Question amdgpio3.sys BSOD/Access violation

[Sedlynne]

Hello,

For about two months, I’ve been experiencing problems with access violations and corrupted memory (this error is new). Rarely, I get BSOD, but most of the time, apps or games just crash with an access violation error. It all started after I reinstalled Windows. Crashes occur in every game I play—some after several minutes, others after hours of playtime (the fastest to crash is always Arma, even without mods). Even Chrome sometimes crashes with an "Aw, Snap!" error, with access violation as the explanation. Temps are always fine; the GPU never gets over 75°C and the CPU never gets over 70°C, even under heavy load.

My computer specs are:

• AMD Ryzen 5800X + THERMALRIGHT Peerless Assassin 120
• RX 6700 XT Red Devil
• MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II
• 2x 16GB Kingston 3200 MHz (KF432C16BBK2/32)
• Seasonic 750W FOCUS-GX-750
• Samsung 980 (90% health) as the main disk
• Samsung SSD 870 EVO (99% health)
• Apacer AS350 (100% health)
• Kingston SA400 (69% health)

I’ve tried everything I could find online:

• Reinstalling BIOS/GPU drivers/Windows
• Updating chipset drivers
• Running commands: sfc /scannow, Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth, Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
• Multiple runs of Windows Memory Diagnostic and MemTest86
• Turning off XMP and enabling Eco Mode (65W) for the CPU (I didn’t want to undervolt)
• Running with only one stick of RAM and changing slots; errors still occur
• Updating firmware of the main disk

After contacting Microsoft support (I suspected that this was a Windows error), they told me to run Driver Verifier, which created a memory dump indicating that "amdgpio3.sys" is the cause.

My question is: Is there anything else I could try before buying new components? Additionally, here are some older dumps/minidumps.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

For the sake of relevance, what BIOS version are you on for your motherboard? When you've stated amdgpio.sys as the issue, did you install the latest chipset driver in an elevated command?

I used WinDBG and Ntfs.sys shows up as the component that's triggering the issue. Do you have updates pending for your OS?

 

[Sedlynne]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

For the sake of relevance, what BIOS version are you on for your motherboard? When you've stated amdgpio.sys as the issue, did you install the latest chipset driver in an elevated command?

I used WinDBG and Ntfs.sys shows up as the component that's triggering the issue. Do you have updates pending for your OS?

Currently, I'm using 7C02vHD.
Yes, I have the newest chipset driver from here (I tried reinstalling; it didn't help). It's from MSI because I couldn't find any on the official AMD site.
The OS is also up to date.

 

[Teknoman2]

https://www.amd.com/en/support/downloads/drivers.html/chipsets/am4/b450.html
This is the amd download link for your chipset.
Use revo uninstaller to remove the previous version before you install the new one, to make sure all files and registry entries of the previous are gone. Its a good idea to do that with all drivers to avoid conflicts between leftover files from different versions... rare but hard to spot and deal with when they happen.

 

[Sedlynne]

Hello, so I've tried uninstalling chipset drivers with Revo, but that didn't help. Then I tried the following:

"In the BIOS, locate the Power Supply Idle Control option and set it to Typical (this option should be available in the Advanced section of the BIOS)."

That didn't have any effect either, and then my PC crashed again. I then tried changing the GPU to a GTX 1050 (uninstalling drivers with DDU, then installing NVIDIA drivers), but that didn't help. I also tried changing the OS drive and having only it (Samsung SSD 870 EVO), but the issue persisted.

Is there any way to stress test the CPU or motherboard? (I don't see any pattern that could cause the crashes, and I don't believe a simple stress test would have any effect.)

My current stress test is running ArmA with mods, where it crashes on an access violation, and without mods, it crashes to a BSOD.

Here is a collection of BSODs with their causes.

 

[Teknoman2]

Do you happen to have any other RAM that you can try? Memory corruption is a possibility for this issue. Also try updating the bios to the latest version, you never know.

 

[Sedlynne]

Running with only one stick of RAM and changing slots; errors still occur

So even when I wrote this, I tried different RAM I had (4GB), and the same error occurred.

But when I tried to turn on my PC with that RAM, the LED light that indicates a bad CPU was on. After clearing CMOS, the PC booted up, so I suspect the CPU is bad. If not, then I'm calling an exorcist.