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Freezes and the "Blue Screen"

Posted: 2014-05-05 23:44
by 22cal
I have been having problem with freezes, and slow internet. Some of the issue is that I do have slow internet from AT&T, but it is unusually slow now. When opening a tab, the website freezes for a sec and loads very slow.

Another is that as time went on, Everything would freeze when on the internet. After it froze, it went to a quick black screen, then an AMD error says a driver stopped working.

Today, all of this added up to a blue screen.
Slow start up, lead to little freezes, then the driver stopped working, then a new tab lead to a blue screen. It went by to fast to get the code, but I did catch it saying "dumping files: #."

I have no problems with games or any other applications. Only Firefox and Chrome decide to mess up my PC.

I did get a new gpu in Dec. My CD/drive did not work so had to install the drivers off of AMDs website, not off the CD given to me.

Steam has been acting slow as well. Slow loading and slower download rates as normal.

have not downloaded anything that might compromise my PC either.

What could be the problem?

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System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium  (6.1.7601)
      Architecture: 64-bit
   Current Culture: English (United States)
       Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4A87TD/USB3
         Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor (Physical: 4, Logical: 4)
            Memory: 4.00 GB
      DIMM Modules: DIMM2: 2.00 GB @ 667 MHz
                    DIMM3: 2.00 GB @ 667 MHz
         Page File: 4.00 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.5, Runtime: 4.0.30319.18052

Display Information
-------------------
 Display Device(s): Generic PnP Monitor on AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
   Display Mode(s): 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 13.251.0.0
    Display Memory: 2.00 GB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
-----------------
  Primary Playback: Speaker (Sound Blaster X-Fi Sur
 Primary Recording: Line-In/Mic-In (Sound Blaster X
  Open AL Renderer: Software
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: True
           EAX 4.0: True
           EAX 5.0: True
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
----------------
      Install Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2
                    Free: 533.40 GB, Total: 931.41 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
          Mod Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr
                    Free: 533.40 GB, Total: 931.41 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\Levi McCall\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 533.40 GB, Total: 931.41 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\Levi McCall\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 533.40 GB, Total: 931.41 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\Levi McCall\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 533.40 GB, Total: 931.41 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False

Game Information
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      CD Key Valid: True
       CD Key Type: Dashless (Normal)
    Installed Mods: bf2, pr, xpack
       Current Mod: pr
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.1.6.0
          Language: english
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
-------------------
      Profile 0001: TrueGrit33
              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: False
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1920x1080@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: Custom
     Multisampling: 8x
             VSync: False
   Terrain Quality: Low
   Effects Quality: High
  Geometry Quality: Low
   Texture Quality: Medium
  Lighting Quality: Low
   Dynamic Shadows: Off
    Dynamic Lights: Low
 Texture Filtering: Low
    Audio Provider: Hardware
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: High
               EAX: True

Re: Freezes and the "Blue Screen"

Posted: 2014-05-22 11:58
by rebane24
I remember that problem. I uptade sound drivers. Whats sound driver you have ?

Re: Freezes and the "Blue Screen"

Posted: 2014-05-23 04:33
by DesmoLocke
Firefox and Chrome for 64-bit tend to use a lot of memory. You only have 4 GB.

Put some more RAM sticks in your machine if you can. It's one of the cheaper upgrades where you'll see instant results.

I just checked NewEgg, Amazon, TogerDirect, eBay, etc. Looks like you can get 2x 2GB sticks at your current speeds for $50 or less. Your motherboard supports up to 16GB.

Re: Freezes and the "Blue Screen"

Posted: 2014-05-23 14:16
by Daniel
Did you really uninstall the older GPU driver from previous card?

Re: Freezes and the "Blue Screen"

Posted: 2014-05-23 16:08
by Psyrus
DesmoLocke wrote:Firefox and Chrome for 64-bit tend to use a lot of memory. You only have 4 GB.

Put some more RAM sticks in your machine if you can. It's one of the cheaper upgrades where you'll see instant results.

I just checked NewEgg, Amazon, TogerDirect, eBay, etc. Looks like you can get 2x 2GB sticks at your current speeds for $50 or less. Your motherboard supports up to 16GB.
No... really no. That is a very warped view of the computing world that you have there. Even if things happen to a resource hog, 4GB is more than sufficient for daily computing, and the vast majority of gaming as well. To counter your point, with windows 7 64bit, chrome with over 30 tabs (several youtube tabs open), just over 2.5GB are being used total (not just by chrome).

I had a similar problem years ago, I believe it was something shockwave related, but that's going back a little. It's obviously something on the software side that's causing this, unless you have hardware that is actually failing (like bad RAM sectors or something, that would cause a BSOD, but it doesn't sound like that)/.

Re: Freezes and the "Blue Screen"

Posted: 2014-05-24 01:19
by LITOralis.nMd
22cal, if we can get the actual BSOD message the next time this happens we can eliminate 95% of the guesswork here.

Can you please follow this tutorial to prepare your system to not automatically rebot upon a BSOD.
How To Disable the Automatic Restart on System Failure in Windows 7
This way you can either grab a cellphone/camera pic or write down the error message and post it in this thread.

With that info, psyrus and I can narrow down the possible culprits really quickly with a bit of googling and our collective troubleshooting knowledge.

regards,
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