System: 

i7 3770k @ 4.6ghz -100% stable - Prime95 verified + the BF3 vcore bump 
Gigabyte GA Z77 UD5H 
16gb 1600mhz Corsair Vengance Ram 
EVGA GTX 580 SLI 1.5gb 
Seasonic X-1250
Vertex 4 256gb 

Custom Water cooling loop w/ CPU and GPU's 

Temps are all under control. 


Issues: From the instant I login to maybe 45 minutes of gameplay BF3 will crash at some point. 

Crash Types: 
 
"BF3 has stopped working" 
Hard freeze - Black screen - lock up 
Crash to desktop w/ no error 


Things I have tried: 

314.22 Drivers Clean install
320.00 Beta Drivers Clean install
Disable Realtek Audio via brios
Windows 7 Basic mode 
GPU voltage increase 
Stock GPU clocks 
Disable Origin in game 
Disable Origin Cloud sync 
No On Screen Displays from Afterburner
Properly uninstalled Precision Utility 
Repair install in origin

 
Flat out nothing works. For one reason or another BF3 will crash and for various different things. Listed below are my crash logs: 
 
Crash Logs:
 
Fault Module Name: nvwgf2um.dll
Fault Module Name: StackHash_153c
Fault Module Name: bf3.exe (generic one)

Thanks so much Maniac!  Give me an hour or so and I'll get some detailed information.
 

Thanks again Maniac, I really appreciate everything!
 
CPU overclock - 1.175 vcore w/ offset + 0.09 Ive tested it prime 95 stable at an offset of +0.075 for 12 hours, bumped up to 0.09 for BF3. Load line calibration of extreme.
 
 I'll go back to running stock clocks and do some testing though, certainly cant hurt. 
 
Update:  Within 5 minutes of loading a level with stock clocks (CPU/GPU), BF3 black screened and hard locked the entire computer.  I tried three more times and it reproduced the problem exactly the same time. 
 
It seems if I run the video cards at stock settings without afterburner, over clocked cpu or not, I'll get a black screen and the computer will hard lock.  You have to hold the power button down to get it to turn off. 
 
If i run afterburner and bump the voltage to 1.063 @ 772/2004, stock is 1.050, then BF3 at some point will crash to desktop in some fashion leading to the fault codes below. 
 
I also tried 310.9 drivers which were claimed be great BF3 drivers for the 580's and I still get the crashes. Stock CPU clocks - 4.4ghz & 4.6ghz OC
 
Gigabyte mobo: GA-z77 UD5H running F14 bios... most current non-beta
 
Ram:  Corsair Vengance DDR 3 - 16 GB (4 dimm modules)Tested with 1, 2 and 4 sticks of memory all produce crashingRunning the XMP profile @ 9-9-9-24 & 1.5 volts 
 
I've tried running manual timings and setting the volts ... still crashed.
 
Operating system: Windows 7 N  x64
 
Browser:  Google Chrome
Monitor: Monoprice IPS  2560x1440
Attached USB devices: Logitiech G19 keyboard and G5 Gaming mouse
Software at startup:  Intel RST, Norton Anti-Virus, Logitech Gaming Soft., Nvidia control Pan, Realtek control Pan
 
Updated windows and now I have yellow roads and trees in the "End Game" maps......... It's really one thing after another. I believe i remember seeing something about a Windows KB update that caused the yellow textures in End Game.
 
BF3 settings:
 

SpinCykle

System: 

i7 3770k @ 4.6ghz -100% stable - Prime95 verified + the BF3 vcore bump 
Gigabyte GA Z77 UD5H 
16gb 1600mhz Corsair Vengance Ram 
EVGA GTX 580 SLI 1.5gb 
Seasonic X-1250
Vertex 4 256gb 

Custom Water cooling loop w/ CPU and GPU's 

Temps are all under control. 


Issues: From the instant I login to maybe 45 minutes of gameplay BF3 will crash at some point. 

Crash Types: 

"BF3 has stopped working" 
Hard freeze - Black screen - lock up 
Crash to desktop w/ no error 


Things I have tried: 

314.22 Drivers Clean install
320.00 Beta Drivers Clean install
Disable Realtek Audio via brios
Windows 7 Basic mode 
GPU voltage increase 
Stock GPU clocks 
Disable Origin in game 
Disable Origin Cloud sync 
No On Screen Displays from Afterburner
Properly uninstalled Precision Utility 
Repair install in origin


Flat out nothing works. For one reason or another BF3 will crash and for various different things. Listed below are my crash logs: 

Crash Logs:

Fault Module Name: nvwgf2um.dll
Fault Module Name: StackHash_153c
Fault Module Name: bf3.exe (generic one)

Have you ever tried Nvidias' GeForce Experience and let it optimize your game settings.
Might be worth a try.

Thanks for the help Maniac!  I changed the settings and gamed for a bit this morning.  
 
1st attempt:  Stock CPU/GPU clocks and voltages -- 5 minutes in, hard lock, black screen crash with looping audio playing just after the crash until the entire computer freezes. 
 
2nd attempt:  Stock CPU/ GPU voltage bump (1.063 vrs. 1.050) w/ 132.00 (cards syncd' in Afterburner)  -- played multiple rounds, no crash yet.  Aprox 45 minutes of gaming.
 
3rd attempt:  OC CPU / GPU w/ voltage bump & 132.00 -- stable for 35 minutes of testing then had to quit.... more testing tonight.
 
It seems my cards at stock voltages are causing a hard lock, black screen, freeze than crash in bf3 with any driver.  

Here are some results at stock clocks on my GPU.  The processor is overclocked to 4.4ghz. 
 
Listed below are the two 580's and some specs I found in AB:
 
EVGA Vanilla -  - 1.050v - 772/2004- max 1.138v
Zotac Amp - 1.000v - 815/2050 - max 1.115v
 
All test are done with cards "synced" in Afterbruner 2.3.1
 
Valley Benchmark Results:
 

 
Valley Benchmark Temps:





3dMark 11 Results and Temps:
 


 
Max GPU temps- 45c both tests
 
3dMark score: P10980
3dMark11 w/ stock CPU clock + GPU overclock:
 

 
 
Max temp GPU: 46C 
Clock speeds: 900/2150 @ 1.138v
Score: P11795
 
 
 
UPDATE:
I gamed for about an hour now and it just crashed on me with the voltage bump on the cards (1.063v w/ stock clocks)..... 
 

Problem signature: 
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH 
Application Name: bf3.exe 
Application Version: 1.6.0.0 
Application Timestamp: 511c9356 
Fault Module Name: nvwgf2um.dll 
Fault Module Version: 9.18.13.2000 
Fault Module Timestamp: 51709abd 
Exception Code: c0000005 
Exception Offset: 005a7f3c 
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.28 
Locale ID: 1033 
Additional Information 1: 0a9e 
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789 
Additional Information 3: 0a9e 
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
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Having mis-matched GTX 580's can be problematic.
 
Have you tested each card by itself properly for overclocking behavior and voltage needs?
 
Please post "which" card (EVGA or Zotac) is in the top primary PCIE slot?
 
For best results, the slowest card (EVGA at 1.000v and 772mhz) should be the primary, that way its the "stronger" card that has to keep up
 
Also 16gigs is alot of RAM for just gaming...
And you posted having issues, so I would suggest yanking 8gig and just leave the two stick in the correct primary slots.
You posted you had done this, but this time use 10-10-10-36 at 1.5v and see if loosening timings helps with stability
*Please post the -exact- Model number for the sticks AND if they are EXACT matching sets or not...
 
The real bottom line here... is you are way way ahead of yourself.
You need to run your CPU and vidocards completely at STOCK and tested flawlessly, before even considering overclocking.
As it stands now, you just bouncing between unstable system OC and video OC settings.
 
Get the EVGA card in the top slot and sync the zotac to the EVGA default voltage and clocks. (*do NOT enable voltage control)
And leave it there, while you go back and work on your system OC's
 
 
 
 
 
 

I too have stability issues with anything over 4.5 GHz. I refuse to remove any RAM or apply more voltage to my CPU. The poor thing works hard enough as it is. lol
 

Did you sort the yellow snow?
 
Rig 1) GTX580 SLI 314.22 = yellow snow
Rig 2) GTX590 314.22 = white snow
 
Anyhow good thread, thanks maniac, interesting reading on BF setup