- Aug 28, 2012
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My GTX 560 TI has been getting BSODs recently, among a whole host of other issues.
Specs:
i5-2500k Sandy Bridge
PNY GTX 560 TI OC 850 MHZ
8GB RAM
Thermaltake 550W
The problem:
Yesterday, my computer received a BSOD with a STOP 116 error involving the dxgkrnl.sys. Today, I received a BSOD with a STOP 09f (DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE) error involving the ntoskrnl.exe driver. I have received 2 other STOP 09f BSODs this month while playing Rome: Total War.
Both of these crashes occured while watching YouTube. Today's crash happened when I exited fullscreen and entered it again, my GPU load spiking both times.
Background information:
I am currently on 314.07 Nvidia drivers. This is because since I had downloaded the new 320 Nvidia drivers a month or two ago, my computer had been operating at a temperature of 70 degrees when idle. I subsequently downgraded my drivers, and they started operating at 35 when idle and around 80 degrees on games like Battlefield 3.
This year, for about two months, I had increased my core voltage from 1012 mV to 1087 in order to play Deus Ex: HR (which was having problems with my graphics card among other peoples'). I reset the core voltage after two months, but found that it was still at that voltage when I was on the 320 drivers (it might have gone back to 1087 if I overlooked something). This may have something to do with it, but now it is back to 1012 and has been during the last 2 BSODs.
I should also mention, my computer crashed on the 28 August 2013 as well, although it wasn't a BSOD. My screen blacked out and the music I was playing glitched for a second and stopped. My keyboard was left unresponsive, yet my computer's lights and fan remained on. What happened there?
Summary:
I have performed a memtest and passed once, although I did not continue it. I opened my case, cleaned my vents and fans from dust and reseated my GPU.
Could my problem be PSU related or GPU related? From what I've read, the STOP 116 error is caused either by overheating, faulty drivers or faulty hardware.
Considering the fact I switched to stable drivers and downgraded once more and still got another BSOD, I don't think it's driver related.
The STOP 116 BSOD happened while my GPU was at a safe 35 degrees so it can't be overheating.
Do my GPUs or PSUs need replacing?
Specs:
i5-2500k Sandy Bridge
PNY GTX 560 TI OC 850 MHZ
8GB RAM
Thermaltake 550W
The problem:
Yesterday, my computer received a BSOD with a STOP 116 error involving the dxgkrnl.sys. Today, I received a BSOD with a STOP 09f (DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE) error involving the ntoskrnl.exe driver. I have received 2 other STOP 09f BSODs this month while playing Rome: Total War.
Both of these crashes occured while watching YouTube. Today's crash happened when I exited fullscreen and entered it again, my GPU load spiking both times.
Background information:
I am currently on 314.07 Nvidia drivers. This is because since I had downloaded the new 320 Nvidia drivers a month or two ago, my computer had been operating at a temperature of 70 degrees when idle. I subsequently downgraded my drivers, and they started operating at 35 when idle and around 80 degrees on games like Battlefield 3.
This year, for about two months, I had increased my core voltage from 1012 mV to 1087 in order to play Deus Ex: HR (which was having problems with my graphics card among other peoples'). I reset the core voltage after two months, but found that it was still at that voltage when I was on the 320 drivers (it might have gone back to 1087 if I overlooked something). This may have something to do with it, but now it is back to 1012 and has been during the last 2 BSODs.
I should also mention, my computer crashed on the 28 August 2013 as well, although it wasn't a BSOD. My screen blacked out and the music I was playing glitched for a second and stopped. My keyboard was left unresponsive, yet my computer's lights and fan remained on. What happened there?
Summary:
I have performed a memtest and passed once, although I did not continue it. I opened my case, cleaned my vents and fans from dust and reseated my GPU.
Could my problem be PSU related or GPU related? From what I've read, the STOP 116 error is caused either by overheating, faulty drivers or faulty hardware.
Considering the fact I switched to stable drivers and downgraded once more and still got another BSOD, I don't think it's driver related.
The STOP 116 BSOD happened while my GPU was at a safe 35 degrees so it can't be overheating.
Do my GPUs or PSUs need replacing?
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