PC freezing when playing games

[Alina-I]

First of all, I have been browsing alot through these forums but as I dont know anything about this I dont get any further with my problem. So I would appreciated an understandable language on this topic if that is possible.

The other day while playing minecraft my screen froze and the sound went looping, lagging, not sure what to actually call it. After a few seconds I got a blue screen:
http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u605/Alina-f/IMAG1922_zps68cff9a8.jpg
As I had just bought a new external hardisk, mouse and keyboard that was of course the first thing that came into my mind. Removing and uninstalling everything that came with this and it still happend, just a few seconds after opening a game. (minecraft, world of warcraft, planetside 2)

After letting the computer be off for a day I was able to play perfectly fine again without any issues until today where it repeats itself again(2 days after last episode), but this time without a blue screen. Just freeze, the sound and then reboot. It doesnt always reboot either but just stays in the frozen screen with the noise. Also when it reboot it sometimes happens that windoes wont start up again, and screen gets weird colours.
http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u605/Alina-f/IMAG1923_zpse6b6a08c.jpg

And as I dont know anything about computer I dont even know where to start looking or what different things means. But I have opend up my computer and "cleaned" it with compressed air box, without taking out any part. As I dont know how to take parts out, add cooling paste, what a cpu or anything else looks like. I know what my motherboard is and I know what my graphic card is. Thats all my knowledge on this topic.

I have also checked my fans, they all seem to work. And on startup I also got a scan system option but this one did not find any issues.

And as I read in an other thread I made my computer crash again to get a log on what happend. As I cant read this log myself I will post the report under.
I have also bought a new graphic card which will be here in a few days, EVGA GeForce GTX 660Ti 3GB PhysX CUDA, but as I dont know what the actual problem is I dont wish to put the new one in. I dont know if anything can get damage if something else is wrong etc. so I dont dare to take chances when not knowing what I am doing.

 

[Alina-I]

As I dont know what you might need to know about my computer, heres a great wall of text for you

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1


CPU
Intel Core i7 920
Cores4
Threads8
NameIntel Core i7 920
Code NameBloomfield
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
Technology45nm
SpecificationIntel Core i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Family6
Extended Family6
ModelA
Extended Model1A
Stepping5
RevisionD0
InstructionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Intel 64
VirtualizationSupported, Enabled
HyperthreadingSupported, Enabled
Fan Speed879 RPM
Bus Speed133,7 MHz
Rated Bus Speed2405,9 MHz
Stock Core Speed2666 MHz
Stock Bus Speed133 MHz
Average Temperature51 °C
Caches
L1 Data Cache Size4 x 32 KBytes
L1 Instructions Cache Size4 x 32 KBytes
L2 Unified Cache Size4 x 256 KBytes
L3 Unified Cache Size8192 KBytes


RAM
Memory slots
Total memory slots3
Used memory slots3
Free memory slots0
Memory
TypeDDR3
Size6144 MBytes
Channels #Triple
DRAM Frequency668,3 MHz
CAS# Latency (CL)9 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD)9 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP)9 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS)24 clocks
Command Rate (CR)1T
Physical Memory
Memory Usage37 %
Total Physical5,99 GB
Available Physical3,74 GB
Total Virtual12 GB
Available Virtual9,14 GB
SPD
Number Of SPD Modules3


Motherboard
ManufacturerAlienware
Model0XDJ4C (CPU 1)
Version00
Chipset VendorIntel
Chipset ModelX58
Chipset Revision13
Southbridge VendorIntel
Southbridge Model82801JR (ICH10R)
Southbridge Revision00
System Temperature38 °C
BIOS
BrandAlienware
VersionA03
Date28.10.2009
Voltage
+3.3V3,312 V
CPU CORE0,928 V
VIN21,520 V
VIN30,906 V
+5V5,003 V
+12V12,320 V
VIN61,840 V
VSB3V3,312 V
CMOS BATTERY3,248 V


Graphics
Monitor
NameGenerisk ikke-PnP-skjerm on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Current Resolution1600x1200 pixels
Work Resolution1600x1170 pixels
Stateenabled, primary
Monitor Width1600
Monitor Height1200
Monitor BPP32 bits per pixel
Monitor Frequency60 Hz
Device\\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
GeForce GTX 260
GPUGT200
Device ID10DE-05EA
RevisionA2
SubvendornVidia (10DE)
Current Performance LevelLevel 1
Current GPU Clock300 MHz
Current Memory Clock100 MHz
Current Shader Clock600 MHz
Voltage1,020 V
Technology56 nm
Die Size576 mm²
DirectX Support10.0
OpenGL Support4.0
Bus InterfacePCI Express x16
Temperature58 °C
Driver version9.18.13.1090
BIOS Version62.00.67.00.04
ROPs28
Shaders192 unified
Memory TypeGDDR3
Physical Memory1792 MB
Virtual Memory512 MB
Bus Width64x7 (448 bit)
Anti Aliasing Modes-?-
Filtering ModesBilinear, Trilinear, 2x Anisotropic, 4x Anisotropic, 8x Anisotropic, 16x Anisotropic
Noise LevelModerate
Max Power Draw182 Watts
Count of performance levels : 3
Level 1 - "Default"
GPU Clock300 MHz
Memory Clock100 MHz
Shader Clock600 MHz
Level 2 - "2D Desktop"
GPU Clock400 MHz
Memory Clock300 MHz
Shader Clock800 MHz
Level 3 - "3D Applications"
GPU Clock518 MHz
Memory Clock1008 MHz
Shader Clock1080 MHz
OpenGL
Version3.3.0
VendorNVIDIA Corporation
RendererGeForce GTX 260/PCIe/SSE2
GLU Version1.2.2.0 Microsoft Corporation

 

[Alina-I]

Logs:

This one I have two times: http://social.technet.microsoft.com...vent-id-18-microsoft-windows-whea-logger.aspx

other than that I just have this one: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/080b178d-5633-4bd1-8746-b442fcdc3851.aspx

Other than those two I dont really know what to actually look for in these logs.

 

[Jad Chaar]

Driver version9.18.13.1090: What nVidia driver package is this? (ex. 314.07,310.90). It seems to me like maybe your GPU is beginning to die.

 

[Jad Chaar]

After doing some more research, people said installing the DirectX package cured this issue: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35. But why would it be DX since Minecraft doesn't use DX as far as I am concerned.

Would you mind downloading Realtemp and telling me what the Temperature of your CPU and GPU are?

 

[Alina-I]

Driver version9.18.13.1090: What nVidia driver package is this? (ex. 314.07,310.90). It seems to me like maybe your GPU is beginning to die.

this is 314.07

I'll have a look into the DirectX 11 package and see if that helps, thank you.

 

[Alina-I]

 

[Alina-I]

I also have a program called speccy.

CPU seems to be between 50 - 65 while having a game open.

Graphics(is this GPU?) only manage to rise to 74 before my computer froze again.

 

[Jad Chaar]

I also have a program called speccy.

CPU seems to be between 50 - 65 while having a game open.

Graphics(is this GPU?) only manage to rise to 74 before my computer froze again.

Yes this is the GPU. 90C or higher is when you should worry (for the GPU only) so overheating shouldn't be the issue. Did you clean install the driver? If not, run the installer again and chose custom install and check the "Clean Install" option. This will hopefully clean out any errors in previous driver installations. After this has completed, restart your PC and try the game again and tell me if your PC freezes and/or crashes.

 

[Alina-I]

I have clean installed the driver and tried to open a game a few times. The problem is still here and sometimes I also get a message on the start menu panel saying something about graphics. Exactly what this message is saying I cant read because a second after it appears the screen goes black. It does not reboot when this happens nor do anything happen to the sound, just simply black screen.

 

[Tmagic650]

In the bios... turn off any CPU speed step down, thermal and power saving settings. Disable C6 and C3 states

 

[Alina-I]

In the bios... turn off any CPU speed step down, thermal and power saving settings. Disable C6 and C3 states

after a bit back and forth I found out where to do this, but it did not help in any way.
It also seems it have died completely. The screen turns black just after a few minutes, I no longer have to open any games before this happens.

I also have issues starting up the computer a few times, the mobo repeats 6 beeps until the computer is shut down. As I dont have a manual to my mobo I am having issues finding out what exactly my mobo is telling me.

After some googling I find several BIOS beep codes, but which ones of them is correct is hard for me to find out, power supply, memory failure, BIOS recovery failure etc.

 

[Tmagic650]

Start by trying to check the memory by using Memtest86:
http://www.memtest.org/