Hi excellentnoob!
Just FYI - at work we try System Restore and if that doesn't fix it, we'll wipe the computer clean and reinstall Windows.
The reason for this is that there are many, many different things that could cause this.
In the past I've spent weeks trying to isolate these problems - only to resort to wiping the computer after all that time.
Another point is that I have (on my own system) and have seen in the forums that AMD seems to have more problems with their cards than nVidia.
For a while I had switched to nVidia, but my latest system has an AMD video card (and I have problems with it).
Presuming that this is a problem with the video card/drivers (this is most likely, but certainly not the only possible cause) - then switching cards would help. If you have an nVidia card to try, please do so. If not, you may want to try purchasing one from a shop that will return your money if it doesn't fix your problem.
Indications are that this is a driver issue - due to the changes when using different drivers, the problems when using Driver Verifier, and the fact that it doesn't seem to have this problem in Safe Mode. BUT, this can also be due to a problem with the card's hardware - for example, if an item in hardware isn't used when in Safe Mode, but is used in normal mode. The thing that makes me uncertain is that you've RMA'd the mobo GPU, PSU and you've reinstalled Windows and the video drivers (in short, the symptoms say it's a driver issue, but my gut feeling is that this is a hardware issue)..
Have you read through this topic?:
Video TDR Timeout - 0x116 + 0x117 - Sysnative Forums I haven't updated it recently, but it does have some very good links and suggestions that I found when researching this problem a while back.
So, let's have a look at this report. Please generate the report shortly after the computer has problems, then reboot and generate the report:
Please do the following:
- open Event Viewer (run eventvwr.msc from the "Run" dialog)
- expand the Custom Views category (left click on the > next to the words "Custom Views")
- right click on Administrative Events
- select "Save all Events in Custom View as..."
- save the file as Admin.evtx
- zip up the file (right click on it, select "Send to", select "Compressed (zipped) folder")
- upload it with your next post (if it's too big, then upload it to a free file-hosting service and post a link here).
If the report doesn't show anything, then I'd suggest trying another video card (an nVidia card so that the driver issue is eliminated also). Don't forget to uninstall the AMD drivers once the new video card is installed.
Any questions, feel free to post back and I'll do my best to answer them.
Good luck!