AMD Northbridge Fatal Error

[acloudyskye]

I'm not sure when this started happening but it was after I installed some new ram and a new psu. I have only been able to reproduce it consistantly with one game which is halo online. Every other game seems to be random. What happens is, Im just playing a game and suddenly, the screen goes black and restarts the computer. I have tested my ram, no errors on memtest. tested my cpu, no errors. stressed the psu, didnt restart. I dont know what causes it. the only game that does it everytime is Halo Online. Here is what Event Viewer says.

Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-WHEA-Logger
Date: 1/17/2016 3:50:04 PM
Event ID: 20
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: LOCAL SERVICE
Computer: Jeff
Description:
A fatal hardware error has occurred.

Component: AMD Northbridge
Error Source: Machine Check Exception
Error Type: HyperTransport Watchdog Timeout Error
Processor APIC ID: 0

The details view of this entry contains further information.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WHEA-Logger" Guid="{C26C4F3C-3F66-4E99-8F8A-39405CFED220}" />
<EventID>20</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-01-17T23:50:04.497531500Z" />
<EventRecordID>2616</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{3F22A128-3344-4A28-B43D-A349F23F005D}" />
<Execution ProcessID="1404" ThreadID="2124" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Jeff</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="ErrorSource">3</Data>
<Data Name="ApicId">0</Data>
<Data Name="MCABank">4</Data>
<Data Name="MciStat">0xfe00000000070f0f</Data>
<Data Name="MciAddr">0xfd000000</Data>
<Data Name="MciMisc">0xc00a0fff01000000</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorType">7</Data>
<Data Name="Length">928</Data>
<Data Name="RawData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ata>
</EventData>
</Event>

I have no idea what the xml stuff means. I have tried underclocking my northbrisge and ram but it is still reproducable. help?

 

[CompGee]

Does the motherboard have integrated Wifi? How are you connected to the Internet?

 

[acloudyskye]

Does the motherboard have integrated Wifi? How are you connected to the Internet?

No the WiFi is a separate card. I bought a new one yesterday although it was happening before that.

 

[CompGee]

How are you connected to the Internet?

 

[acloudyskye]

How are you connected to the Internet?

Wifi card

 

[CompGee]

Has the computer crashed while playing singleplayer campaigns?

 

[acloudyskye]

Has the computer crashed while playing singleplayer campaigns?

Yes, while offline playing games it has.

 

[CompGee]

Can you play the game fine on other systems?

 

[acloudyskye]

Can you play the game fine on other systems?

Yes it works fine in my laptop.

 

[CompGee]

Do you have an exact copy of that motherboard?

 

[acloudyskye]

Do you have an exact copy of that motherboard?

It's a m5a78l–m/usb3 I don't have 2 if that's what you mean.

 

[CompGee]

Okay. Try uninstalling/reinstalling the northbridge drivers.

 

[acloudyskye]

Okay. Try uninstalling/reinstalling the northbridge drivers.

OK, where do I find them?

 

[CompGee]

Check the installed programs list.

 

[acloudyskye]

Check the installed programs list.

do you mean device manager or installed programs? I didnt find anything pertainging to the chipset in installed programs

 

[CompGee]

Okay. Do you have another compatible CPU?

 

[acloudyskye]

Okay. Do you have another compatible CPU?

I don't believe it's the cpu, as occt didn't throw any errors. And no I don't, my fx 8350 broke a while back sadly.

 

[CompGee]

Any more RAM?

 

[acloudyskye]

Any more RAM?

God dang I accidently chose that ad the answer, but yes I do have a spare stick of ram, but once again I do have doubts that's the problem, memtest showed nor errors.

 

[CompGee]

Just press 'Unselect Current Solution'. And I'm afraid that the northbridge is dying.

 

[acloudyskye]

Just press 'Unselect Current Solution'. And I'm afraid that the northbridge is dying.

Damn, oh well. Makes sense though, amd matx fx motherboards are really sketchy with those old chipsets, really wish it lasted longer though. Shame. Also what would happen if I kept using the computer like this? Would I risk frying my Gpu or anything

 

[CompGee]

No, but you risk losing data when the system crashes, and if the northbridge catastrophically fails, it could take out other things, such as the RAM or CPU.

 

[acloudyskye]

No, but you risk losing data when the system crashes, and if the northbridge catastrophically fails, it could take out other things, such as the RAM or CPU.

oh, lovely.