Flickering problem - then crash

[rogernator]

Hi there,

I developed a problem with my desktop pc yesterday. I was playing overwatch and the screen began to flicker then the game crashed - citing "rendering device lost". I tried to re-load this again and the same thing happened again. I tried a different game and the same thing occured, took slightly longer though. Given it was late I went to bed.

Today on loading up the sign in screen was flickering lots, I entered my password and was met by a black screen. This happened again. On restaring my computer the crash report read

"Blue Screen.
6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
locale ID 2057
BCcode 1a
BCP1 0000000000005001
BCP2 FFFFF7009080000
BCP3 00000000000009ED
BCP4 B00000000

The computer starts and runs fine in safe mode.

Since I've done a system restore
Cleaned everything again ( was pretty dust free to start)
Uninstalled and re-installed the graphics card drivers
Re-seated RAM and GPU
Done a memory diagnostic on my RAM
None of these have worked.
I've taken the graphics card out and it runs fine with the onboard GPU.

Some specs:
Intel I5 3570K
GPU - AMD Radeon HD 7870
Corsair Vengeance 8GB RAM
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77M pro
PSU -OCZ Core steam 500W

The pc has worked perfectly for 3-4 years with no issues with games previously. Real Temp GT clocks the GPU temp at 50-60 under load, similiar for CPU.

Do you need any more info to help diagnostically?

Is this all down to my GPU? Does anyone have any suggestions for a fix?

 

[Hellfire13]

if u can get hold of another psu, try running on that...
looks more like a gpu issue though...use display driver uninstaller from guru3d and clean install ur drivers...check if the gpu fans are rotating smoothly...
run the card on another machine if u can...

 

[johnbl]

the flickering could mean overheating graphics card (or power fluctuations to the GPU)
the bugcheck code was in memory management but the error code is not documented.
5001 error code not listed
but 5003 is listed as a error in the working set.

the codes tend to be listed in ranges that are grouped around similar causes.
i would expect that it was just a side effect of the computer crash. The working set is windows list of what is currently in in memory and how it maps to the virtual memory (pagefiles.sys)

when you run a game, windows swaps out programs in memory to disk (pagefile.sys) to free up more memory for your game.
when you stop the game it swaps the programs back in. The list became corrupted for some reason.

if you keep getting this bugcheck, you can try to clear the working set, microsoft has a tool to do this. It is called rammap.exe
here is a link to the tool https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/rammap.aspx
better instructions on how to empty the working set (or just run and select all of the items that say empty on the menu)
http://superuser.com/questions/403487/empty-working-set-option-in-rammap

 

[rogernator]

Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'll try it on another machine to start with.

John, the pc works fine, without the graphics card in, with just the integrated one. The main problem was not the flickering, it was the fact when I entered my password I was met with a black screen - the pc sounded like it was continuing to run just no display was visible so I have to power down.

The whole thing started mid way through playing a game that flickered then crashed. It had another episode of this moments later, and since it hasn't worked with the AMD card in

 

[Hellfire13]

also clean the card properly for dust accumulation...sumtimes dust can do wonders...

 

[johnbl]

a black screen can mean the GPU is broken or the 12 volt power to the GPU failed or was disconnected.
you might be able to go into bios and read the voltages i think your bios has that function.