BSOD x101 on 3930k at 4.4 vcore 1.355...

[RwVision]

Hi

My config:

-ASUS P9X79
-i7-3930K
-TR Silver Arrow SB-E
-HyperX DDR3 2x8GB 1600MHz 1.35V
-CHIEFTEC BPS-750C2 (750W) 80+ BRONZE
-Nv gtx 770gtx 4gb


My configuration has a year now, and since past few months it has gone very unstable. BSOD 0x101 - which would reffer to to low vcore. I was going on vcore 1.32 at 4.5 since begginning, and I had no problems at all. Now, the bsod's are very frequent, and raising the vcore slowly up to 1.355-1.36 seems not enough now even for 4.4!

I'm not a big overklocker, the first oc settings were set by my seller, but now I'm really confused. Thought it was stable at 4.4 and 1.34 but it seems not...

Current temps on load are max 72°, I'm mainly using it for 3d rendering, it crashes on doing renders + opening chrome, winamp etc.

Please see my settings and help me investigate this.

 

[caddi daddi]

A couple of things,
does it bsod at idle or under load?

does it bsod when you reset the bios to default?

 

[RwVision]

A couple of things,
does it bsod at idle or under load?

does it bsod when you reset the bios to default?

It crashes on load, when rendering.

100% stable configuration was at 1.3 vcore and 4.3.

CURRENT TEST:

vcore 1.36 at 4.4
Prime95 small fft - worked fine about 7min, till I wanted to open chrome window and then it BSOD'd

 

[EarthDog]

WHat BSOD code? x124? x101?

 

[RwVision]

WHat BSOD code? x124? x101?

x101 all the time...

 

[EarthDog]

It's likely vcore voltage...

What is your ram set at and how much?

 

[Mr.Scott]

Bad hardware. PSU, mobo, or CPU. You need to start swapping parts to test.

There is another problem also - testing with prime95, on vcore above 1.32 just shuts down my computer.

This right here tells me power problem.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

I read:
-CHIEFTEC BPS-750C2 (750W) 80+ BRONZE

With an overclocked 3930K and 770 then die inside.

I agree with Scott, PSU issue.

 

[RwVision]

It's likely vcore voltage...

What is your ram set at and how much?

I've attached all my settings in the main post.

Hardware is good, the shutdowns are gone now. Running full gpu test + ram and cpu does not kill it. just the x101 problem now

Vcore at 1.35 should easily run 4.5... Any thoughts?

 

[Mr.Scott]

Hardware is good, the shutdowns are gone now. Running full gpu test + ram and cpu does not kill it. just the x101 problem now

Vcore at 1.35 should easily run 4.5... Any thoughts?

x101 is 99.9% of the time low vcore. If it's not a vcore issue then it's usually bad hardware.
Mind telling us what you did to stop the random shutdowns?

 

[RwVision]

x101 is 99.9% of the time low vcore. If it's not a vcore issue then it's usually bad hardware.
Mind telling us what you did to stop the random shutdowns?

First, the shutdowns wasn't random It was only when I run prime95.

Don't know exactly why, but I've run prime last time 2 weeks ago, and decided to throw it away, because it was THE ONLY program that did the shutdown. Updating bios and thermal paste was before it. Nothing changed, except raised voltage and download another copy of prime.

And yes, I know vcore is too low, but what to do now? Because it should be enough. reading all other user setting, 44 on 1.37 is ridiculous

Guys, please examine my bios settings, maybe there is something wrong? Answering obvious question is not helping me...

 

[RwVision]

CURRENT TEST:

vcore 1.37 4.4 Prime95:

FAILED also. Temp reaches over 81° and I'm noticing dropping down to 3.2GHz...

 

[RwVision]

Setting LLC on ULTRA HIGH brings back the computer shutdown.

 

[RwVision]

CURRENT STABLE 95 prime test:

vcore 1.38 LLC high 4.6Ghz.

Temp -89, added a cooller to vrm heatsink and no dropping now.

Although, only prime gives me this hihg temp. When running rendering/intel burn test on 100% load it reaches only max 76

Quite bad settings, anyone's thoughts about it?

 

[Witchdoctor]

Is that stock voltage for your stix ?

if not set to stock, set timings and speed manually to stock settings

PLL - 1.82
vTT - 1.21
PHC 1.1 - 1.09
Long duration - 200
Short duration - 250
LLC - medium
Speedstep and all intel BS - Off
PLL overide - Enabled

Set core to 1.37 and drive it down until you loose stability

probaly should end up around 1.32 to 1.35 depoending on your chip




(BEWARE) Please note use at own risk, I assum no responcibility

 

[RwVision]

Is that stock voltage for your stix ?

if not set to stock, set timings and speed manually to stock settings

PLL - 1.82
vTT - 1.21
PHC 1.1 - 1.09
Long duration - 200
Short duration - 250
LLC - medium
Speedstep and all intel BS - Off
PLL overide - Enabled

Set core to 1.37 and drive it down until you loose stability

probaly should end up around 1.32 to 1.35 depoending on your chip




(BEWARE) Please note use at own risk, I assum no responcibility

What GHz apply that settings for? 4.4?

Here's my exact ram model:

http://www.kingston.com/datasheets/KHX16LC10X3K2_16X.pdf

What timings set it on?

 

[ShrimpBrime]

Odd ram voltage? 1.4v ???

Is the ram rated 1.35v or 1.5v??

 

[Mr.Scott]

Doesn't really matter. Low ram voltage will not power off your computer.

OP has a power issue. All he has to do is make himself believe it.

 

[RwVision]

Odd ram voltage? 1.4v ???

Is the ram rated 1.35v or 1.5v??

Written is 1.35v see attach:

 

[RwVision]

Doesn't really matter. Low ram voltage will not power off your computer.

OP has a power issue. All he has to do is make himself believe it.

It isn't about the power issue but the bsod. Power shutdowns ar ok now. read carefully before posting please