Asus Swift PG278Q Gaming Monitor & NTFS BSOD
 

Ehlo peepohz,


So I installed the Swift onto my system and been playing with it the last few days.
I have to say gaming at 144mhz is a whole new world :good:

G-sync felt funky so I have it disabled. Seemed like input would carry a sort of momentum in-game. E.g. continuing to move to the left after input key was released.



HERE is the issue I've run into. I'm getting NTFS bsod's whenever gaming at 144mhz. On subsequent restart one of my disks in my Raid 0 array has failed. Power down completely and disk returns and all is well. I can game at 60mhz and 120mhz without bsod. Anyone hear/know of any possible explanation or culprits? I'm leaning towards some voltage out of spec or simply that one disk is pooped out already. This raid system is quite ancient (prolly 2007ish)

Specs:
Motherboard:
CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core i7-2600K, 4700 MHz (47 x 100)
Motherboard Name Asus Maximus IV Extreme (1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x4, 4 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR3 DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Cougar Point P67, Intel Sandy Bridge
System Memory 8160 MB (DDR3-1600 DDR3 SDRAM)
DIMM2: G Skill RipjawsX F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 4 GB DDR3-1600 DDR3 SDRAM (11-11-11-28 @ 800 MHz) (10-10-10-27 @ 761 MHz) (9-9-9-24 @ 685 MHz) (8-8-8-22 @ 609 MHz) (7-7-7-19 @ 533 MHz) (6-6-6-16 @ 457 MHz)
DIMM4: G Skill RipjawsX F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 4 GB DDR3-1600 DDR3 SDRAM (11-11-11-28 @ 800 MHz) (10-10-10-27 @ 761 MHz) (9-9-9-24 @ 685 MHz) (8-8-8-22 @ 609 MHz) (7-7-7-19 @ 533 MHz) (6-6-6-16 @ 457 MHz)
BIOS Type AMI (04/12/2013)
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 (4 GB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 (4 GB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Monitor Asus ROG PG278Q [27" LCD]
Storage:
Storage Controller ARECA 1220(X86-64-STORPORT) SATA RAID Host Adapter (RAID6-ENGINE Inside) 400mhz single core
Disk Drive Areca Kal-EL RAID#0 SCSI Disk Device (838 GB)
6x150 WD RAPTOR

Voltage Values:
CPU Core 1.480 V
+3.3 V 3.312 V
+5 V 4.960 V
+12 V 12.096 V
+5 V Standby 5.164 V
CPU PLL 1.786 V
VCCIO 1.058 V
VCCSA 0.966 V
PCH Core 1.091 V
PCH PLL 1.058 V
PCI-E Bridge 1.197 V
DIMM 1.640 V
GPU1: GPU Core 0.987 V
GPU1: GPU +12V 12.000 V
GPU1: GPU VRM 0.984 V
GPU2: GPU Core 0.987 V
GPU2: GPU +12V 12.000 V
GPU2: GPU VRM 0.984 V



UPDATE: Single HDD in raid POOPED itself

That is a bummer bro,

Thinking the same, one of the drives is giving up the ghost

This day and age all one really need is one of these



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820147361

Raid 0 recovery failed drive areca
 

So, while I'm no storage expert by far, I do tinker a bit.

Options:
1) figure out to do a hot spare swap on the offending drive- Eh!
2) remove offending drive from areca raid card then clone using software like IFD (image for dos). Replace fresh drive with cloned image. Eh! drive was beyond beyond by this point.
3) Restore saved backup image to new Raid array set created after replacing offending drive. Bingo! This only works if you immediately create an image of your array as soon as a drive starts acting wonky.

That brings me back to life on this dated Areca/HDD Raid setup. :good:


Not near ssd setups but its near original performance which works for me daily.

256mb length
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1gb length
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If I were you and there was a way, I'd give up the RAID setup. A single ssd would rock that RAID setup these days bud. Still, do you think this will solve the 144mhz issue you have?

Yah, been gaming hardline and bf4 at 144mhz nicely, no crashing. I do get SSD envy tho. Switched to a 128k stripe on the raid card just to see.

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Been putting a parts list together for a new gamer beast but I'm thinking I don't really NEED a beast machine for todays game. Still, drewl drewl drewl!

Even the M2 is'nt really necessary but its shwweeet. I dunno, let u kno wut i settle with. :good:

Just put one of those 850's I linked in a client build.

Rockin 500+ reads with no RAID Hassles

I have a 941 M.2 in my garage mITX PC that on a PCIe2x rocks 700 + reads

if you do go new set up get one with an ultra PCIe 4x and that that 941 will do over a 1000+ reads

With a 128 MB Samsung 941 M.2 at 4x for the OS and some 850's for storage you will be blown away at the speed , possibly a huge spinner for Bone Yard duties

FFS everything is so damned expensive at the edge of tech. lolololol

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I want it to scream but ho ho ho I won't let go the dough. Gonnna keep shoppin.

yea that would scream, for sure. I don't think that is nessacary though. I think your setup is fine for gaming. All you really need to do is update your storage.

I heard that BF Hardline is lame. True or not in your opinion?


Witchie...no more BF4 bud??

been spending all my free time benching these days

Made it to 2nd in the US in the Extreme league.

Can't hang with those factory guys in the pro league :ohcrap:
I simply do not have the budget to bin 1K 5960x chips and top end GPU's

Blew up my 780 Ti KPE last night .... :shock:

Also wasted my 6 Ghz 4770K

May have some time to jump on now LOL , you guys still on there ?

Always have a lot of fun playing with you and Kal

@ Kal, if you are looking at x99 take a peak at the x99 OC Formula by AsRock

I have one and it will take you where ever you want to go bro

Also I can get the chip for $ 955.00 at MC and send it to you

http://www.microcenter.com/product/4...oxed_Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231801

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157534

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http://hwbot.org/submission/2645023_...ti_70627_marks

Thx Witchy, I want my kids to grow up and be you.

Nah, I was talkin to Dukester in BF4, plus I got all itchy and upped the overclock on this 2600k to 4800mhz and its gaming nice, and I think I'm good here cept the upgrade to storage. Gonna try n push up to the original 5ghz clock I had when I first put it together, maybe the HDD was bad this whole time.

I hope one of those manuf's drop you some lovin support soon buddy, you definitely deserve it.


@Duke, I dunno, try downloading it and check out the upgrades to the interface. Theres also a EULA attached that says "NO JACKTARDS ALLOWED", lol, it requires no foul language and behavior as TOS, amongst other things. It does appear they've put a whole heckuvalot of effort into it tho. I haven't played enough to decide. Some cop buddies are droolin over it tho.

Yea Witchie, we still play. Would be good to see you around. Bummmer blowing shit up isn't it? I remember when I was binning 1k chips. It was depressing as hell. Not something I want to do. It gets real expensive. I'd rather put that cash into my house or business atm. Although when spring comes around i'll probably get back into it somewhat. Just probably not to the extreme I used to be.

Setting sale on a cruse on Saturday

Key west then to Cozmel.

Looking forward to some 80 F temps

I will jump on when i get back, I will be easy prey as I am out of practice .... LOL

I been there, to the point where I'd get so damned disgusted when shit failed I'd curl up in a ball with my thumb in my mouth under my desk. No, I'm just kidding, lol. But yah, IT SUCKS!
You win the lotto? Everytime I turn around you on a vacation :P :laughing::laughing:
Be SAFE/SMART! Have fun!

LOL, no lotto. Got it for Tina for Christmas

If you never hear from me again I was left for dead in the Mexican desert :laughing:

:ohcrap: This is why I stay in the squigly lines, hehe, that make up the U.S.A.

Did you see this , crazy sh1t

yea. I bet the guy taking the film is glad he was running behind a min or so that day.

Settled on a 1TB Samsung 850 Evo so I can just image over my existing dual boot. Seems like a decent drive.

Think you will be blown away bro,

Crazy fast drive and the Sammy's are IMO the most reliable SSD's out there

Only spinners I have left have been relegated to Archive duties

Still drooling over that RVE, lololol. NO! MUST RESIST! :deadhorse:

That drive is sweet bud. You will wonder why you waited so long. If there is a way to do a fresh OS I would. I see problems coming with an image.

Some things to do.

Install "Intel Rapid Storage Technology Engine"

Run in AHCI mode

Verify TRIM is enabled on your SSD

A) Click start and type in cmd and hit the enter key
B) Type in fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify
- DisableDeleteNotify = 1 (Windows TRIM commands are disabled)
- DisableDeleteNotify = 0 (Windows TRIM commands are enabled)

Disable automatic defragmenting

A)Click the Windows start button and type Disk Defrag and hit Enter.
B) Click the Configure Schedule Button.
C)Uncheck the box for Run On a Schedule then click Ok and Close.
D)Never Defrag a Solid State Drive

Disable Superfetch (SSDs are Fast enough to disable Superfetch to free up RAM)

a. In the Windows start menu search box, type regedit and hit enter.
b.Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters and you will see a Binary Value called EnablePrefetcher
c.Double click on EnablePrefetcher and change the value from 3 to 0.
d.You must reboot for this to take effect.

Enable Write Caching on your SSD

A)Open up your Computer. In Computer, right click on the drive that is your SSD and click Properties.
B)Click on the Hardware tab at the top.
C)Double click on the Disk Drive that is your SSD. Now in the new window click the Policies tab.
D)Under the Write-caching policy box, make sure Enable write caching on this device and Turn off Windows write-cache buffer flushing on the device are both checked. Now click OK and exit.

Disable Indexing on your SSD

A)Open up your Computer. In Computer, right click on the Drive that is your SSD and click Properties.
B)Click on the General tab at the top.
C)At the bottom you will see a box called Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties, uncheck this box and hit Apply.
D)Make sure the radio button for Apply changes to the drive C:\, subfolders and files is selected and click OK.
E)You will be prompted with a window that says Error Applying Attributes, click Ignore All and it will disable indexing on all files on your SSD, this will take some time.
F)Click OK to close the window.

Some people have said to move your page file to another drive or reduce the size of it. I have not had a good experience with either. I would just let windows manage it.

I agree, an Image is a mistake bro

Thx gents!

Drive came in, and yes i was stubborn and imaged over my existing dual boot, jumped thru a couple hoops but it seems to be functioning purdy well.

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Messed around tweaking and err wut duh?
Rapid Mode Enabled.
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Did you install the Intel RST drivers? What tweaks did you do?

RST installed and Rapid Mode nerfed.

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Spot on there.

Looks like you are diggin the SSD action bro, glad your image worked out :thumbsup:

Cheers from Key West

:good:

These monitors are in short supply these days. Ordered two more for some surround action, hoping 3x gtx 680 4gb can provide decent performance.

Some listing are up from $789 to $1099 ea.

:eek:

Wow, that is going to take some serious HP, bro

I can't help but think the 680's are going to run out of talent pushing 3 of those beasts

You're prolly right but if I think positive enough, magic frames appear :laughing:

Never know until you try, may be fine

2x Titans push about 95 FPS with high settings @ 3x 1920x1080 on BF4

I was actually on for about an hour yesterday, jumped in with Duke, it has been a while.

Got wiped out, but got a knife kill :laughing:

:scared::thumbsup:

Sheesh, doesnt bode well but wth, will have new cards to look forward to if it don't pan out, lololol.

WOw, glad u got some game time in Captain Vacation! :thumbsup:

Ah I think yer wisdom rings true witchy. 45 fps BF4 on a single rog swift with single gtx 680. Poops.

Guess I'm saving for some newer cards! :ohcrap:

That blows bro,

Guess I will jump on some this week, I need some target practice ........ :laughing:

What are you looking at ?

r9 390x should be out soon, not sure what it will bring to the table though.

Rumor has it will ship with an AIO water cooler ??? as it is a 300 watts card :ohcrap:

If true the 980's seem a lot more attractive, no word on the 980Ti ???

@ Duke, where did you get the swank BF4 sig ?