Hey all. So as the title reads, I just upgraded a few pieces of hardware in my computer. After the upgrade, I managed to boot my computer with no problems at all, until it started giving me BSODs. I've looked around the web, mainly on this site at several threads, trying as many solutions as I could find, and haven't had much progress at all. Some details:
Running Windows 7.
Hardware changes:
GPU: I went from a GeForce GTX 740 to a GeForce GTX 1080ti.
CPU: Unsure what had previously, as I can't find the box and I don't remember, but if it's important I can switch it back into my machine and bring it up in the Control Panel. New CPU is an AMD Athlon X4 880K with its stock cooling unit.
PSU: Thermaltake TT-500NL2NK-A to an EVGA 700 B.
I installed the GPU drivers through the disc it came with initially, but did a clean install of the most recent drivers off the Nvidia website shortly afterwards. It's been running like a charm in-game, so I don't think there's any problems with that - besides I don't think GPUs could contribute to a BSOD.
I suspect the PSU should be giving enough power to everything, as Nvidia recommends a 600w supply for this card, and I went with a 700w, so I don't think it has to do with power supply.
I just finished running memtestx86 and it came up with 0 errors, so I am doubtful it has anything to do with my RAM card.
I've also downloaded Core Temp to monitor my CPU temperature. On the desktop it tends to hove around 4-10 degrees C,and in gaming, it goes to 30-40 C (tested with roughly max settings Crysis 3 and Titanfall 2), although it's hard to tell exactly as it cools down when I tab out of the game.
As for more detail on the BSODs, I have little. They feel extremely random. One happened while I had a few desktop apps open, and was watching Netflix. Several have occurred while gaming. One occurred while I was attempting to defrag my hard drive, and another occurred while I was AFK (afraid I don't recall what was going on at the time, but I don't think it was anything stressful to the system). Those things said, I'm gaming often on this rig, and have managed to play several hours straight with the CPU maintaining those upper temps the whole time, with little to no performance drops. So, regardless of the load the CPU is taking, it doesn't seem to promote the BSOD. This leads me to believe it's not BSODing because of overheating, but I'm not sure how to be 100% sure of that.
Something to note: while installing my CPU, the cooling unit did slide around on top of the chip a good bit, as I was having trouble fitting the clips over the retention frame hooks. I had applied thermal paste (roughly the size of a BB [as recommended by a guide on this site I believe]), so there shouldn't have been any scraping or damage, just extra spreading of the paste. There was also only one port for the EPS 12V 4-Pin cable on my motherboard, while my PSU has 2 of those cables. I don't know how relevant that is.
I also had one hard freeze, where my whole computer, cursor included, simply froze, and I hard to hard reboot. I believe this occurred while running Titanfall 2, but I'm not positive. It was the only crash other than these BSODs.
To sum up, I'm not really sure what's causing them. My unprofessional opinion is that the CPU got messed up somehow, either by my installation (which I kinda doubt), there was defect in the manufacturing (which I doubt more), or it has something to do with my hard drive. I don't have much evidence for the latter, but I kind just have this feeling it might have something to do with that.
Anyone have any ideas as to what might be causing these BSODS?
Also, sorry for the long post. I want to provide as much detail as I can supply.
Edit: Just minutes after starting this thread, I started updating WHQL drivers off of Nvidia, as well as attempting a defrag my drive once more. Everything was going along fine, then my screen changed, I looked over, and it was another BSOD. Noticed it has the IRQL error - I didn't see what the whole message was but I've noticed other people talking about it and it seems like a common one.
Running Windows 7.
Hardware changes:
GPU: I went from a GeForce GTX 740 to a GeForce GTX 1080ti.
CPU: Unsure what had previously, as I can't find the box and I don't remember, but if it's important I can switch it back into my machine and bring it up in the Control Panel. New CPU is an AMD Athlon X4 880K with its stock cooling unit.
PSU: Thermaltake TT-500NL2NK-A to an EVGA 700 B.
I installed the GPU drivers through the disc it came with initially, but did a clean install of the most recent drivers off the Nvidia website shortly afterwards. It's been running like a charm in-game, so I don't think there's any problems with that - besides I don't think GPUs could contribute to a BSOD.
I suspect the PSU should be giving enough power to everything, as Nvidia recommends a 600w supply for this card, and I went with a 700w, so I don't think it has to do with power supply.
I just finished running memtestx86 and it came up with 0 errors, so I am doubtful it has anything to do with my RAM card.
I've also downloaded Core Temp to monitor my CPU temperature. On the desktop it tends to hove around 4-10 degrees C,and in gaming, it goes to 30-40 C (tested with roughly max settings Crysis 3 and Titanfall 2), although it's hard to tell exactly as it cools down when I tab out of the game.
As for more detail on the BSODs, I have little. They feel extremely random. One happened while I had a few desktop apps open, and was watching Netflix. Several have occurred while gaming. One occurred while I was attempting to defrag my hard drive, and another occurred while I was AFK (afraid I don't recall what was going on at the time, but I don't think it was anything stressful to the system). Those things said, I'm gaming often on this rig, and have managed to play several hours straight with the CPU maintaining those upper temps the whole time, with little to no performance drops. So, regardless of the load the CPU is taking, it doesn't seem to promote the BSOD. This leads me to believe it's not BSODing because of overheating, but I'm not sure how to be 100% sure of that.
Something to note: while installing my CPU, the cooling unit did slide around on top of the chip a good bit, as I was having trouble fitting the clips over the retention frame hooks. I had applied thermal paste (roughly the size of a BB [as recommended by a guide on this site I believe]), so there shouldn't have been any scraping or damage, just extra spreading of the paste. There was also only one port for the EPS 12V 4-Pin cable on my motherboard, while my PSU has 2 of those cables. I don't know how relevant that is.
I also had one hard freeze, where my whole computer, cursor included, simply froze, and I hard to hard reboot. I believe this occurred while running Titanfall 2, but I'm not positive. It was the only crash other than these BSODs.
To sum up, I'm not really sure what's causing them. My unprofessional opinion is that the CPU got messed up somehow, either by my installation (which I kinda doubt), there was defect in the manufacturing (which I doubt more), or it has something to do with my hard drive. I don't have much evidence for the latter, but I kind just have this feeling it might have something to do with that.
Anyone have any ideas as to what might be causing these BSODS?
Also, sorry for the long post. I want to provide as much detail as I can supply.
Edit: Just minutes after starting this thread, I started updating WHQL drivers off of Nvidia, as well as attempting a defrag my drive once more. Everything was going along fine, then my screen changed, I looked over, and it was another BSOD. Noticed it has the IRQL error - I didn't see what the whole message was but I've noticed other people talking about it and it seems like a common one.