Red Screen of Death

[MBrown]

I've been getting rsod ever since I put together my haswell build very randomly while gaming. Is this usually a CPU issue? I find it strange because I never had an issue with my i5 2500k with the same overclocked video card.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Are you getting an error code from Windows?

If I had to guess I'd say it's related to cache/uncore.

 

[ShintaiDK]

RSOD comes from the graphics card doesnt it?

 

[BallaTheFeared]

I've had it from my Haswell.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Anyway to the OP, the screen should say what error code and possible what files the error relate too. So please list that. If its a blank red screen without any text its your graphics card.

 

[john3850]

How to Fix the Red Screen of Death
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[MBrown]

Are you getting an error code from Windows?

If I had to guess I'd say it's related to cache/uncore.

I don't get any error codes. I just get a blank red screen for like 5 seconds and then my computer restarts.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Can we see your cpuz with cpu and memory tabs opened at load?


If it's very random and impossible to reproduce I would start by resetting your gpu and cpu to stock then overclock one aspect of each (core/uncore/ram for cpu and core/ram for gpu) and take it slowly.

Try to work your way up over a few days, without an error code it's going to be hard to narrow it down. The best method would be to start over and change only one thing at a time until you find the one adjustment that reproduces the issue.

 

[ShintaiDK]

I don't get any error codes. I just get a blank red screen for like 5 seconds and then my computer restarts.

Sounds like your GFX card. Are you using latest drivers?

 

[john3850]

It seems the RSOD has something to to with boot or shorty afterwards.
So you need to know if it is software or hardware.
What if any drivers or bios settings did you change recently.
Do you have a pagefile on c drive to catch the errors when possible.

 

[MBrown]

Sounds like your GFX card. Are you using latest drivers?

It happened with the latest official driver and beta driver.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Can you recall the last thing you changed with your system before the red screen started to appear?

 

[MBrown]

Can you recall the last thing you changed with your system before the red screen started to appear?

My overclocks. I'm testing at stock right now.

 

[tweakboy]

That can be even CPU ,, or a clean install would fix. gl

 

[FalseChristian]

RSOD? I've never heard of it or seen it. Interesting...

 

[Rvenger]

I had the RSOD when I first installed a GTX 680 at launch. It could be application dependent and from what I hear, you can Ctrl-alt-del out of it. (In my case at least) give it a shot.

 

[tweakboy]

Its the card. I got RSOD with ati x800 and 6800 GT

Its your card. Doubt driver changing will help. gl

 

[MBrown]

A follow up for the people who were still following this thread. After lowering my GPU OC a bit and setting a custom fan profile on the GPU I haven't had a RSOD. So it seems it was GPU related. I just don't understand why it started happening when I switched to my haswell setup. Oh well.

Edit: So after days of not having a RSOD just a few minutes after I posted the above I got another one...

 

[Rvenger]

Pull the card out and run integrated graphics. See if the RSOD comes back.

 

[Redoitall]

I've been getting rsod ever since I put together my haswell build very randomly while gaming. Is this usually a CPU issue? I find it strange because I never had an issue with my i5 2500k with the same overclocked video card.

It is the Video card I used to get the Red Screen also does this happen with everygame of certain games only ?

 

[MBrown]

It is the Video card I used to get the Red Screen also does this happen with everygame of certain games only ?

Every game.

But I admittedly didn't fully stress test my previous CPU OC. I had only did 20 runs of ibt and thought that was good enough. But I ran prime95 and it wouldn't last two minutes. I lowered my OC and played around with my voltage and have Prime for 6 hours so far and haven't got any errors since.