Posts by Noah Hall

I installed version 11gR2 on Windows 10 64-bit and it’s acting up. I keep getting these errors:

event viewer:
The Microsoft SQL ServerVssWriterORCL service terminated with the following error:
Not all privileges or groups referenced are assigned to the caller.

Whenever this error hits, my PC just freezes—especially when I have stuff running, like Call of Duty 😵

I tried digging around online for a fix but found nothing. Also, I'm a total noob when it comes to databases, so I don't even know where to start troubleshooting besides just nuking the software, which would totally kill my progress with learning Microsoft SQL Server.....

Also,

I swapped out my motherboard and CPU without doing a clean reinstall of Windows 10, and now I've noticed some weird background processes from Gigabyte (my old board was one). Is there a tool that can actually scan my hardware setup and wipe out any leftover junk? I really want to avoid a clean install of Windows 10 if I can help it.....

thanks

Anyway, after over a year, the issue seems fixed. No more freezing. I took the rig to a repair shop where they spent 4 weeks on it (2 weeks testing + 2 weeks waiting on a faulty part). Turns out my Intel Core i7-6700 was defective—apparently, there were tons of complaints about those early batches being buggy. Got a replacement, and now the PC is running like a dream.

Pulled the HDD out and it worked fine. I was just playing GW2 for 10 minutes before it froze on me again. Did a hard restart, Windows booted up but the mouse wouldn't move. Rebooted once more and finally got the mouse back... so now I'm typing this. Read somewhere that some people had this happen because of their mouse... also, some guy had the exact same Corsair PSU and GPU as me and dealt with the same crap. They tested his power supply and card at a repair shop and both were fine. He swapped the RX480 for an Nvidia card and everything worked perfectly... conclusion is that the RX480 and that PSU just don't get along for some reason. Ordered a voltage tester, maybe that'll show me something.

HWMonitor

Checking the stats.
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HWMonitor showing Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (0x000005C4 - 0x0D21C509)

LPCIO
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LPCIO Vendor: Nuvoton
LPCIO Model: Nuvoton NCT6793 Voltage
LPCIO Vendor ID 0x5CA3
LPCIO Chip ID 0xD1
LPCIO Revision ID 0x21
Config Mode I/O address 0x4E
Config Mode LDN 0xB
Config Mode registers.
Hexadecimal data
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30 01 Hexadecimal data
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60 0A 20 0A 30 00 00 Hexadecimal data
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Register space: LPC, base address = 0x0A20

Hardware monitors.
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HWMonitor Nuvoton NCT6793 Voltage
Vcore is sitting at 0.82 Volts.
Voltage 1 1.01 Volts [Hexadecimal data] (VIN1)
Voltage 2 is sitting at 3.42 Volts [Hexadecimal data] (AVCC).
Voltage 3 is sitting at 3.31 Volts [Hexadecimal data] (3VCC).
Voltage 4: 1.01 Volts [0x7E] (VIN4)
Voltage 5 is sitting at 0.15 Volts [0x13] (VIN5).
Voltage 6: 0.97 Volts [0x79] (VIN6)
Voltage 7 is sitting at 1.12 Volts [Hexadecimal data] (VIN7)
Voltage 8 is sitting at 0.82 Volts [0x66] (VIN8).
Voltage 9 is sitting at 0.60 Volts [0x4B] (VIN9).
Voltage 10 1.01 Volts [0x7E] (VIN10)
Voltage 11 1.01 Volts [Hexadecimal data] (VIN11)
Voltage 12 0.97 Volts [0x79] (VIN12)
Voltage 13 1.00 Volts [0x7D] (VIN13)
Voltage 14 0.00 Volts [0x0] (VIN14)
Temp at 0 is sitting at 100°F.
Temp 3 is sitting at 84°F [0x1D] (TMPIN3).
Temp 5 is sitting at a crazy 127°C (260°F). That's straight up melting.
Temp 6 is sitting at 100°F.
Fan 0 is hitting 633 RPM.
Hardware registers.
Register space: LPC, base address = 0x0A20
Bank 0
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20 64 7E D6 CF 7E 13 78 26 Hexadecimal data
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40 03 3F 17 FF DF 00 3F FF 2D FF FF 10 08 55 00 A3
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60 29 F0 Hexadecimal data 01 00 Hexadecimal data
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90 0A 00 00 00 00 FD FD FD 0A 95 EF 80 FF 40 46 C4
A0 0E Hexadecimal data
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C0 Hexadecimal data
D0 05 05 05 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FD FD FD FD
Hexadecimal data
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Bank 1
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Bank 4.
80 64 7E D6 CF 7E 13 78 D6 00 7F 8B 00 7D 4B C0 00
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Bank 5.
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Bank 6.
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Bank 7.
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90 Hexadecimal data

HWMonitor ACPI
Temperature 0 28 degC (82 degF) [0xBC2] (TZ00)
Temperature 1 30 degC (85 degF) [0xBD6] (TZ01)

Hardware monitor AMD ADL
Power 0 8.36 W (GPU)
Temperature 0 51 degC (123 degF) [0x33] (GPU)
Fan 0 0 RPM [0x0] (GPU)
Clock Speed 0 498.47 MHz [0x1F2] (Graphics)
Clock Speed 1 300.00 MHz [0x1F2] (Memory)

Processors
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Number of sockets 1
Number of threads 8

APICs
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Socket 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Thread 1 1
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 2
-- Thread 1 3
-- Core 2
-- Thread 0 4
-- Thread 1 5
-- Core 3
-- Thread 0 6
-- Thread 1 7

Timers
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ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
Perf timer 3.914 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz

Processors Information
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Socket 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 4 (max 4)
Number of threads 8 (max 8)
Name Intel Core i7-6700K
Codename Skylake
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) Intel Core i7-6700 CPU @ 4.00GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 1151 LGA (0x1)
CPUID 6.E.3
Extended CPUID 6.5E
Core Stepping R0
Technology 14 nm
TDP Limit 95.0 Watts
Tjmax 100.0 °C
Core Speed 799.4 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 8.0 x 99.9 MHz
Stock frequency 4000 MHz
Max frequency 4200 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, TSX
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 4 x 256 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 8 MBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Max CPUID level 00000016h
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 256 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 3, U, 8 MB, 16 thread(s)
FID/VID Control yes

Turbo Mode supported, enabled
Max non-turbo ratio 40x
Max turbo ratio 42x
Max efficiency ratio 8x
Speedshift Autonomous
O/C bins unlimited
Ratio 1 core 42x
Ratio 2 cores 40x
Ratio 3 cores 40x
Ratio 4 cores 40x
IA Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
IA Voltage Offset 0 mV
GT Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
GT Voltage Offset 0 mV
LLC/Ring Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
LLC/Ring Voltage Offset 0 mV
Agent Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
Agent Voltage Offset 0 mV
TDP Level 95.0 W @ 40x

Temperature 0 29 degC (84 degF) (Package)
Temperature 1 25 degC (77 degF) (Core #0)
Temperature 2 26 degC (78 degF) (Core #1)
Temperature 3 25 degC (77 degF) (Core #2)
Temperature 4 24 degC (75 degF) (Core #3)
Voltage 0 0.80 Volts (VID)
Voltage 1 +0.00 Volts (IA Offset)
Voltage 2 +0.00 Volts (GT Offset)
Voltage 3 +0.00 Volts (LLC/Ring Offset)
Voltage 4 +0.00 Volts (System Agent Offset)
Power 00 7.04 W (Package)
Power 01 2.37 W (IA Cores)
Power 02 n.a. (GT)
Power 03 4.67 W (Uncore)
Power 04 0.92 W (DRAM)
Clock Speed 0 799.42 MHz (Core #0)
Clock Speed 1 799.42 MHz (Core #1)
Clock Speed 2 3897.15 MHz (Core #2)
Clock Speed 3 799.42 MHz (Core #3)
Core 0 max ratio 42.0 (effective 42.0)
Core 1 max ratio 42.0 (effective 42.0)
Core 2 max ratio 42.0 (effective 42.0)
Core 3 max ratio 42.0 (effective 42.0)

So this happened this morning:

My kid says he turned the PC on and then just kept hitting the power button, leaving it stuck in a loop. When I checked, the thing was technically "on" since the LEDs were lit, but it was totally unresponsive. Tried to wake it up, nothing. Shut it down and tried again, still dead. I ended up pulling all the hard drives except the system drive, and suddenly the PC booted up just fine. Then I started plugging them back in one by one, and now everything's back in and the system is running perfectly again... drives involved: 2 SSDs, 2 HDDs, and 1 external HDD.

Basically, my PC froze right while I was browsing in Chrome. Moved the mouse and everything just locked up. It wouldn't respond at all, so I had to force a shutdown. Once I rebooted (Windows 10), the mouse was gone. After several restarts, it either hung during boot like something was broken—leaving me without a mouse again—or I’d get hit with a blue screen saying there was a Windows ERROR during startup... after messing around and getting my blood pressure up, the system finally booted. I used it normally for a bit (browsing, music, a few rounds of Company of Heroes 2) and it seemed fine. I got a new case a month ago and haven't had any freezing issues until yesterday. My GPU is solid since it passed inspection, I already tested the RAM, and the HDDs seem okay (at least according to two different disk check programs). Could this be a mouse issue or something related to it, given how it messed with the Windows boot process?

Ran a few more MemTests and everything looks solid. Hit it with a Sandra Lite benchmark too—this config sits in the top 7% overall, and based on the numbers, this GPU is performing right up there with a 980 Ti or a 1070. Uninstalled The Witcher 3 to test things out—cranked everything to Ultra, just turned off the motion blur. Played for about an hour or so and had zero issues. No stutters, just smooth gameplay...

to be continued...

Waiting for Skinuh to crash before I try it myself. Regarding Battlefield 1, the game just sets everything to ultra on its own and my FPS was actually fine. Though, with that recent update, you get this weird lag spike for about 10 seconds where everything just chokes (FPS drop or something, haven't really dug into it).

My power supply is new too, and it's not some cheap junk, so it shouldn't be underpowering anything, but hey... who knows... maybe it's acting up...

But here's what makes zero sense: I was playing Battlefield 1 last night and it was totally fine. Then this morning, the system wouldn't even boot. I pulled the GPU, restarted... put the GPU back in, and the system boots up perfectly like nothing happened. I know from experience that if a PSU is too weak, the system won't POST.

Unfortunately, nobody I know has a PSU like mine; honestly, everyone else has weaker rigs and much cheaper power supplies.

It crossed my mind to test other high-intensity games, but Battlefield 1 is the only one I have right now; the rest are older titles... though there are different ways to troubleshoot that...

A few years back, I had issues with Battlefield 3... preordered it, and I didn't even get 2 hours of playtime total because it kept freezing. I tried everything under the sun before just giving up on it... every other game I owned ran fine... I was using an NVIDIA card back then, but also an MSI model, so maybe it's an MSI thing or maybe Battlefield just isn't meant for me?

specs:

ASUS Z170A gaming ms s 1151
i7-6700K, lga1151
ddr4 16 gb(2x8) kingstone 2400 sav
napajanje corsair 650W RM650X
gpu msi rx 480 gaming x, 8 gb

win10 pro 64 bit licensed, fresh install

latest amd drivers 16.12.1, mobo flashed with latest bios

Basically, Call of Duty is wrecking me. Everything was fine at first, then things got stupid. After playing for a bit—sometimes just a few minutes—the whole thing freezes along with the audio. Nothing works except a hard reset or hitting the power button on the case. Then, weirdly enough, I can't even boot the system for a while after that. Yesterday, I actually managed to play for a couple of hours without any freezing. But this morning? The system wouldn't boot no matter how many times I tried. I pulled the GPU out and the system booted up fine using integrated graphics. Put the GPU back in and it booted fine again. Everything is running at stock settings right now; no overclocking. Watching movies or browsing the web is totally fine. Other games run without issues: The Sims 4, Company of Heroes 2, FIFA 15, Bad Company 2...
Tried a bunch of different driver versions, but nothing worked (especially the older ones where other games were unplayable—The Sims 4 was a disaster, but with newer ones it's okay, at least my wife isn't complaining). Thought maybe it was an audio driver issue, so I played around with those too. I ran Call of Duty in DX11 first, then switched to DX12 (total garbage), then switched back to DX11 the day before yesterday and it was fine. Yesterday was good again, but like I said, today the system wouldn't start. I've read everything online about people having these problems. Just seems weird... can Call of Duty actually be the reason the system won't boot? Because when I don't touch that game, I don't notice any issues. It's like launching Call of Duty just trashes everything...

Hands down one of my favorite war movies. The first time I watched it, I thought it was kind of slow because I was used to those action flicks where people are just shooting up left and right like it’s a damn picnic. This is one of those rare films that actually digs into the psyche of an average soldier. Those landscapes aren't there for the view; they're there for the contrast. It shows how human stupidity can turn paradise into pure hell. You have to watch this properly. If you're the type who just wants mindless killing and thinks war is "cool," skip it. For people like that, just go watch Chuck Norris.