[MSI GT780DX 406US) Lov it! But having some problems..(lot of blue screens,etc)

Hello people,

First let me say that I loved the notebook in every way. Since I bought the notebook, I became a big fan of MSI, and I will not think 2x when between MSI and any other brand.


EXCEPT ....


I'm having some problems that even thought about letting go, but I'm afraid of them become something even bigger, or damage any part, or anything like that.
Even because lately the blue screens of death has become more frequent, and there says something about "windows has Been shutdown to PREVENT DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER", then comes that dumping memory stuff and i have to reboot...
Its happening frequently, every 5 minutes, and it has happened about 3 times as I tried to do this topic.
I want to make clear that I'm no expert in any software or overclocking, I'm just a noob who loves MSI and GAMES and would like to let my laptop running "smoothly".

The only important thing about my laptop is that he bought in Frostycomputers.com (thank you A LOT Ben Hsu, great seller and extremely honest and helpful) and also bought a OCZ Vertex 30gb SSD, which is where I installed Windows 7 Home Premium 64, otherwise , the machine is completely default.


Well, here's the problems:

*** Watch Youtube is very unstable. Sometimes the video does not load, gives the notebook a few other blue screen of death.

*** Usually i turn on the MSI Afterburner for games like Skyrim or Battlefield 3, but especially in the battlefield, after awhile, the game crashes and closes.

The voltages used on MSI afterburn:
Core: 650
Shadder: 1300
Memory: 1650

Before the voltages were even higher (something like 750, 1500, 1750) but the game just crashed, so I decided to go down.

PS: Dont know if i can, but usually use the MSI afterburn along with the function P1 (auto overclocked), and obviously the fans up to maximum.

*** As I said before, the fact that worries its because blue screens of death are more frequent just out of nowhere...
The fourth time it happened in less than 20 minutes, I decided to turn the windows into safe mode with networking, and so far the windows still up (at least I can finish the topic ...)

*** I wonder also who has the same configuration, wich voltages you guys usually use on MSI Afterburner? (something safe with good performance)


Well, as you can see I think I need some lessons in how to use this notebook.

Feel free to ask for tests / print screens or any kind of stuff.




And the last and most important question:

Should I worry about something or is this normal?


Thank you already!

 

BSOD's are not normal, and are an indication of a software or hardware problem.

Has this been a problem since you had the laptop, or is it something that started some time after?

Have you made any recent changes hardware/software that may have led to this issue.

First...Make sure you have all your drivers updated, and Windows Updates done.

Second...Try running at stock speeds and monitor your temps for the CPU, GPU

Third...Try testing your memory - single DIMMS if you can, and in various slots if possible.

Fouth...How much space is left on the 30GB boot drive ?

Fifth....A freash install of the OS may help.

 

Has this been a problem since you had the laptop, or is it something that started some time after?

Since i started using MSI afterburn i think.But now even when im not using....

Have you made any recent changes hardware/software that may have led to this issue.
No.

First...Make sure you have all your drivers updated, and Windows Updates done.
Working on it.

Second...Try running at stock speeds and monitor your temps for the CPU, GPU
What programs should i use?

Third...Try testing your memory - single DIMMS if you can, and in various slots if possible.
I lose my warranty if you open it?

Fouth...How much space is left on the 30GB boot drive ?
1gb left....but im buying a new Cosair force GT 180gb ssd

Fifth....A freash install of the OS may help.
Will do that after downloading all new drivers.


Thanks so much for ur reply!

 

Sorry for the newbie question but:
Should i use default MSI.com drivers for Chipset, sound, bluetooth etc?
Whats the best driver for the GTX 570M?
Was using 285.62 NVidia driver from nvidia.com

 

I've only seen two things causing BSOD on MSI GT780 series:

- OCZ SSD
- Faulty RAM

I never seen other components causing it.

So you can start with pull out one stick of RAM at a time to test the unit.

 

It's your ssd with 1gb of free space left causing BSODs. I think all your troubles will be resolved after swapping your ssd for the one you are waiting.

 

Really? But why that?

 

You need to keep at least 20% of free space on ssd for proper functionality of it(ssd).

 

Whilst the SSD maybe 30gb an SSD requires something like 20GB free space to work properly something to do with read / writing dumping etc I think you should have gone for the 60GB at least and then had a 2nd HDD SSD or just a 7200rpm drive to store other bits on

 

I suspect it is as Tim4 suggest. Even OCZ makes it clear, " Don't fill your SSD beyond 80 percent capacity of the available flash space". I can't imagine anyone using a 30GB SSD as a primary OS drive.

Also, as Ken of GenTechPC suggest, some of the older Vertex SSD's with outdated firmware have been very problematic.

 

Well, to be honest I'm glad the problem is only that.
I'll format c: and do fresh install.
will also provide the SSD as soon as possible.
My laptop supports SATA 3?
Because im almost getting this Corsair force GT 180gb SSD w/ sata 3

 

Yes it supports sata 3.

 

It supports sata 3 ssd drives but it runs in sata 2 mode.

 

My SSD runs in SATA III mode.