Crashes when trying to run any game

[Duncan Tilley]

After multiple days of trying to fix the issue I am stuck, Whenever i run a graphics intensive program i get crashes ( sometimes blue screens) I have reinstalled windows, reinstalled all relevent drivers and rebuilt my PC making sure all components are seated correctly. does anyone have any suggestions on what to try next?

 

[theyeti87]

Can you list your system's specs? Particularly the power supply, make and model.

 

[dextermat]

Whenever i run a graphics intensive program i get crashes

There can be many cause and will go from most likely to less likely.

- Overheating CPU /GPU - download hwmonitor and msi afterburner to check temps.
- if CPU is overheating, clean dust in fan reapply thermal paste. If GPU, most likely needs to be RMA / Changed
- Weak PSU, While the PSU was fine before, it might of degraded and now chokes on high power delivery. It needs to be changed
- Memory error. Download memtest86 or do test with windows
- Bad hard drive, download hard disk sentinel trial to check the health. Too many bad sectors means you need to change the hard drive.

Hope it helps

 

[Duncan Tilley]

CPU: i5 4590
GPU: Asus dual OC GTX 1070
PSU Corsair CX600M
MoBO Gigabyte z97x gaming 3

I have been monitoring my temps and power usage and nothing seems out of the ordinary, my CPU never goes above 50c and GPU never higher than 70c,

 

[Duncan Tilley]

Whenever i run a graphics intensive program i get crashes

There can be many cause and will go from most likely to less likely.

- Overheating CPU /GPU - download hwmonitor and msi afterburner to check temps.
- if CPU is overheating, clean dust in fan reapply thermal paste. If GPU, most likely needs to be RMA / Changed
- Weak PSU, While the PSU was fine before, it might of degraded and now chokes on high power delivery. It needs to be changed
- Memory error. Download memtest86 or do test with windows
- Bad hard drive, download hard disk sentinel trial to check the health. Too many bad sectors means you need to change the hard drive.

Hope it helps

is running chkdsk /f /r the same as running memtest86?

 

[theyeti87]

Chkdsk will scan your hard drive for corrupted / bad sectors and attempt to repair them. Memtest86 stresses your RAM only, to check for faults.

 

[Duncan Tilley]

The memory test has shown there is a problem although it doesn't say what, could running the RAM at a lower speed possibly help?

 

[theyeti87]

The memory test has shown there is a problem although it doesn't say what, could running the RAM at a lower speed possibly help?

That may help narrow it down. If you have your RAM overclocked, undo that and leave it at stock speeds and try Memtest again.

 

[Duncan Tilley]

Running my RAM at 2133 rather than 2400 has do e the trick, thanks for all the help and suggestions

 

[dextermat]

The memory test has shown there is a problem although it doesn't say what, could running the RAM at a lower speed possibly help?

If you get ram error, test one stick at the time to find the faulty one.

Most likely needs to be replaced.

Lower speed could help it depends on what the problem is.
I would personally RMA it if under warranty (most have lifetime warranty.)

 

[Duncan Tilley]

The memory test has shown there is a problem although it doesn't say what, could running the RAM at a lower speed possibly help?

If you get ram error, test one stick at the time to find the faulty one.

Most likely needs to be replaced.

Lower speed could help it depends on what the problem is.
I would personally RMA it if under warranty (most have lifetime warranty.)

I have a replacement kit coming on friday, gotta love amazon customer service, hopefully it will stay stable at 2400 with the new kit