Potential Hardware Issues

pavlos94 · June 10, 2014

Hi all,

So I posted a couple of weeks ago in 'New Builds and Planning' about a new build, but I mentioned about what I believe may be hardware issues. I was recommended to start a new topic here for help.

I have been getting quite a few BSOD (ID: 2057). It is when I start to push my system. Far Cry 3 commonly crashes my system with Assassin's Creed IV also doing it occasionally. Running prime95 and kombuster simultaneously can result in a BSOD but not always. I overclocked my CPU about a year ago from 2.8GHz to 3.2GHz (not ground breaking I know but it was my first overclock). Anyway it seemed stable. I had run prime95 for 24 hours no problem. Multiple IntelBurnTest no problem. I had played many games with it and no issue at all. It seemed to be running very stable. However last January my secondary HDD failed and Windows 8 wouldn't boot. It kept going into a repair boot loop (which seems to be a common issue). I just bought a new HDD and started from scratch, reinstalling and staying with Windows 7. At the same time I installed Hackingtosh as well and that was when I first started to suspect something. OS X was never stable. After running a few tests I found that my overclock was no longer stable even in windows and crashed....a lot. I thought it was very strange how my overclock went from being pretty stable for 6 months without a single crash to being very unstable. I'm at university and I had a lot of work and no time so I just returned my BIOS settings to default removing the overclock and it seemed to run fine for a while. Since easter however I found that it was crashing a lot and after running prime95 my computer always gets BSOD (always ID: 2057) or the following errors for both worker #5 & #6:

"FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4"

"Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file"

"Worker Stopped"

Sometimes this can occur 5 mins after starting or 5 hours. (I am unable to find any stress.txt file as well)

I ran two Memtests with 0 errors (4 hours and 12 hours). Anyone have any thoughts as to what it may be? Or any other tests I can perform to help find the problem?

Tests and results I have ran so far:

Memtest86 - 4 hours (0 errors)

- 12 hours (0 errors)

Prime95 (blend test)

1. Immediate BSOD after clicking run (performed straight after a 12 hour Memtest)

2. 2hr 25min - no issues

3. 12hr test - @ 5hr 19min, worker #5 stopped

- @ 5hr 42min, worker #6 stopped

4. workers #5&6 stopped working after 5 mins

My current system is:

Intel i7 930 (LGA 1366)
Asus Rampage II Gene (X58)
OCZ 6GB (3x2GB) 1600MHz DDR3
Intel 520 120GB SSD (OS Drive)
Seagate 1TB (contains all my documents, games, etc.)
OCZ 600W PSU semi-modular (which I will have to upgrade with I decide to crossfire)
CoolIT ECO A.L.C. CPU Cooler (which is rubbish)
Thermaltake Armor Revo Gaming Case (looking to buy a Corsair 350D to replace it)
MSI HD 7970 Lighting Boosted Edition

Thanks in advance for all your help and I hope the above made sense.

Fate · June 10, 2014

Probably the first step you should take is removing two of your ram sticks. If everything goes well take one stick out put another in and keep doing so until you have tested every stick individually. Make sure you run the designated program (prime95, memtest) for at least 24 hours if you can.