I Keep Getting Blue Screens and I Don't Know How To Fix Them.

[sammy a]

I've had my PC for over 3.5 Years. The Specs are as Follows.

FX-8350
GTX 770
8GB RAM
Asus M5A97 LE R2.0
1TB Seagate Harddrive
CX 750M

I expect my computer to fail after having it for a long while, but I'm getting blue screens randomly without doing anything strenuous, Adobe Illustrator is probably the hardest thing I run. But today I got 2 Blue Screens while loading a file in FL Studio (music producing software).

(I run a dual screen setup if that makes a difference)

I have attached a picture of an old Blue Screen which is unrelated to the multiple blue screens earlier today. https://i.gyazo.com/c0997707a133729986972976cfe0467e.jpg
Its about 2 or 3 weeks old but it seems like the same issue.

I've had blue screen issues in the past, they were only happening when playing games like GTA V
and I fixed the issue by doing some scans, and I've attempted some of these scans already and they seemingly do nothing this time round.

I've googled the error message before and it suggested overheating (could be wrong) but I've cleaned out my pc thoroughly, its a cold day and I have my windows open.

I'm quite lost to be honest and really hoping there is a solution other than my PC is dying

Thanks in advance

 

[Keannu]

Did you overclock? If so could you try running stock speeds and checking if it is stable?

 

[Dunlop0078]

I have seen this BSOD happen with overclocked chips that aren't stable. Like said above are you overclocked? What are cpu temps under load? What is cpu voltage set to?

I highly doubt the cpu is failing unless it has been overheated its whole life, its not old enough to be failing from old age. The M5A97 LE does not have the best reputation for FX 125watt TDP chips, only a 4+1 power phases setup and no heatsinks on the VRM's so if you have poor case airflow im sure the VRM's on the mobo are getting quite hot even at stock clocks.

 

[sammy a]

Did you overclock? If so could you try running stock speeds and checking if it is stable?

No I haven't Overclocked

 

[jayjay291077]

are you running any Anti Virus ? or installed any new software ? is you can post your mini dump files , see this site

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/locate-dump-files/a6ad18df-70a8-4c53-8596-797b63bd35e7 for more info, you can download some good BSOD viewers than google the error code, normally it a faulty driver or conflicting software causing it.

if google is suggesting overheating - which I don't see why if you cpu is running standard - download some temp software and monitor the temps - if I had to put money on the cause - I would say a driver issue, might be a sound driver issue or graphic drvier

 

[sammy a]

Let me go back, when I got a blue screen a few weeks back, I cleaned out my case and turned off my overclock. That's why I'm certain my target clock speed in my bios is 4000mhz

About 2 weeks ago I played BF1 on Medium-High settings for about an hour with the temps on the other screen and the CPU went above 55c, I have good airflow.

I'm not a great overclocker, I just used optimized settings and stuff and my target clock speed was 4370Mhz a few weeks back but I reset them to the default 4000Mhz, now voltages and stuff I don't have much knowledge about.

(https://i.gyazo.com/c97b98e2673a2b3871cd77977ba064ed.png)

Here are readings from my System, You can see that my CPU fluctuates and is maxing out at 4214MHz. And it Also tells you voltages.

As for the dump file, the ones from today didn't save. My most recent one is the one featured in the picture I initially attached. 19/08/16, about 3 weeks ago as I mentioned.

 

[jayjay291077]

temps look fine, ( I have an 8350 as well), got to a driver issue, installed anything new? any new hardware. have you done a memory test to run out faulty ram. BSOD usually means windows tried to do something, couldn't find what it wanted. think of windows as a high maintenance girlfriend/wife. if their happy everything is great, the smallest thing upsets it or out of place it will play up and wont tell you what run and sulk until you figure out what you did wrong ( as we all know , we must of done something wrong 🙂 )

 

[sammy a]

I got a new Wacom Tablet for illustration and graphic design and a MIDI Controller for music production in the past month, both have drivers installed.
I checked my graphics drivers, don't know what else to check.

I'll do a memory test, I'll also do a (chkdsk) scan, and a (sfc.exe) scan