Question BSOD caused by possible GPU failure

Slayerrcks

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Hello, over the past couple of days I've been getting intermittent BSODs after my computer has been running for an hour or 2. I was suspicious of a driver that Windows 10 updates had installed last week so I updated the driver via geforce experience. Afterwords I installed any windows 10 updates that at the time were failing. To fix the updates I had to run the windows 10 trouble shooter after which I restarted and the updates pushed through without an issue. Based off of the recent BSOD I think its caused from my GPU failing but I'm not sure. I bought it back in 2016. I'm also concerned because I was having issues with my PC when I first built it last year but I haven't had any problems since then. In that case it turned out to be a bad CPU and I'll link the thread above the WhoCrashed logged. I might be able to get a GPU from a friend but it is a 1060 from his old build. Any and all advice is appreciated!

edit: forgot to say current GPU driver is 466.47
edit 2: The last time my computer failed I didn't see a bsod but it did restartand then I got the VIDEO_SCHEDULER_INTERNAL_ERROR I did check windows 10 updates for today and the only thing was Windows Defender Definition update.

PC Specs
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600x
Mobo: MSI x570-a pro (RMA twice)
Ram: pny xlr8 16gb ddr4 3200 (replaced once)
GPU: GTX 1060 6gb (working from old build and tried other graphics cards)
Hard Drive: Intel 660P M.2 (Currently in the process of RMA)
Temp HardDrive: Western Digital WD5000aakx
PSU: Thermal Take Smart 750w bronze (from old build)


Previous issue: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/computer-bsod-after-about-a-week-of-use.3608058/

WhoCrashed Log:

Crash dump directories:

C:\Windows
C:\Windows\Minidump

On Thu 5/27/2021 7:01:42 PM your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP
This was probably caused by the following module: watchdog.sys (watchdog!WdLogEvent5_WdCriticalError+0xE0)
Bugcheck code: 0x119 (0x2, 0xFFFFFFFFC000000D, 0xFFFF8204FB94F960, 0xFFFFCA0BC146E590)
Error: VIDEO_SCHEDULER_INTERNAL_ERROR
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\watchdog.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Watchdog Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that the video scheduler has detected a fatal violation.
The crash took place in a Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.



On Thu 5/27/2021 7:01:42 PM your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\052721-10609-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: watchdog.sys (watchdog+0x3AD0)
Bugcheck code: 0x119 (0x2, 0xFFFFFFFFC000000D, 0xFFFF8204FB94F960, 0xFFFFCA0BC146E590)
Error: VIDEO_SCHEDULER_INTERNAL_ERROR
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\watchdog.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Watchdog Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that the video scheduler has detected a fatal violation.
The crash took place in a Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.



On Wed 5/26/2021 7:55:05 PM your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\052621-10156-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: hardware.sys (hardware)
Bugcheck code: 0x1A (0x41792, 0xFFFFF680003B6F10, 0x800000, 0x0)
Error: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
Bug check description: This indicates that a severe memory management error occurred. A corrupted PTE has been detected.
This might be a case of memory corruption. This may be because of a hardware issue such as faulty RAM, overheating (thermal issue) or because of a buggy driver. This problem might also be caused because of overheating (thermal issue).
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: hardware.sys .
Google query: hardware.sys MEMORY_MANAGEMENT



On Wed 5/26/2021 6:57:10 PM your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\052621-10328-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x3F6CF0)
Bugcheck code: 0x7F (0x8, 0xFFFF8A80D7454E70, 0xFFFFEE89C755E4FC, 0xFFFFF806417F0C28)
Error: UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the Intel CPU generated a trap and the kernel failed to catch this trap.Double Fault, indicates that an exception occurs during a call to the handler for a prior exception. Most often this is caused by a software problem (kernel stack overflow) but this can also be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Fri 5/21/2021 4:26:58 PM your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\052121-12765-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x3F6CF0)
Bugcheck code: 0x1000007E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF8024BB1451D, 0xFFFFF400C4A90028, 0xFFFFF400C4A8F860)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that a system thread generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Sun 2/28/2021 10:00:50 AM your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\022821-11671-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: mmcss.sys (0xFFFFF8017B1F1061)
Bugcheck code: 0x1000007E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF8017B1F1061, 0xFFFF9407887EFA58, 0xFFFF9407887EF290)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\mmcss.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: MMCSS Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that a system thread generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in a Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.
 

Slayerrcks

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Update:

Was using the same GPU and then it crashed again. I couldn't get it to boot unless I switched PCIE slots. After I booted I ran scan /sfc and it found corrupted files and fixed them. I booted into safemode and ran the same check and it didn't find any corrupted files.
 

Slayerrcks

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Update 2:

Got a second GPU and still crashing. I tried playing the driver game and still got the same issues. While trying to reinstall windows from a bootable flash drive I got crash after formmating the windows drive. I removed all the other drives and then conintued to delete all the parttions on that drive. I've installed windows and updated the drivers from the MSI website. When installing the realtek pcielan driver I got a crash. The screen when blank then restarted. I'm installing windows updates now.
 

Slayerrcks

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I started getting BSODs again. I got one last night and ran WhoCrashed who said there were memory errors. I ran windows 10 Memory Diagnostic this morning and there were no errors. While starting the mem test I got another BSOD.

*Edit I don't think this is a heating issue because this BSOD happened minutes after I turned on my computer.

Bellow are the results for the new crash dumps for today.

On Tue 6/8/2021 9:35:24 AM your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\060821-10718-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: win32kfull.sys (0xFFFF8593E439402D)
Bugcheck code: 0x50 (0xFFFF85D6C6693E98, 0x2, 0xFFFF8593E439402D, 0x2)
Error: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\win32kfull.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Full/Desktop Win32k Kernel Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that invalid system memory has been referenced.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in a Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.



On Tue 6/8/2021 9:35:24 AM your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP
This was probably caused by the following module: win32kfull.sys (0xFFFF8593E439402D)
Bugcheck code: 0x50 (0xFFFF85D6C6693E98, 0x2, 0xFFFF8593E439402D, 0x2)
Error: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\win32kfull.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Full/Desktop Win32k Kernel Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that invalid system memory has been referenced.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in a Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.



On Tue 6/8/2021 1:03:05 AM your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\060821-11421-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x3F6C90)
Bugcheck code: 0x1A (0x403, 0xFFFFF8BFFFDCB908, 0x8600000197DFD005, 0xFFFFF880001BAE90)
Error: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that a severe memory management error occurred. The page table and PFNs are out of sync . This is probably a hardware error, especially if parameters 3 & 4 differ by only a single bit.
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem. This error suggests a case of memory corruption because of a hardware problem. It is suggested you do a test on your RAM modules (memory test) and make sure your system is not getting overheated. This problem might also be caused because of overheating (thermal issue).
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Sat 5/29/2021 3:10:24 AM your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\053121-10500-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x3F6C90)
Bugcheck code: 0xA0 (0x10E, 0xA, 0xF443, 0x8D9B)
Error: INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the power policy manager experienced a fatal error.
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem. This problem might also be caused because of overheating (thermal issue).
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.
 

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Hi, I just had one of these

Bugcheck code: 0x119 (0x2, 0xFFFFFFFFC000000D, 0xFFFFF28E07F9A960, 0xFFFFB181B451D670)
Error: VIDEO_SCHEDULER_INTERNAL_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\watchdog.sys

After 2 hours and a half of watching 1080p mkv, i was browsing, watching several youtube videos. I saw some flicker in the youtubevideo, then in mozilla also but not in windows. I just straight up started FarCry5. and right after the splash screen when the game actually starts and it goes fullscreen, my pc reboots, installs some update when starting windows that was due since yesterday, and now I start Far Cry 5 again and no issues, I played it for about 10 mins.

Did you fix it?
 
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Slayerrcks

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Hi, I just had one of these

Bugcheck code: 0x119 (0x2, 0xFFFFFFFFC000000D, 0xFFFFF28E07F9A960, 0xFFFFB181B451D670)
Error: VIDEO_SCHEDULER_INTERNAL_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\watchdog.sys

After 2 hours and a half of watching 1080p mkv, i was browsing, watching several youtube videos. I saw some flicker in the youtubevideo, then in mozilla also but not in windows. I just straight up started FarCry5. and right after the splash screen when the game actually starts and it goes fullscreen, my pc reboots, installs some update when starting windows that was due since yesterday, and now I start Far Cry 5 again and no issues, I played it for about 10 mins.

Did you fix it?

Hi,
Yes I did fix it but my problem seemed to come from windows 10 installing an old chipset driver. I've since reinstalled windows and turned off allowing windows updater to install drivers. I haven't had any issues since then.

To turn off windows 10 driver updates: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...llations/44cdb7a9-9e88-4e1f-afe7-0c0c729fd132
 

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