Computer freezes with horizontal lines on screen

[Pizzaboy]

Hey,

 

so a few days ago my PSU decided not to cooperate with me anymore and kicked the bucket, so I bought a new one. 

And now I've faced a new issue, my PC works fine for 1-2 hours and then freezes with horizontal lines on screen and I have to restart it.

 

I've ran Furmark & Prime95 -> No errors

MemTest86 for 4 hours -> No errors

 

Did my PSU break something else when it died?

Or is my PSU insufficient? (Old one was a bit overkill with 1000 W)

 

Specs:

Windows 7 Professional 64 bitAsus Maximus IV ExtremeIntel 3770k - Corsair Hydro H100Asus HD7970 dciiCorsair RM750 W2x normal 2 TB HDD1x Corsair 256 GB SSD4x Corsair Vengeance 8 GB 1600 (32 GB)

[Le Lion de Barreras]

Seems like the GPU is failing. Make sure the 7970 is securely plugged in the PC and the cables plugged in securely. Try switching to integrated graphics on your bios or switch to another GPU to see if the problem persists. 

[Pizzaboy]

Took the GPU out and ran the computer with just the integrated graphics and got a BSOD after 1 hour. After BSOD it restarted automatically and came up with Windows Boot Manager message:

....."The windows boot configuration data file does not contain a valid OS entry.".....  Waited for 15 minutes and it booted fine. 

Bluescreen viewer doesn't show any data dumps from recent crashes. Just one dump from the day my PSU broke.

Any ideas? Messed up windows, something wrong with motherboard?

 

 

Last BSOD from the day my PSU died:

120613-9984-01.dmp 6.12.2013 13:08:38 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x000000d1 ffffffff`fffffaa0 00000000`00000002 00000000`00000000 fffff880`07c06f3e USBPORT.SYS USBPORT.SYS+6f3e USB 1.1- and USB 2.0-port controller Microsoft® Windows® -operating system Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) x64 ntoskrnl.exe+75bc0 C:\Windows\Minidump\120613-9984-01.dmp 8 15 7601 277 864 6.12.2013 13:10:22

[Prokart2000]

 

Took the GPU out and ran the computer with just the integrated graphics and got a BSOD after 1 hour. After BSOD it restarted automatically and came up with Windows Boot Manager message:

....."The windows boot configuration data file does not contain a valid OS entry.".....  Waited for 15 minutes and it booted fine. 

Bluescreen viewer doesn't show any data dumps from recent crashes. Just one dump from the day my PSU broke.

Any ideas? Messed up windows, something wrong with motherboard?

 

 

Last BSOD from the day my PSU died:

120613-9984-01.dmp 6.12.2013 13:08:38 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x000000d1 ffffffff`fffffaa0 00000000`00000002 00000000`00000000 fffff880`07c06f3e USBPORT.SYS USBPORT.SYS+6f3e USB 1.1- and USB 2.0-port controller Microsoft® Windows® -operating system Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) x64 ntoskrnl.exe+75bc0 C:\Windows\Minidump\120613-9984-01.dmp 8 15 7601 277 864 6.12.2013 13:10:22

maybe corrupt windows as it says does not contain valid os but it looks a bit like a driver DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

[Pizzaboy]

Any tips? Really frustrating when I can't just go and buy a new part since I don't even know what's broken. 

Freezing happens every hour, few seconds before freezing my computer starts slowing down and then pops those horizontal lines on the monitor.

 

Is my 750 W PSU sufficient? It can't be the GPU since it froze with just the integrated graphics.  :huh:

 

Ten thousand internet points to the one who helps me out with this

[Doxxy]

Seems like it's a hard drive or CPU

[Pizzaboy]

Got more minidumps:

041014-13041-01.dmp	10.4.2014 21:41:01	SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION	0x0000003b	00000000`c0000005	00000000`00000000	fffff880`0ffc1fd0	00000000`00000000	ntoskrnl.exe	ntoskrnl.exe+75bc0	NT Kernel & System	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System	Microsoft Corporation	6.1.7601.18247 (win7sp1_gdr.130828-1532)	x64	ntoskrnl.exe+75bc0					C:\Windows\Minidump\041014-13041-01.dmp	8	15	7601	277 920	10.4.2014 21:42:01	

041114-12963-01.dmp	11.4.2014 16:02:00	SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED	0x1000007e	ffffffff`c0000005	fffff880`00fcceae	fffff880`0bcec7c8	fffff880`0bcec020	volsnap.sys	volsnap.sys+3a2ec	Volume Shadow Copy Driver	Microsoft® Windows® -käyttöjärjestelmä	Microsoft Corporation	6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	x64	volsnap.sys+19eae					C:\Windows\Minidump\041114-12963-01.dmp	8	15	7601	277 920	11.4.2014 16:03:05	

[xZero543]

I would recommend you to test your RAM memory.
Using memtest86+ would be great.

You could also try to get an Linux distribution which supports Live, so you can boot and use it without installing.
I would recommend you Debian Linux, as it is most stable, and also have memtest86+ to offer in boot menu.
Chose debian-live-7.4-amd64-kde-desktop.iso
So you may see if problem happens there too and eliminate OS as fail source.



Artefacts on screen doesn't necessary means that GPU is failing. It could be up to RAM too.

[Pizzaboy]

Used Windows repair installation and now it's working fine, no crash for past 4 hours. Thanks for help everyone!