BSOD 116

[Garido]

Originally Posted by desudesu

well i spoke too soon got the damn black screen. no error message.

so thought to do a memtest and found 6 errors before 50% of the first pass so gotta wait till i can rma these and use my old modules hopefully that solves all my problems.

Looks like we found the culprit. Memory?

[desudesu]

Originally Posted by Garido

Looks like we found the culprit. Memory?

further testing proves me wrong again back to square one, black screen if i install video drivers. kinda like an endless loop right now just not sure which is causing what.

might be my power supply, as in bios i saw voltages for the 5 and 3.3v to be below the value and the 12v wasnt much higher.

i have no idea how to troubleshoot this damn thing

[Garido]

Originally Posted by desudesu

further testing proves me wrong again back to square one, black screen if i install video drivers. kinda like an endless loop right now just not sure which is causing what.

might be my power supply, as in bios i saw voltages for the 5 and 3.3v to be below the value and the 12v wasnt much higher.

i have no idea how to troubleshoot this damn thing

so if you get a memory error in memtest, it's generally not a good sign, especially so soon. Are you using different modules now?

[azalin79]

Different modules, or just memtest a stick at a time to find the bad one(s). Generally 1 faults out over all of them.

Get the memory issue sorted, then at a stock configuration (no OC anywhere) test the gpu. Run a few 3dmarks or loops of Heaven etc to give the gpu a test out.

[desudesu]

Originally Posted by azalin79

Different modules, or just memtest a stick at a time to find the bad one(s). Generally 1 faults out over all of them.

Get the memory issue sorted, then at a stock configuration (no OC anywhere) test the gpu. Run a few 3dmarks or loops of Heaven etc to give the gpu a test out.

well im using some g.skill ripjaws now, got 3 sets of ram that i can use so that is fine,

problem is i cant even bench or anything as the moment i install video drivers my computer will go into a reboot cycle upon reaching windows so im guessing its something to do with either the chipset or psu or gfx.

go im just gonna rebuild the computer
and work from there see how i go with that.

also i didnt format my 2 other hdd's and they do not show up while in windows but are there in bios screen any ideas what is that?

[azalin79]

have you put the stock cooler back on the gpu or still persisting with the water?

[desudesu]

Originally Posted by azalin79

have you put the stock cooler back on the gpu or still persisting with the water?

still rebuilding the system right now im thinking of going and putting the stock everything back on.

if it is something to do with the vrms on the gpu overheating then i have no idea how to fix other than go back to air

[azalin79]

Originally Posted by desudesu

still rebuilding the system right now im thinking of going and putting the stock everything back on.

if it is something to do with the vrms on the gpu overheating then i have no idea how to fix other than go back to air

when you take the block off - take a photo and also have a good look at the thermal pads - make sure they have all made contact etc.

If you go back to stock and it works then its either a mounting issue or thermal issue.

[desudesu]

Originally Posted by azalin79

when you take the block off - take a photo and also have a good look at the thermal pads - make sure they have all made contact etc.

If you go back to stock and it works then its either a mounting issue or thermal issue.

well i didnt go and remove the watercooling just yet, ive made the cpu block less tight on the socket. the only problem im getting now is the ahci will not boot for me so only can use IDE.

I was able to play 1 game without any hiccups. so the thing to do now is rebuild the software and see what i can do about the ahci stuff.

Update:

so seems like the system is healthy again with a new install of windows and adding the ahci driver before installing windows. Still no idea what ended up causing the problem.

but thanks for the ideas, now gotta try to get receipt for the corsair ram for rma since i bought them from the forums

[desudesu]

hey guys seemed to have fixed the issue with it being stable or not while playing games on Stock bios settings.

I am still finding the 116 error while trying to overclock the cpu and using windows debug tool its just pointing to the nvidia driver. i dont really understand why this is happening, system has been rock solid for over 1 year maybe it doesnt like the gtx680 i have?

is there a way to check if its a faulty GFX? other than using another gfx card