BSOD in some games - Windows 8.1 x64

[lylat]

Hello , I've been getting a lot of Nvidia's TDR lately , they always end in a BSOD.
Only thing I noticed is that always happen when I play Unity3d games , not sure if that matters (Never had any problem while playing high demanding games like GTA V)

Things I've tried so far:

-Rolling back to old drivers
-Reinstalling latest drivers
-Checking temps
-Changing RAM positions

· OS - Windows 8.1
· x64
· Full retail version
· Age of OS installation - 2015

· Intel I7 940
· Nvidia Gtx 760
· Asus Sabertooth x58
· Evga 750w bronze
· Desktop

Can't attach PERFMON because I'm getting an error when I try to do it.

Any help with this problem will be greatly appreciated ,also sorry about my poor english.

 

[x BlueRobot]

There doesn't seem to any dumps within the folder, have you been using any file cleaning tools recently?

Could you please check the following directory:

C:\Windows\Minidump

 

[lylat]

Found a dmp file in there , I'll attach it.
about cleaning tools, yes , I've been using Ccleaner , is it a bad thing ? :confused2:

 

[lylat]

The problem persists :/

 

[x BlueRobot]

Don't use any file cleaning tools during the debugging period, they will clean the dump files used for analysis.

 

[x BlueRobot]

[COLOR=#ff0000]BugCheck 124[/COLOR], {[COLOR=#0000cd]0[/COLOR], [COLOR=#008000]ffffe00001b5e4f8[/COLOR], 0, 0}

Probably caused by : GenuineIntel

6: kd> [COLOR=#008000]!errrec ffffe00001b5e4f8[/COLOR]
===============================================================================
Common Platform Error Record @ ffffe00001b5e4f8
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record Id     : 01d0c3a0f64060e3
Severity      : Fatal (1)
Length        : 928
Creator       : Microsoft
Notify Type   : Machine Check Exception
Timestamp     : 7/21/2015 10:35:31 (UTC)
Flags         : 0x00000002 PreviousError

===============================================================================
Section 0     : Processor Generic
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Descriptor    @ ffffe00001b5e578
Section       @ ffffe00001b5e650
Offset        : 344
Length        : 192
Flags         : 0x00000001 Primary
Severity      : Fatal

Proc. Type    : x86/x64
Instr. Set    : x64
Error Type    : Micro-Architectural Error
Flags         : 0x00
CPU Version   : 0x00000000000106a4
Processor ID  : 0x0000000000000000

===============================================================================
Section 1     : x86/x64 Processor Specific
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Descriptor    @ ffffe00001b5e5c0
Section       @ ffffe00001b5e710
Offset        : 536
Length        : 128
Flags         : 0x00000000
Severity      : Fatal

Local APIC Id : 0x0000000000000000
CPU Id        : a4 06 01 00 00 08 10 00 - bd e3 98 00 ff fb eb bf
                00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
                00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Proc. Info 0  @ ffffe00001b5e710

===============================================================================
Section 2     : x86/x64 MCA
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Descriptor    @ ffffe00001b5e608
Section       @ ffffe00001b5e790
Offset        : 664
Length        : 264
Flags         : 0x00000000
Severity      : Fatal

Error         : [COLOR=#ff0000]Internal timer (Proc 0 Bank 5)[/COLOR]
  Status      : 0xbe00000000800400
  Address     : 0x0000380001bdc502
  Misc.       : 0x0000000000007fff

A Internal Timer error usually indicates that there's an issue with the processor.

What are your temperatures? Do you have any processor to test with?

 

[lylat]

Hello

Speed fan shows a temperature of 60C when playing something heavy (I have a Noctua nhu12p se2) and 45C on idle.also I don't have another processor to test since this socket is pretty old (LGA 1366) , is there anything I can do besides testing with another processor ?

 

[Patrick]

is there anything I can do besides testing with another processor ?

Unfortunately, not really. If the BIOS is old and out-of-date, it's worth a shot, but IT errors are generally the CPU.

 

[lylat]

is there anything I can do besides testing with another processor ?

Unfortunately, not really. If the BIOS is old and out-of-date, it's worth a shot, but IT errors are generally the CPU.

and what can I do ? my processor temps are fine and it happens with specific games :/

 

[Patrick]

RMA the CPU to the manufacturer.

You say it only happens with certain games, but it's more than likely it only feels that way because it's happening randomly during your most frequent computer activities which happen to be specific games.

 

[lylat]

TDRs and BSODs are gone , reducing gpu clock core seems to have fixed the problem :smile9:

 

[Patrick]

I'd test a lot more before making that call, but at least you're okay for now.