Over the past year my computer has crashed—completely shuts down, no BSOD—randomly. It might happen once a month or three times in the same day. Today, I decided to try and solve the problem.
Event Info:
Based on my research, I suspect the RAM or PSU.
Initially, I noticed that my DRAM settings were set to auto, which made the timings 11-11-11-28-2T and the voltage 1.5V, instead of their recommended 9-9-9-24-2T timings and 1.5V voltage. I manually fixed this in the BIOS, but it doesn't seem to have fixed the problem.
I ran memtest86 for one pass with no errors (will run more passes tonight to be sure).
I have messed around with Prime95 some and have made my system crash a couple times, but it only crashes when using the Blend test. Hopefully this helps find the culprit. However, the crashing is still random. It might crash in the first minute, or it might take 10 minutes. I just ran it for 20 minutes and could not get it to crash.
System Info:
CPU: i7-4790K @ 4.4GHz
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Model F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL (one stick has been replaced with G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Model F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL)
MB: ASUS Maximus VII Gene
PSU: EVGA 80+ Bronze 600W
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 100ME 4GB GDDR5
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro
Any help is much appreciated.
Event Info:
Code:
- <Event xmlns="[B]http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
[/B][B] - <System>
<Provider Name="[B]Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power[/B]" Guid="[B]{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}[/B]" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>3</Version>
[/B][B]<Level>1</Level>
[/B][B]<Task>63</Task>
[/B][B]<Opcode>0</Opcode>
[/B][B]<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
[/B][B]<TimeCreated SystemTime="[B]2016-01-16T06:57:47.325745900Z[/B]" />
[/B][B]<EventRecordID>35526</EventRecordID>
[/B][B]<Correlation />
[/B][B]<Execution ProcessID="[B]4[/B]" ThreadID="[B]8[/B]" />
[/B][B]<Channel>System</Channel>
[/B][B]<Computer>Lee-PC</Computer>
[/B][B]<Security UserID="[B]S-1-5-18[/B]" />
</System>
- <EventData>
[/B][B]<Data Name="[B]BugcheckCode[/B]">0</Data>
[/B][B]<Data Name="[B]BugcheckParameter1[/B]">0x0</Data>
[/B][B]<Data Name="[B]BugcheckParameter2[/B]">0x0</Data>
[/B][B]<Data Name="[B]BugcheckParameter3[/B]">0x0</Data>
[/B][B]<Data Name="[B]BugcheckParameter4[/B]">0x0</Data>
[/B][B]<Data Name="[B]SleepInProgress[/B]">0</Data>
[/B][B]<Data Name="[B]PowerButtonTimestamp[/B]">0</Data>
[/B][B]<Data Name="[B]BootAppStatus[/B]">0</Data>
</EventData>[/B]
[B]</Event>
[/B]Based on my research, I suspect the RAM or PSU.
Initially, I noticed that my DRAM settings were set to auto, which made the timings 11-11-11-28-2T and the voltage 1.5V, instead of their recommended 9-9-9-24-2T timings and 1.5V voltage. I manually fixed this in the BIOS, but it doesn't seem to have fixed the problem.
I ran memtest86 for one pass with no errors (will run more passes tonight to be sure).
I have messed around with Prime95 some and have made my system crash a couple times, but it only crashes when using the Blend test. Hopefully this helps find the culprit. However, the crashing is still random. It might crash in the first minute, or it might take 10 minutes. I just ran it for 20 minutes and could not get it to crash.
System Info:
CPU: i7-4790K @ 4.4GHz
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Model F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL (one stick has been replaced with G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Model F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL)
MB: ASUS Maximus VII Gene
PSU: EVGA 80+ Bronze 600W
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 100ME 4GB GDDR5
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro
Any help is much appreciated.
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