BSOD at idle?

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Limp Gawd
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Now, I've had BSOD's in the past but they were while gaming or under some sort of load. But this morning, with only ATI CCC and AVG running in the background and one Firefox window open, I hear a couple clicks and walk in the room to a BSOD. This thing passed 25hrs of Orthos and has been rock solid through anything I've thrown at it. What gives?
 
None that I'm aware of. I run a virus scan every couple days.
 
clicks??? maybe it's your Raptor failing??? :eek:

Do you get the code from the BSOD or the codes from Windows after restarting? That'd help narrow down the search.
 
Has it repeated? I don't usually get too concerned over a one-time BSOD. For all you know it could have been a power surge or drop and your rig freaked out.
 
NordicRX8 said:
clicks??? maybe it's your Raptor failing??? :eek:

Do you get the code from the BSOD or the codes from Windows after restarting? That'd help narrow down the search.
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From the BSOD. It rebooted just fine afterward. No error messages or anything.

It hasn't repeated, but I also gave the vcore a small bump after it happened just to be safe.
 
I don't fret over a couple errors unless it happens once a week or more. If your temps are good and Orthos did 25 hours, I wouldn't worry.
 
I'm not concerned that it happened once. Just an odd occurrence that I want to prevent from repeating on a regular basis.
 
Bringing this back up because I'm suddenly getting constant BSOD's. I have had 2 in the last 30 minutes and 3 total in the last 2 days. This after going back to 3200mhz (which it ran at flawlessly for 4 months), BUT with a little more voltage than 3200 previously required just to be certain it was stable. That makes 4 BSOD's total...3 at idle and 1 while launching a game. What more can I do but continue backing the overclock down?
 
Check your event log.
Get rid of anything, including your AV, after running a full scan, that runs in the background. Just dont download anything while the AV is gone. Use it for the weekend and see.
 
I figured out part of the problem, but I'm still getting BSOD's. The ATI driver was corrupted and that's what was crashing it every time I tried a game. The system runs without a hitch at stock clocks, but if I try to boot at 3ghz or higher it blue screens at the instant the desktop loads. I've seen two different screens, one that said something like "PFN_LIST_SUPPORT" and then the other that just states Windows is shutting down to protect the system or something to that effect.
 
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