Yes, I have fallen victim to the infamous alias, doesn't really tell you anything, code 50 stop error. To set up my current state of frustration, here's my story...
A few weeks ago, my rig began randomly blue screening and hanging, no real rhyme or reason, just bam...blue screen or hang. I began the usual diagnostics; restored to previous states, ensured current drivers, etc. ultimately to discover one of my RAM sticks as bad (Memtest86+). I replaced both sticks with a different set, formatted, re-installed the OS (long story), got the system back to operation. Up until today, all was good...my rig was seemingly running as strong as when I built it. Then...bam...BSOD, code 50, with the ambiguous error statement other than codes that I have not been able to find definitive explanation for. At this point however, I have noticed that the first and 2 subsequent BSs I have gotten are only during video or 3D applications...pretty easy at this point to suspect one of the video cards. But, before I spend yet another week tearing into my box (after I spent what little spare time I've had in the last two weeks putting it back together) I thought I'd ask if there is anyone who can clarify the error codes for me or point me in the direction of clarifying them myself (googling turned up zip).
The code:
STOP: 0x00000050 (0xBAC796F4, 0x00000008, 0xBAC796F4, 0x00000000)
My rig (relevent specs):
Mobo: XFX 780i, nVidia chipset, most current BIOS
CPU: E8400, stock voltage and clock @ 3.0GHz
RAM: 2Gig (2 - 1gig, dual channel kit) OCZ Reaper DDR2 8500 (1066)
PSU: Corsair 650TX, 52amp single +12v rail
GPU: XFX 8800 GTs, 2 in SLI, 177.83 drivers
OS: Windows Xp Pro, 32bit, SP2, all current updates
Onboard audio used (current drivers), 2 - DVD/RW drives, 2 SATA HDDs totaling 410Gig, all nicely fitting in a well circulating Cooler Master Centurion.
My guess at the code would be, since there are two BAC errors with one followed by an 08 (IRQ?) error, that maybe one card is bad? Takin' a wild shot there but like I said, my searches up to this point have been fruitless. Any help would be much appreciated.
TBolt
Edit: Forgot to mention, that following a BS, I reboot into Windows normally/fine...and can stay there for relatively long periods of time, so long as I don't do anything too demanding or requiring heavy use of video/3d *sniff video card or driver sniff* I'll attach a dump file or two once I figure out how
Edit2: Ah ha...here we go...attachments;
A few weeks ago, my rig began randomly blue screening and hanging, no real rhyme or reason, just bam...blue screen or hang. I began the usual diagnostics; restored to previous states, ensured current drivers, etc. ultimately to discover one of my RAM sticks as bad (Memtest86+). I replaced both sticks with a different set, formatted, re-installed the OS (long story), got the system back to operation. Up until today, all was good...my rig was seemingly running as strong as when I built it. Then...bam...BSOD, code 50, with the ambiguous error statement other than codes that I have not been able to find definitive explanation for. At this point however, I have noticed that the first and 2 subsequent BSs I have gotten are only during video or 3D applications...pretty easy at this point to suspect one of the video cards. But, before I spend yet another week tearing into my box (after I spent what little spare time I've had in the last two weeks putting it back together) I thought I'd ask if there is anyone who can clarify the error codes for me or point me in the direction of clarifying them myself (googling turned up zip).
The code:
STOP: 0x00000050 (0xBAC796F4, 0x00000008, 0xBAC796F4, 0x00000000)
My rig (relevent specs):
Mobo: XFX 780i, nVidia chipset, most current BIOS
CPU: E8400, stock voltage and clock @ 3.0GHz
RAM: 2Gig (2 - 1gig, dual channel kit) OCZ Reaper DDR2 8500 (1066)
PSU: Corsair 650TX, 52amp single +12v rail
GPU: XFX 8800 GTs, 2 in SLI, 177.83 drivers
OS: Windows Xp Pro, 32bit, SP2, all current updates
Onboard audio used (current drivers), 2 - DVD/RW drives, 2 SATA HDDs totaling 410Gig, all nicely fitting in a well circulating Cooler Master Centurion.
My guess at the code would be, since there are two BAC errors with one followed by an 08 (IRQ?) error, that maybe one card is bad? Takin' a wild shot there but like I said, my searches up to this point have been fruitless. Any help would be much appreciated.
TBolt
Edit: Forgot to mention, that following a BS, I reboot into Windows normally/fine...and can stay there for relatively long periods of time, so long as I don't do anything too demanding or requiring heavy use of video/3d *sniff video card or driver sniff* I'll attach a dump file or two once I figure out how
Edit2: Ah ha...here we go...attachments;