I'm so angry. Neither version of the M17x is any good

So is that app stating that GPUz is causing the error? I know there are issues with that and the r2. Did you get the beta version that is available in the threads here on NBR?

 

I was a bit perplexed by GPUz not installing, but I think it has to do with Catalyst Control Center not being installed. Just a guess. I put the machine down to eat, I heard the OS music play and I discovered the machine had blue screened. Yes, I have the 10.3 beta driver that everyone is having good luck with.

 

Well if you remove any monitoring software for the time being, run some items and see if it still blue screens. I had everest do this on the ATIs and Nvidias... Seemed like it didnt like the drivers..

If not, you prolly have a MB issue just like others have said.

 

Sounds like a plan. I'm also going to do some more memory testing and see if I can narrow down the problem further.

 

Also do you still have the page file enabled?

I Know when I tried disabling this in the past it would cause weird random BSODs or driver failures. (My thought was, I have 8GB of ram... why do i need a page file.. SO i disabled it and let me tell ya.. I had all kinds of probs lol. Once enabled all probs went away.)

 

I would also strongly recommend if you are doing a re-installation try with a standard HDD0 and HDD1 harddrive set up rather then RAID.

I have seen lots of issues like this specific to raid, especially if it's SSD raids. But I'd suggest you get the RAID controller out of it just to eliminate one more potential point of failure.

 

Okay. I will do that. I'm running mechanical drives, so will the performance of the machine suffer?

 

access times will be a little slower but honestly its worth a shot to see if this is the problem...

 

If breaking the RAID resolves the bluescreen, what will resolve the RAID? Motherboard?

 

Yes if you test the HDDs independently and they come back ok then it most likely is the MB.