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Intermittent BSODs on Maximus VI Formula

Brack
Level 7

‎09-07-2014 07:34 AM - last edited on ‎03-05-2024 10:21 PM by Community Admin

Hey Guys,

I'm trying to solve an issue that has been haunting me since I built my new(ish) rig. Basically ever since I built it I've been getting random BSODs. The problem is it is so intermittent (3-4 a month) I have trouble testing specific configurations to eliminate hardware/software conflictions.

At first I thought it may be my overclock so I set everything back to factory defaults but it continued to happen. Next I thought that my SLI video cards were the issue so I pulled one out and reinstalled my video drivers, but the BSODs still came. Even with the overclock active I can stress test my CPU and GPUs just fine without a BSOD. I'm not sure what I should try next, but whatever it is I'll have to live with it for a week or two until my next one.

Hardware:
Core i7 4770k @4.2 GHz
Maximus VI Formula
Corsair H100i
Corsair Dominator Platinum (16GB)
GTX 780 Ti (x2 SLI)
Creative X-FI Titanium
Corsair RM 1000 (PSU)
Intel 120GB SSD
Samsung 500GB SSD
WD 1TB Black HDD
ROG Front Base
Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra (Case)

In addition I have 6-7 USB 2/3 devices (mouse, keyboard, gamepad, webcam, TrackIR, etc...).

Any advice on what I should try from here would be much appreciated.
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Chino
Level 15

‎09-07-2014 08:31 AM

Download and run Memtest86+ to see if your BSODs are memory related. Minimum let it finish 1 pass.
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NemesisChild
Level 12

‎09-07-2014 08:33 AM

First impression, you're running twin 780Ti's on a 1000W PSU?
Are you saying that you still experienced BSOD's with only one card installed?

Have you checked windows event viewer logs and also looked at the dump log files?
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Brack
Level 7
In response to NemesisChild

‎09-07-2014 09:42 AM

Chino wrote:
Download and run Memtest86+ to see if your BSODs are memory related. Minimum let it finish 1 pass.


Will do once I have a minute...

NemesisChild wrote:
First impression, you're running twin 780Ti's on a 1000W PSU?
Are you saying that you still experienced BSOD's with only one card installed?

Have you checked windows event viewer logs and also looked at the dump log files?


Yes, I still experience the BSODs with only one card. I'm probably close to what the PSU can handle with both cards running, but I can stress test just fine without BSODs.

As far as event logs, I had two events at the same time for the last BSOD:

  • Critical, Kernel-Power, Description: The system rebooted without cleanly shutting down first.
  • Warning, Kernel-PnP, Description: The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device ACPI\PNP0A0A\2&daba3ff&2.


I tried Googling on the Kernel-PnP Warning, but didn't find too much related to me.
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Jeff_Kicks
Level 7

‎09-07-2014 12:58 PM

i had a problem of that nature a while back. i tried even replacing my mobo. oddly enough though, i did a secure erase of my ssd and a fresh windows 8.1 install. problem gone. just a thought
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