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So basically I've had many issues over the last few years involving random BSODS with this computer, however for the past few months it has settled down. However today I started my pc and got 2 BSOD's in 20 mins. I want to start from the bottom and check everything, but the issue is when my computer BSOD's it doesn't seem to write any log to the minidump file. Last time it BSOD'd it also didnt write logs (about 6 months ago). In my control panel system settings I have ticked "write an event to the system log", automactically restart is unticked, and the debugging information is set to small memory dump (256 KB) and its directory is the correct minidump file. Any ideas, because once I can get logs I can then start to solve all of this!
Thanks for any help 😀
 
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Only got one dump, and I know what caused it, the freezes however are getting very common. I may have to do that when I get time if a fix isnt found 🙁
Thanks for all the help and quick replies 😀
 
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Freezes could be the power supply - i have to be careful suggesting that as I have been wrong before. Do they just happen randomly or can you make them happen by doing things? Do they happen when PC is idle?

Download this and look on motherboard tab and tell me what the voltages all say. https://www.piriform.com/speccy/download

BSOD is windows, shutdowns and freezes not so much. I might have to get some help in here as I am running out of ideas.
 
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Thanks for all you help so far, sorta random, but typically when these things have happened before it will be in the first 20 mins or so of usage, I used to be able to (if it didnt crash within 20 mins) run crysis 2 on max for 6 hours with no issues, but it could crash in the first 20 mins whilst doing anything from idle to max load. I assume this will be a similar thing. Voltages are
CPU CORE 1.440 V
MEMORY CONTROLLER 1.500 V
+3.3V 1.992 V
+5V 3.427 V
+12V 8.064 V
-12V -7.200 V
-5V -8.928 V
+5V HIGH THRESHOLD 2.762 V
CMOS BATTERY 1.572 V
WOW these are much different than when I last checked. However it is worth noting this boot seems to be stable (hasnt crashed yet lol), could the voltages be different when it crashes?
It may also be worth noting I have a corsair PSU, which is highly rated and gives me a good amount of power, definitely enough needed by the system.
once again thanks 😀
 
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Are you sure? like I know those numbers are off, but I had no issues with it before, and it only seems to be an issue since upgrading to 10?
 
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+12V
Nominal value: 12.00V
Allowed voltage variation: +/-5%, 11.40V - 12.60V
Click to expand...
yours = 8.064
+5V
Nominal value: 5.00V
Allowed voltage variation: +/-5%, 4.75V - 5.25V
Preferred voltage variation: +/-3%, 4.85V - 5.15V
Click to expand...
Yours 3.427
+3.3V
Nominal value: 3.30V
Allowed voltage variation: +/-5%, 3.14V - 3.46V
Preferred voltage variation: +/-3%, 3.20V - 3.40V
Click to expand...
Yours 1.992

your pc lasts 20 minutes until it runs out of juice. Seems that 650watt psu trying to tell us something
 
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Looking at it I think those numbers are out, checking with HWInfo the numbers are closer to the expected values, should I post them here?
 
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Freezes and shutdowns are a power thing,

The BSOD is windows but once we can keep pc running longer than 20 minutes we can fix that too. I wish I wasn't so convinced all the time that every problem is solvable with software. I overlook hardware issues.

I had a 2nd opinion on your scores and it was - thats really bad.
 
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Yeah but like its been running for 1.5 hours with no shutdowns, and hwinfo shows the voltages as well within the acceptable values. What would you recommend next? Thanks for the help, sorry its annoying 🙁
 
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Driver booster? I ran a driver checker utility, it only turned up a few mouse keyboard and audio drivers that were all updated according to the manufacturer 🙁
 
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Not a lot of drivers on the gigabyte site for windows 10 and your board, no chipset ones. which seems wrong. you might be still using a bunch of win 7 drivers still.

are you on 32bit or 64bit?

what utility did you run? is it a gigabyte one or one off the internet?
 
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If you're sure your drivers are up to date, run memtest86+ on your RAM, one stick at a time.
I've seen lots of problems from bad audio drivers, but there is usually some kind of playback going on when they crash. Do you hear repeating sounds when the PC crashes?
Hardware utilities may not accurately report voltages. Your initial numbers were so bad I can't imagine the PC running at all, so they had to be off.
How old is this PC? The number may have been off, but since a CMOS battery is typically 3V, yours could be dead. Although I've not known to cause a bad battery to cause crashes, I have seen them cause failures to boot (the PC "forgets" its hardware). If the PC is more than 3 years old, a new battery is a good idea anyway.
 
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Oh and the driver it recommended updating was the nvida audio driver, which I don't use, I only use the realtek one as recommended by gigabyte, could this be causing an issue?
 
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Ok I will do that tomorrow, this may sound really dumb, but how do I do that? like I never had to deal with that before, Ijust sorta got it and left it alone. Thanks 😀
 
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Alright I have un-installed the nvidia audio stuff, and have made sure my Realtek ones are ok. Will get back to you if (more likely when) I encounter an error. When that happens I will disable the device, thanks for all the help guys, really appreciate it 😀
 
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So I tried installing those chipset drivers, but im not sure if I installed them correctly. How can I check? It seemed to install install manager, but then I cant seem to find that anywhere?
 
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Alright, my only concern is my device manager shows all of my IDE ATA/ATAPI controller drivers as being from 2014 or earlier, is this the right place to be looking?
 
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