DayZ crashes every 20 minutes!

[Cloud (DayZ) 3]

- AMD Phenom II X4 980 Processor

- AMD Radeon HD 6850

- 8gb Ram

Note: It is not a temperature issue and this problem only occurs in DayZ/Arma2.

My in-game settings: All normal. Shadows off. Post processing off. Windowed 1440xblahblah. Video Memory Very High/Default.

The different ways I crash:

1. Sudden sharp crackling sound from speakers, game textures become misplaced and broken, ARMA2 has stopped working, crash to desktop. Following this is the rest of my running applications become 'Has Stopped Working' one by one within seconds after each other. Attempting to open any other application such as Mozzila will cause it to crash instantly. There will also be misplaced pixels on anything I launch. PC restart is required. (Most common)

2. I get a bluescreen. The two different types are IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL or PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA. (sometimes)

3. ARMA2 just 'Has Stopped Working'.. nothing else. (rarest but when it does happen, it happens consecutively until #1 or #2 happens)

Ways I tried fixing my problem:

1. I've checked my RAM for faultiness using Memtest but no errors come up.

2. I've done the cleanest possible method of removing drivers (combination of safe-mode with CCleaner and Driver Sweeper) and then reinstalling the latest driver.

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Any help would be greatly appreciated. Soon I will just reformat (that's how bad I want to play DayZ). If reformatting doesn't do it then there's probably something wrong with my hardware.

Edited July 14, 2012 by Cloud

[Cloud (DayZ) 3]

I reformatted and I just crashed from #1. Someone halp meh :(

[moriak 35]

do you have anything overclocked?

try testing your system stability with OCCT - http://www.ocbase.com/index.php/software

other alternatives:

prime95 for CPU and RAM - http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm (seems to be down atm but you can download from other sites)

furmark for GPU - http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/

[Cloud (DayZ) 3]

Thanks for the post.

I used OCCT and in 59 seconds I got a error on core #3. Let me run it again a few times. What should I make of with this error?

edit: Ran it four more times. Two of the times I get an error on Core 1 and 3. The two other times I Blue Screen'ed. Is this a for sure sign my cpu is crapping out on me?

Edited July 15, 2012 by Cloud

[moriak 35]

I have no idea, sorry :( you can try to load stock settings in BIOS and also test with prime95

[randy.james24@gmail.com 1]

Might try a different cpu if you have one or think about finding a computer shop and see if they can test and see what exactly is wrong, could be any number of hardware issues really, from psu to motherboard causing problems.

Edited July 15, 2012 by Avengersoul

[Cloud (DayZ) 3]

True avengersoul, but I read in multiple sources that Arma2 is heavy on cpu and if my PC is crashing on simple stress tests.. it's a good sign that it is my cpu. The final test I'm going to do is boot from disk with memtest unless anyone else has any recommendations for me.

Soon I will replace my cpu/motherboard and see if my problems are gone.