BSODs in BF4 (Maximus Hero + 4770k)

[Skywoof]

I have renamed this thread to get support for my constant BSODs while playing Battlefield 4. The thread was originally created to get some overclocking help, but this issue is much more important. Please skip ahead to the bottom of page 2.




OLD ORIGINAL POST:

Hey guys, I'm trying to OC my new rig and getting nowhere fast.

My specs:
i7 4770k
VI Maximus Hero
32GB Corsair Vengeance
Corsair H80i Cooler
SLI GTX 780s
Corsair 1050w PSU

I tried a guide on this site for the 4770k + Hero, BSODs
I tried AI Suite's Performance mode BSODs
The 4-way optimization BSODs


XMP is enabled (profile 1) all other settings are at optimized defaults and system is stable.

Don't know what else to do. All hardware appears to be functioning correctly.

Thanks for any help

[Skywoof]

Played all day, and finally thought I was in the clear but then BSOD'd again. Again, it was when I got killed and + round ended at the same time. Coincidentally, I was on Teamspeak talking when it happened, and that's what happened last time too. I wasn't on Teamspeak all day, then my 2nd round in game on TS and I BSOD.I remember another BSOD happening when someone had just joined my TS channel, and I had been fine all day. But when that guy joined and we started talking for a few minutes, BAM. Could this be more than a coincidence?

In Event Viewer, I have 2 errors: a BugCheck and a SChannel. BTW I had SLI turned on during this. I am going to shut it off and keep it off for a few days (hard to do because I notice the frame rate drop on my 144hz monitor).

I'm starting to wonder if it's Battlefield 4. I know BSODs are usually hardware related, but a lot of people get BSODs from this game for a multitude of reasons. And normally they are happening to them the same way they happen to me....at a death or end of a round. Strangely, I have no game crashes (BF4.exe has stopped working), then return to the desktop. I guess my BSODs could be the game crashing and my PC just doesn't know how to handle it?

I haven't BSOD'd from the desktop or any other application including stress tests. Is there some other method of stressing the system that you guys could recommend that would equate to what BF4 does?

[Nate152]

B4 isn't going to stress your machine like a stress test will. If you are passing the stress tests and memtest you can pretty much rule out the cpu and RAM causing the crashes. try these settings in Nvidia control panel, then manage 3d settings.

Ambient occlusion - Off
Anisotropic Filtering - App controlled
Antialiasing FXAA - Off
Antialiasing - Gamma correction - On
Antialiasing Mode - App Controlled
Antialiasing - Transparency - Off
Cuda - GPU's - All
Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames - 2
Multi- Display/Mixed GPU Acceleration - Single Display Performance Mode
Power Management Mode - Prefer Maximum Performance
Texture Filtering - Quality - High Quality
Threaded Optimization - On
Triple Buffering - On
Vertical Sync - App Controlled
For the SLI setting keep that to Nvidia Recommended


Enable V-Sync in Battlefield 4 when you start it.

Now, click the program settings tab, is battlefield 4 listed in there? If not click the add button and add Battlefield 4. Make sure the settings are as listed above. This is how I have my machine set up and all my games play great. I will say this when I have SLI enabled and I play Far Cry 3 multiplayer, after every match and I mean EVERY match the game freezes. It is a known issue.

[Skywoof]

Well I had enough of the BSOD's so I took my butt over to Tiger Direct and exchanged it for a different board. Haven't had a BSOD since. It's not an ASUS board, so I won't be coming around these parts anymore. Thanks for the help anyway guys, cya.