of XP but to no avail.
Looking at all my minidumps (with my very limited knowledge) I am seeing most point to nv4_mini.sys but several others point to ntoskernel.
Given my PSU was fine and powerful enough and I am getting the same problems after a fresh install I am starting to suspect my new hardware.
Does anyone have any tips on how to narrow down my problem?
I don't have a spare GFX card to try as this is my first PCI-E system, *sob*.
I hope you don't mind my first post here being a request for help but you guys seem to know your stuff.
I just built myself a new system yesterday but I am getting frequent BSOD's pretty much always when gaming.
My Spec:
Intel C2D E6750
Gigabyte GA-P35
Inno 3D 8800GT
4 x 1GB OCZ PC6400
500GB Seagate Sata II
XP SP2 Home
And some other parts I salvaged from old PC:
570W Trust PSU
M-Audio Delta 2496 Soundcard
Everything seems peachy until I try out a game (Graw2 or COD4). I will go for between 10 - 30 minutes before I get a BSOD and restart.
I have tried swapping the RAM around and am currently using just 2 sticks which have passed a lengthy memtest with no errors. I have also tried several different sets of nvidia drivers (am currently trying the omega drivers).
After having this problem all day yesterday I reformatted my drive again with a clean install of XP but to no avail.
Looking at all my minidumps (with my very limited knowledge) I am seeing most point to nv4_mini.sys but several others point to ntoskernel.
Given my PSU was fine and powerful enough and I am getting the same problems after a fresh install I am starting to suspect my new hardware.
Does anyone have any tips on how to narrow down my problem?
I don't have a spare GFX card to try as this is my first PCI-E system, *sob*.