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Hey! I've had problems with my computer since a week after I purchased it. I purchased it the 3rd December of 2014.

It contains an I7 4790K, Zotac 970 AMP! Extreme, Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz 16 GB, Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3.

The problems is that I occasionally gets bluescreens and games crashing over and over again.

Sometimes I can play for hours without crashes, but sometimes it happens after 5 minutes.

 

I've tried swapping out the GPU, but the problems remains.

I've tried swapping out the RAM, but the problems remains.

 

The first time I called Inet (A big Swedish company that sells computers, also where I bought mine.) they told me to send in the Motherboard, and when I did, it broke on the way there, and the guy on the phone was 95% sure it was the motherboard that was defect. So I bought a new one, because warranty didn't cover that, but the problems remains.

 

The second time I called them they asked me to send in the power supply, motherboard, ram, cpu and they stresstested the components for one and a half week and they found a problem with the CPU, they sent the parts back and I built it together but as usual, the problems remains.

 

What the F*CK am I supposed to do now? I'm on the edge on buying a new F***ING computer because i'm getting really frustrated on these problems now.

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usually when you got bad problems with a pc..the first 2 things a good computer tech will look at is the ram and the power supply

its worth a try

 

also..what kinda power bar you got for the pc?

is the pc on its own circuit?

is the socket outlet in good condition

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usually when you got bad problems with a pc..the first 2 things a good computer tech will look at is the ram and the power supply

its worth a try

 

also..what kinda power bar you got for the pc?

is the pc on its own circuit?

is the socket outlet in good condition

With power bar I assume you mean PSU, I've got an EVGA Supernova G2.

Not sure whether it's on it own circuit or not.

I think the socket outlet is in good condition, ye.

 

It's worth mentioning that I used my sisters computer whilst this one were getting repaired and none of the problems I have on this one occured on my sisters. So I doubt it's the Socket outlet or the circuit.

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One thing you could try and I am not saying it is this as you mentioned it crashes when your playing your game correct?

 

It could be possible your PC is getting to hot and causing it to crash,what you could try first is taking off the side panel from your case so it allows it to get more air and give it a try to see if it crashes again on you..If it does it again another thing you can check is make sure your CPU fan is running if that is working you could try reapplying new thermal compound to the CPU and re seat your CPU..

 

I would try a couple of these steps but only do the CPU as a last step because this would void your warranty but from what you wrote you already voided the warranty since you tried swapping out your GPU..

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One thing you could try and I am not saying it is this as you mentioned it crashes when your playing your game correct?

 

It could be possible your PC is getting to hot and causing it to crash,what you could try first is taking off the side panel from your case so it allows it to get more air and give it a try to see if it crashes again on you..If it does it again another thing you can check is make sure your CPU fan is running if that is working you could try reapplying new thermal compound to the CPU and re seat your CPU..

 

I would try a couple of these steps but only do the CPU as a last step because this would void your warranty but from what you wrote you already voided the warranty since you tried swapping out your GPU..

The computer is newly built and all the temps looks alrighty. The first night I didn't have the side panels on, but it still crashed twice, cpu fans is running, and my thermal paste is correctly put on.

 

I haven't voided my warranty, I told Inet I did these things in the error report, they didn't care.

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It could be possible your PC is getting to hot <---

 

The problems is that I occasionally gets bluescreens and games crashing over and over again.

Sometimes I can play for hours without crashes, but sometimes it happens after 5 minutes.<---

 

it seems very unlikely its a heat issue

if it was a heat issue it would crash pretty quickly

also..if it was a heat issue..it should just suddenly turn off...not BSOD...

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I didn't experience any of these problems on my sisters computer....I doubt your sisters "office computer" pulls much wattage compared to your gaming rig

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I didn't experience any of these problems on my sisters computer....I doubt your sisters "office computer" pulls much wattage compared to your gaming rig

Definitely true, did not think about that. My bad. lol.

 

have you tried running the pc with 1 stick of ram in different slots?

Yep, ran memtest86 for 6 hours on each stick. Passed 100%.

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have you checked anything with your OS hdd?

drive could have bad sectors or something causing a prob..

or it could just be on its way out...

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What is the error message of your blue screens?  Windows logs those.

 

A little program that can access those logs easily is bluescreenview:  http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

 

Windows event viewer works as well I believe.

 

Find why you are crashing (according to Windows) and research it.

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Ok I figured you had voided the warranty when you swap out your GPU but since they know your good, I ask you this as it sounded like it was a heat issue you where having cause it crashed while playing a game..

 

Do you get the BSOD when your PC is just sitting idling or just playing games?

 

It could also be a your hard drive is failing which could also cause the BSOD..

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does windows adminstrator logs say anything?

I downloaded Stconquests program that he linked. Picture related.

 

have you checked anything with your OS hdd?

drive could have bad sectors or something causing a prob..

or it could just be on its way out...

Tried installing windows on the ssd and 2 other HDD's problem didn't get solved. Forgot to mention that.

 

What is the error message of your blue screens?  Windows logs those.

 

A little program that can access those logs easily is bluescreenview:  http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

 

Windows event viewer works as well I believe.

 

Find why you are crashing (according to Windows) and research it.

Downloaded, this is what comes up. Picture related.

 

is your ram speed and voltage set to the correct specs in the bios?

Yep.

 

 

TWRkN3lp.jpeg

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Ok I figured you had voided the warranty when you swap out your GPU but since they know your good, I ask you this as it sounded like it was a heat issue you where having cause it crashed while playing a game..

 

Do you get the BSOD when your PC is just sitting idling or just playing games?

 

It could also be a your hard drive is failing which could also cause the BSOD..

Yeah, figured.

 

Yep, getting it whilst im watching shows on the internet etc, doesn't matter what I do.

 

Read my last post, I mentioned that I installed my OS on 2 different HDD's and one SSD. Problem did not get solved.

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I downloaded Stconquests program that he linked. Picture related.

 

Tried installing windows on the ssd and 2 other HDD's problem didn't get solved. Forgot to mention that.

 

Downloaded, this is what comes up. Picture related.

 

Yep.

 

 

TWRkN3lp.jpeg

 

http://wiki-errors.com/battling-a-pfn_list_corrupt-error/

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