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Random Crashes
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Eleid Lussac
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-10-15 10:03:31 UTC
Hey everybody,


I have been having random crashes for months now (here is a pic of my monitor when it happens http://i.imgur.com/k99sV.jpg) and so far none of the following has helped:

Updating video card drivers
rolling back video card drivers
reseating the video card
cleaning the video card
improving cooling of the video card
reinstalling the eve client
updating every driver for everything else on my pc
lowering graphics settings on the eve client significantly

I'm at a loss as to what is causing this. I don't seem to crash when I am in station, but when I undock it randomly happens (sometimes I can go days without a crash).

My current system specs are:

Core 2 Duo E8500
6 GB DDR2 1066
Asus Rampage Formula Mobo
XFX Geforce GTX 280
20 GB SSD (OS only)
500GB 7200 rpm (programs only)
1000W Corsair PSU
Vista 64 SP2

I'm inclined to believe that my gpu is going out; however, due to the ram being stock overclocked on this mobo causing the NB to run hot since day 1....I also think it could be the mobo going out.

What do you guys think?

P.S. Only eve has this crash issue
UVPhoenix2
Brave Empire Inc.
Brave United
#2 - 2012-11-02 11:22:19 UTC
Yeah that's the Pink Screen of Death (PSOD) right there. I had a GTX 280 once and I started having the same issue after having the card for only 5 months. I remember reading somewhere that the PSOD issue was particularly common among an early revision of the 280s and that some people had the issue even after 2 or 3 RMA's. If you read the first part of this post from the EVGA forums, you'll see what I'm talking about.

There isn't really any surefire way to make the PSOD issue go away once you start getting it. What worked for me initially was to downclock the card 25% off the stock clocks using EVGA Precision, but this only worked for like a month. The PSOD eventually came back. I remember reducing the clocks several times, each time further than before, and every time I did this I was able to go another week without a PSOD. This extended the life of my 280 for about 2 months before I ended up just trashing it. I was aware of the issues people were having with the 280s so I didn't even bother with the RMA process.