Gigabyte X58A-UD3R v2 BSOD 116

[totorogumi]

hey guys

i have built myself an external watercooling system, and thought it was about time to push for some OC, but it seems like the system doesn't like that idea and wont boot, or just BSOD with error 116 and the nvidia driver is to blame for the error once i do some basic troubleshooting with windows error thingy.

I have rebuilt, reset all my waterblocks and such on my cpu and gpu does anyone know a way to single out the graphics card without putting in another graphics card?

I'm running, atm nothing is overclocked

X58A-UD3Rv2.0
12GB, G.Skill Rigjaws 1600 9-9-9-25 @1.5v
i7-950
GA-GTX680 OC 2GB WindForce
OCZ Z850 GOld PSU

I cannot even use the XMP profile from my ram, and did a basic visual inspection of the MB and no Caps are bulging that i could see.

I think the errors only started after i put on the waterblock for my gfx.

thanks
desu

[Dark Mantis]

I think the errors only started after i put on the waterblock for my gfx.

Hi

If that is the case I think that it is quite likely that you have a grounding situation on the GPU cooler. I would suggest removing it and double checking to make sure the clearances are correct.

Of course 116 also points to the Low IOH (NB) voltage also.

[totorogumi]

hmm thanks for the info.

i have already taken off the waterblock for my gfx and reapplied it, temps on the core are fine just not sure about my mosfets etc.

even when im using stock settings in bios, the fail safe etc, i cant get the system to be stable if i wanna even just use the XMP profile on the ram, so im guessing it could also be a chip problem just doesnt want to overclock as much. i had it running on 4ghz for about half a year and the temps were fine while gaming it only got to about 60 even in summer.

ill give my NB a bit of a bump in volts and see if i can get it to work 100%,

also i have gone and re-extracted the problem file from the nvidia folder and put it into my system 32, but it just doesnt seem to work, a bit better than having the old one.

if worse comes to worse ill put the stock cooler back on and see what happens

[Dark Mantis]

i have already taken off the waterblock for my gfx and reapplied it, temps on the core are fine just not sure about my mosfets etc.

I was referring to electrically grounding nothing to do with temps. If you have a decent multimeter you could test the potential between the GPU heatsink and the chassis. Not infallible but might give you a pointer.

Yes I think that sounds reasonable. Please post back with your outcome.

[totorogumi]

i dont have a mutlimeter to test the voltage difference between the waterblock and the case.

but i have removed the heatsink and put on the old one to find no issues when i wanna overclock, so im guessing its something to do with what you said.

since i have reapplied the waterblock and same issues are happening, a happy 3.8ghz oc with the stock heatsink has no issues.

how should i go about grounding the waterblock?

[totorogumi]

i did a google on the driver that was causing the BSOD, found a way to disable it from loading and the computer is running great at 4GHz, so it seems it was more of a software issue than a hardware issue.

guess i found out why it happened.