Issues with Gaming PC

Computer Forum General Hardware
1

Hello all, I am in a desperate need of help.

A few months back I built this computer for all my computer needs. Mainly gaming. However, just recently I am developing issues with the games I play most. Here are the top three and their issues;

Battlefield: Bad Company 2- Some times crashes to Desktop. No warnings.
Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 2- Some times freeze, crashes, or BSOD.
Grand Theft Auto: IV- Freezes, “Stopped working”, and BSOD.

I have no idea on how to pinpoint the problems. My drivers are updated and all parts are new. Here are my specs:

OS: Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 955 @ 3.20
RAM: 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 RAM
GPU: Nvida GeForce GTS 250
Mobo: MSI NF750-G55

All help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced!

2

From the top of my head:

Heat issues;
Did you change anything in your BIOS?;
Run some stability tests?;

3

No heat issues.
Nope.
Not sure how to :stuck_out_tongue:

4

try these: RAM, CPU

5

When running the Ram Test, it appears something is wrong with my RAM. It says that my RAM may be bad and if it its, thats BS! I just got these sticks less than 2 months ago.

I stopped it as it starting reaching 30 Errors. This is just saddening. A friend said it may be my timings are wrong or something in the settings is screwed. I hope he is right because I can not afford to buy 4 new sticks of RAM right now…

Any ideas? I do need to edit my BIOS but I can not edit the voltage settings for my CPU. It’s like it’s locked.. Here my post from OCZ Support Forums:
Legacy Products | KIOXIA - United States (English)

6

you need to edit the MHz clock of your RAM - see if you can set it lower and then test it again (I had a few years back a similar problem - the RAM was supposed to work at 266MHz, but I had to turn it down to 133Mhz - either it was faulty or the double-data-rate thing wasn’t able to cope with 2-sticks of 266Mhz at the same time and needed a lower setting), but it’s not that uncommon to have new, but bad RAM. Try to test the sticks separately.

But RAM sticks have usually lifetime warranty or something - you can exchange them, I guess.

7

Yeah I was going to try and test them one by one.

My sticks are suppose to run at 1600MHz but they are running at 1066MHz by default.

8

maybe the HT Clock (I think that the 955 still uses this which is something like FSB on the pre Core-i# Intel CPUs) is drastically mismatched with the clock that your RAM sticks produce (it should automatically regulate itself, but maybe it can’t cope w/ 8GB)? Just putting a few ideas out there…

9

I have no idea. My knowledge about Hardware cease to exist when it comes to BIOS setting and MHz, Timings, all that stuff :P.

10

You should try and browse through the BIOS settings available. There is usually a fairly good explanation on what the highlighted item does. Also, consult the manual of your motherboard - that usually also contains quite some comprehensive information as to what’s what.

11

He are my result after running MemTest on each stick at a time until it reached 100%:

Stick 1- 9 errors
Stick 2- 0 errors
Stick 3- 1 errors
Stick 4- 1 errors (After 100%)

I hope the one’s that are bad can be replaced because I rather not have to come up with $100+ to buy more sticks of RAM.

12

One thing is the memtest, but, based on what we see on the report, maybe you should try and play some games with each stick to see which is really broken. Maybe only the stick with 9 errors is really broken and the other two (not mentioning the second stick, which appears to be error-free) might not be that broken :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: