990FXA-GD80 system Locks up in Game Play

I'm looking for any good ideas for testing or fixing ....
In July 2012, I built a system, and it seemed solid until November. Now, it locks up 'after awhile' when playing games - it's played for as long as a couple hrs, and as short as less than 5 minutes before lockup up. In locking up, video and audio stop (no sound, picture still on the display, frozen). The only way to go again seems to be reset or power cycle. MB Debug LEDs show 38-39 when locked up. Games seen to lock up include Diablo III, Starcraft and Borderlands. Leaving OC Gene on or off seems to make no difference. No other OC options have been used.
I've ran FurMark and MSI Kombuster for hours with no failures. I've ran the Windows 7 memory tester with no errors. I've swapped out the Video card with a GeForce 9600 GSO and it locks up just the same. It never seems to lock up browsing the internet, etc. Anyway, I think this leaves the MB and CPU as the components where the fault must be. I haven't found a good way to test these.
System:
Video Card: MSI R7950-2PMD3GD5/OC Radeon HD 7950; Bios Version: 015.013.000.010. Driver Version 8.921.0.0. Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD80V2 911-7640-073.
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000).
CPU: AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8120FRGUBO.
MB BIOS Installed: B.D0.
AMD Chipset Drivers: 8.947.0.0.
OS: Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium, all updates applied (SP 1).
PS: Corsair TX 650 W.
Storage: OCZ-Vertex3 ATA Device (120 GB STD).
CPU Cooling: Corsair HD 100 - CPU temps never get above 34 C as reported by Core Temp.

I believe it's fixed, although I haven't played games with the final change. Now that I've had this experience, Step 1 in diagnosing instability -
1) Restore BIOS to defaults - even if you think it is already at defaults, and don't have any reason to think BIOS was changed at the time instability began. It's and easy and quick thing to do - doesn't require taking any covers off.
I ran memtest86 and the system passed. Then, I ran the system with only one stick of memory and alternated both sticks, and the system was completely stable. Then, I put both sticks in, and just 'cause, turned on OC Genie. The system presented a message saying no OC changes should be manually made with the system in OC Genie mode. Of course, each time memory was changed, the Bios screen came up asking to save the new changes to the system.
With both memory sticks in and OC Genie on, the system just completed the full Intel Burn test successfully on 'maximum'. As the system previously wouldn't complete the first of the 10 cycles on maximum, the prospects are good that the system is now stable.
As a side note - the Gflops changed from 24 and change with OC Genie off to 29 and change with it on, a nice bump. I've been 'going to' play with OCing on this system for a long time, just never got around to it. Now, I guess it will just run with OC Genie on henceforth. Also, with Intel Burn Test on maximum and OC Genie on, Core Temp reported a 41 C max temperature. Mostly, the burn test ran at 38 C (The Temperature offset is set at 15 in Core Temp Options).

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Apr 4 17:00:15 daxteriv slim[708]: (Do:882): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 46 was not found when attempting to remove it
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[edit3] My previous thought was that this was a btrfs issue, however now I think it may be more hardware related.[/edit3]
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Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2015-05-22 18:27:04)

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On to more serious issues.. .
I am experiencing system lock-ups on the brand spanking new computer I just buildt.(Yeah, yeah.. . Anti-static and all other thinkable precautions were taken.. .)
Needless to say it's annoying the hell out of me. I can't work and I can't play with a situation like this.. .
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Are there any known issues with TwinMos RAM and nForce2?
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I will be running the full monty in Memtest x86 over night, but the RAM DIMM is spanking new and has been handeled with the utmost caution. The first five tests returned nothing wrong.
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Woops. Seems like I don't have access rights to the last link.
It seems like downflashing to B30 is the only way to go for me as I'm having *major* stability issues, even with no overclocking.
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Then we have a problem, because I don't have an AM3 ready, non-FX chip available.
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Then we have a problem, because I don't have an AM3 ready, non-FX chip available.
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Odd you get correct(?) readings from software programs - they have no separate thermometer. Sure, BIOS may be incorrect. That is a common problem, but then your monitoring programs should be up the wall, too. More common is in fact, the BIOS readings are correct and programs are wrong.
Comparing with a different system is impossible. Case and cooling can not be the same; a case built for a Pentium II wont cope nicely with a 6-core processor of today.
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