Jaziek Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 well.. whilst playing TF2 the other day I get a random BSoD. no problem I think... so I reboot, and get a nasty message telling me that my BIOS isnt ACPI compliant.. eep. Another reboot solves this.. so I dunno what that was all about. Anyway, now I cant play any games for more than 10 or 15 minutes without it bluescreening. (not a BSoD with text, just a blue screen) I think it may have something to do with the fact that I may have 2 sets of gfx drivers installed for some reason. The problem is I have no idea how to get rid of one set. that leads me to believe I have two sets installed. I'd give my PC a month, maybe 2, tops before it finally bites the dust. Its overheating almost constantly now and becoming slower and slower every day. I just want to know if theres anything I can do to prolong the inevitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Have you cleaned out the internal part of you computer such as fans? Also you could uninstall all of your ATI drivers and reinstall the latest one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrash-boy Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 clean it out and remove all drivers (which should be possible from add/remove programs), then re-install the newest version. also, backup all your important data if you really think its about to give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaziek Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 I think I've gotten rid of the old set of drivers. At least the icon is gone since I removed all of them and then put on a new version. Tips for cleaning out the inside of a very very dusty PC please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I use my air compressor on mine at about 30-45 PSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracion1 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 If you're going to vacuum make sure the computer and vacuum are both grounded. The static can fry your computer otherwise. "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 if you don't even just having a cloth or something and wiping the dust from the fans can really help. Also have you solved the problem by uninstalling that extra set of drivers or is it still BSoDing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaziek Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 if you don't even just having a cloth or something and wiping the dust from the fans can really help. Also have you solved the problem by uninstalling that extra set of drivers or is it still BSoDing? managed to get 40 minutes of TF2 in a row without it giving up so I guess I've done something right. I've also got a pretty big fan going at full power pointed at the side of my PC and it seems to be doing a good job of cooling it down. I've wiped the fans over with a cloth, but theres still sh*tloads of dust on all of the parts. I dont really wanna touch anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das1330 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 If you can open your computer case, just wipe the insides down with a damp cloth and let the water dry before using it again. As long as the computer is not plugged in the water will not damage the computer, and wiping it off should fix your overheating problems unless you have a broken fan or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Yeah, be sure to check that your GPU and CPU fans are working correctly. Also, download speedfan if you can and post some of the temperatures of CPU/GPU and such. That might give us a good idea if it is overheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaziek Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 that fan speed is garbage. I can see them spinning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Not sure what to tell you. If I were you, a can of compressed air inside and around the graphics card and everything else should do the trick. See if that fixes your problem. I was going to eat hot dogs for dinner tonight. I think I will settle for cereal. OPEN WIDE HERE COMES THE HELICOPTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaziek Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 How much does compressed air cost? / where can I get it from? It sounds like a good solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 You can buy cans of it i personally have an air compressor but can's will do too. Something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6899888208 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 For a tabletop computer, CPU heat of 50+c is VERY high and could possibly damage it over time. If it starts running at 55/60c+ while playing games, you will occassionally get BSoD because the system protects itself from selfdestruction (by running at abnormal heat levels). I saw this happen to my friend & he has a similar 'configuration' (open case with a huge fan blowing air to cool it) The fan speed is a bug, Speedfan can't read the speed meters from all motherboards so it displays 0. If a temperature can't be read it'll show -37 or 0 too. Point of comparison: My tabletop computer, 3.2ghz, runs at 18-25 celsius degrees idle, 30-45 if a game is being played, depending on how intensive it's resource use is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Well, if I want to get a cooler fan or something for my desktop(there's an intel fan, but I'm afraid the fan isn't strong enough), could someone suggest a cheap fan to use that'll cool the graphics card in particular? My Core readings in Speedfan is at ~80C and I haven't had any problems, except when stuff turned white in HL2. I was going to eat hot dogs for dinner tonight. I think I will settle for cereal. OPEN WIDE HERE COMES THE HELICOPTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaziek Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 AAAARGH! The second tray icon decides to randomly appear again 5 startups later. I bloody hate this machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I don't know that is needs to be taken to this extent but my solution is reinstall the OS that narrows out alot of issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaziek Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 I don't know that is needs to be taken to this extent but my solution is reinstall the OS that narrows out alot of issues. heh. the ancient set of drivers (late 2004 I think) that I want to get shot of is on the OS recovery disc. If I reinstall the OS, those drivers come with it. I've got C:/ATI as well as C:/Program files/ATI Technologies as directories. Can somebody else with an ATI card check to see if they have both of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I've got C:/ATI as well as C:/Program files/ATI Technologies as directories. Can somebody else with an ATI card check to see if they have both of these? I have an ATI Radeon card, only c:/program files/ATI Technologies in windows files, directory C:/ATI hasn't been autocreated.. Maybe when you installed both old and the new drivers you manually selected to put the old/new into C:/ATI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Could also be your recovery cd that installs them like that. I have always seen things by default install stuff in C:\ for permission reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariusman Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I've got C:/ATI as well as C:/Program files/ATI Technologies as directories. Can somebody else with an ATI card check to see if they have both of these? I've got both, but don't have any problems, plus I only see one ATI icon. There's no such thing as regret. A regret means you are unhappy with the person you are now,and if you're unhappy with the person you are, you change yourself. Thatregret will no longer be a regret, because it will help to form the new,better you. So really, a regret isn't a regret. It's experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaziek Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 I got the message from my BSoD. Could somebody please take a look at it? STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0xBF801193, 0xB95B2A48, 0x00000000) win32k.sys Address BF801193 base at BF800000 Datestamp 47e0e106 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodfleshX Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I got the message from my BSoD. Could somebody please take a look at it? STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0xBF801193, 0xB95B2A48, 0x00000000) win32k.sys Address BF801193 base at BF800000 Datestamp 47e0e106 0x0000008E are usually hardware errors, although they are known to be driver issues as well. Download Driver Cleaner from here: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/deskt ... er_pro.cfm and use it to uninstall every graphics driver, then install them again. If you still get bsoded, then download memtest and run it for a few hours. If you get errors, then you have corrupted ram chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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