GA-970A-UD3 Corsair TW3X4G1333C9AG BSOD

[dirtydan]

Crash dumps reveal memory errors, 2x 2g sticks all pass memtest. I'm a total noob at bios settings, they are set to specs on sticker, 1.5v 9-9-9-24. PC health status in bios shows DDR3 1.5V / 1.488V. Do I need to increase RAM voltage? Thanks a bunch.

AMD Athlon X 3 450 3.2GHz
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2
GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3
Corsair 4G XMS3 TW3X4G1333C9A G
XFX Radeon HD5770
Corsair 650TX 650W
CREATIVE  SB X-Fi Titanium
500GB WD Caviar Black

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome.

The actual STOP codes for the BSODs would help a lot. Please post them here.

When you say that the modules pass Memtest have you run it in the way we advise on single sticks for ten loops each ?

[Gloup_Gloup]

Hi dirtydan,

I agree Dark Mantis... of course. But I have a other things to suggest:

Just check if you have a dust or very small pieces of paper or something else, like hair, etc.. In the memory sockets.
Take a flash light if need.

Sometimes inappropriate connections can caused this situation with the memory.

Check carefully that your cables (IDE, SATA, for example) are good and connected properly.

Sometimes the pins or contacts of the sockets or cables are damaged.

So the transmission of DATA (or electric current) goes wrong or nothing.

Gloup_Gloup

[Dark Mantis]

Quite correct of course. All physical connections should be checked. 

[dirtydan]

I'm a noob at bios settings but fairly knowledgeable otherwise.
0x1000007e, 0x0000003b
Machine was built by local vendor in August. It's been back twice, they replaced Saphire 5770 with XFX 5770 first time. Replaced Asus M4A87TD-EVO with Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 next time. They ran memtest multiple ways they claim.

 Symptoms, random BSOD, multiple programs stop working. Crashes happen when idle or stressing, doesn't matter. Can go days without issue. I have exact identical software loaded on my Windows 7 32 bit machine, runs flawlessly.

 Solutions tried:
 Re-formated/ clean install 6 times.
 Clean install of ATI drivers 10.2,10.11, 11.7(current) 11.8, 11.11
 Microsoft hotfixes pertaining to this crash, wouldn't install don't apply to this system.
 Installed latest direct x runtime.
 All MS updates, fully patched
 System file check, sfc /scannow.
 Memtest 4 passes sticks checked individually
 Repair install, blue screened right after.
 System crashed with no software installed after a reformat.

If you want me to rerun memtest 8 passes I will but at this point I think I'm chasing my tail.

[absic]

Hi there,

my advice would be to go into BIOS and load Optimised Defaults. Save and exit BIOS to set the system back to it's default settings.
Go back into BIOS and make the changes that you would normally make, if any butDO NOT make any changes to the RAM speed or timings at this stage.

Your RAM will probably drop to 1066MHz but don't worry about that at this stage as we are looking to get the system stable before moving forward.

When you have done this try your PC. Do you still get the BSOD's or does it seem better?

[dirtydan]

I'll try that, I'll try anything at this point. I will have to run for a few days BSOD seem to be running every few days.

[absic]

Yes, I understand and if you can get the system to run without BSOD's for a few days then at least we will have a platform to move forward with.

If possible, check in BIOS after you have loaded Optimised Defaults and run the PC for a while, to check what the RAM is being set at, and make a note of this, as the information will help with further troubleshooting. Also check the default CPU Vcore setting as this too may help later on.

[Dark Mantis]

I would suggest following Absic's advice and see if you can get any sort of stable platform to start with. If you have any problem doing that at this stage try running with a single stick of memory for now.

[Vezina]

I see you are using a X 3 CPU.
For some reason my X3 720 BE also BSOD-s with that error codes, in various scenarios that require internet access  ,when using a specific firewall (Outpost) .
So my advice would be to make sure you are not using any other security software than whats included in the OS and also to check your system for rootkits.
It may be some software incompatibility ,as in my case that firewall works ok with a dual core and the X3 works ok with another version of the firewall.


Otherwise just swap another CPU in and sell yours.

A defective  memory controller can give that as well.
You could try and rise the NB VID control voltage ,the IMC (Integrated Memory Controller) voltage with 0,05 or 0,1 Volts .

[Gloup_Gloup]

Hi all,

I find this about 0x1000007e :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983615/en-us?fr=1

Extract :
This problem only occurs when the GPU utilization is high.

CAUSE
This issue occurs because of a time-out issue within the GPU. This causes a reset that leaves the GPU in an inconsistent state.

EDIT01: Other cause possible :

Drivers not updated, like by exemple :

nvm62x64.sys  2008 minimum to have
nvlddmkm.sys  2009 minimum to have
ASACPI.sys  2009 or 2010 minimum to have

If this drivers is not over or equal this years , change it.

Check your drivers about video, graphics card , directx, etc...

By exemple in  : C:\Windows\System32\drivers

EDIT02: Enabled ACPI in Bios

Have you Service Pack 1 of Windows?
Make update from microsoft update.

Gloup_Gloup

[dirtydan]

SP1 fully patched. I requested that hotfix it wouldn't install.

Thats interesting about the firewall comodo is the first thing I install.

[jabberwocky]

being a newbie ,I recently had a memory problem ,solved now thanks to Absic , during my investigations  I contacted Gigabyte support , told them the specs (corsair memory 16gb 4x4) and that i had set it up as written on the corsair modules , voltage was listed as 1.5v  .they told me amongst other things that the voltage needed to be at least 1.6v to run stable  ,for my board/memory combination .
I did encounter several stop error crashes and a couple of BSODs before finally solving it .
voltage was not my main problem ,but now I have sorted  my rig out ,the voltage is set to auto and runs happily at 1,6v .

obviousely I am not as learned as senior members here ,but its just a suggestion based on my own experience.

[Vezina]

SP1 fully patched. I requested that hotfix it wouldn't install.

Thats interesting about the firewall comodo is the first thing I install.

Remove it and enable the included one.If you are skilled you can enable the outbound protection as well in the Windows firewall and never look back to 3-rd party ones.
It can be very well a conflict between the firewall drivers and some other driver ,video driver included.But as this firewalls drivers have to bypass the kernel patch protection you have a instability candidate right there.

[dirtydan]

I set bios to optimized settings and still running at 1333mhz. Should I set it to 1066 and reset the timings and to what settings?

I'm looking at W7 firewall control, I'll set it up on my test machine.