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Question Can a bad GPU cause DLL errors?

Oct 17, 2023
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Wondering if a bad GPU can cause kernalbase.DLL errors? For roughly three months I have been having pretty much every game I own simply close to desktop. Event view gives me a variety of error codes 1000-1005 all of which involve a system32 DLL. I have replaced my RAM twice. Replaced the motherboard twice. Swapped out my M.2s for a regular sata SSD. Reinstalled windows clean multiple times all of which did nothing. Also tried scannow, restore health, chkdsk to no avail.

Gigabyte Aorus z790 Elite wifi 7
Intel i7 14700ks
EVGA RTX 3080ti FTW 3 Ultra
32GBs Corsair Vengeance 6000mhz
EVGA Supernova 1000
2x Samsung 980 pro 2tb raid 0
 
And how old is that Supernova 1000 watt PSU?

History of heavy gaming use, video editing, or even bit mining?

If at all possible swap in a known working PSU from a system without any problems.

Be sure that if the PSU is modular that you then use only the cables that come with that PSU.

Another point: RAID 0.

Why? Generally gains nothing for small system configurations and actually no longer necessary overall.

Problematic in itself.
 
And how old is that Supernova 1000 watt PSU?

History of heavy gaming use, video editing, or even bit mining?

If at all possible swap in a known working PSU from a system without any problems.

Be sure that if the PSU is modular that you then use only the cables that come with that PSU.

Another point: RAID 0.

Why? Generally gains nothing for small system configurations and actually no longer necessary overall.

Problematic in itself.
PSU I got when I built the system so about two years. No mining but heavy gaming use indeed. Like daily basis heavy. I have tested using standard and raid config with no difference. To be honest I didnt think it could be power supply related so I have not really looked into but I will now. I just now swapped in an old GTX 980ti and the problem persists.
 
And add some details about the cited RAID configuration.

RAID is generally both moot and of no advantage to anyone other than those large scale entities with the specific requirements that RAID (X) may satisfy.

RAID being a direct culprit or possibly contributing to the cited problems.
 
And add some details about the cited RAID configuration.

RAID is generally both moot and of no advantage to anyone other than those large scale entities with the specific requirements that RAID (X) may satisfy.

RAID being a direct culprit or possibly contributing to the cited problems.
I have already started a reformat in standard config to eliminate this as a potential cause. The only reason I was running in raid was benchmark number go up lol.