1 Month of BSOD - Followup

[David]

Re.: Original Posting "One Month of BSOD"

Has anybody ever heard of a monitor refresh rate
that's "too high" causing Blue Screen of Death type
errors?

I think that's been my problem all along. Although both
of the video cards I've used show 85 Hz as supported I
got plenty of errors, when I drop back to 72 Hz or lower
my problem goes away. It has for the last eighteen
hours, which is very unusual lately. On this machine, 18
hrs. equals eternity.

Just curious...may be coincidence, but I'll take it.
Btw..I could effect a BSOD with a mouse click at 85 Hz.
Can't do that now apparently.

David

 

[Guest]

Refresh-rate must be supported by the monitor, not just the video-card.

 

[Stephen Harris]

Re.: Original Posting "One Month of BSOD"

Has anybody ever heard of a monitor refresh rate
that's "too high" causing Blue Screen of Death type
errors?

The drivers for your video card may not work right
at all frequencies "supported". The manufacture will
then usually update the driver. Have you gone to the
website of the video card and downloaded and
installed the latest driver? I haven't seen the original
thread in case you have already tried this.

 

[CWatters]

Refresh-rate must be supported by the monitor, not just the video-card.

..but it the monitor doesn't support those refresh rates it's unlikely to
cause a BSOD.

 

[CWatters]

Re.: Original Posting "One Month of BSOD"

Has anybody ever heard of a monitor refresh rate
that's "too high" causing Blue Screen of Death type
errors?

This could be a sign that your graphics card is overheating. Higher refresh
rates cause it to run hotter.

Double check the fan is working etc. Make sure the airflow through the PC
case is ok.

 

[Guest]

Right.....but can a supported rate, at either end, cause
a problem?

 

[Guest]

Oh yeah....been there tried that. So far the only
solution is to NOT use 85 HZ. But hey.... even if the
phase of the moon last night fixed it...I'm keeping 72
Hz. :+)

 

[David]

Thanks for the comments. When I swapped out the card, I
noticed the heat sink was very hot...there is no card
fan. This is a home business computer, not a gamer, so
the airflow through the case is nothing outstanding: 80mm
rear panel fan, usual CPU fan, and now a slot fan with
the air intake right below the card's heat sink.

The built-in temp monitors report the CPU and case temp
have dropped 2-3C degrees. I suspected this might be a
problem, so I recorded the temps. I know these monitors
are generally not accurate, but this is a change from
their numbers before. Current CPU temp is showing 49C,
case general temp is 34C.

Only problem is why now? But then, the computer has been
in continuous operation for over three years and parts do
age.

 

[David]

CORRECTION... Case temp is now 30C

-----Original Message-----
Thanks for the comments. When I swapped out the card, I
noticed the heat sink was very hot...there is no card
fan. This is a home business computer, not a gamer, so
the airflow through the case is nothing outstanding: 80mm
rear panel fan, usual CPU fan, and now a slot fan with
the air intake right below the card's heat sink.

The built-in temp monitors report the CPU and case temp
have dropped 2-3C degrees. I suspected this might be a
problem, so I recorded the temps. I know these monitors
are generally not accurate, but this is a change from
their numbers before. Current CPU temp is showing 49C,
case general temp is 34C.

Only problem is why now? But then, the computer has been
in continuous operation for over three years and parts do
.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Has anybody ever heard of a monitor refresh rate
that's "too high" causing Blue Screen of Death type
errors?

I think that's been my problem all along. Although both
of the video cards I've used show 85 Hz as supported I
got plenty of errors, when I drop back to 72 Hz or lower
my problem goes away. It has for the last eighteen
hours, which is very unusual lately. On this machine, 18
hrs. equals eternity.

It is not usually a matter of the viodeo card supporting it but the
monitor. Which was probably screaming in pain back to the video driver
which responded by raising the BSOD before worse happened

 

[CWatters]

Which monitor is it?