Question Constant BSODs after boot drive replacement ?

rizzeh

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Hi everyone,


I replaced my failing SSD boot drive a few months ago and I am still experiencing BSODs. Today, the only way I could replicate this was by installing a game and as the installer reached 90%, this exact BSOD would happen. Also, I'm not sure why, but my BSOD screens only show for a few milliseconds before the computer shuts down so I am not sure how I can get the exact line of code. Is there a way to change those settings?

Screenshot from Event Viewer:
View: https://imgur.com/a/WN0N64S


System Specifications:
Motherboard: Gigabyte AX-370 Gaming 3 (F50d)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600x
GPU: GTX 1060 6GB
RAM: 4 x 8gb Corsair Vengeance 3200Mhz (Clocked at 1333mhz / XMP)
Boot Drive: 1TB Samsung SSD 870 Evo
Adtl Storage/s: 1TB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-60WN4A0 (HDD)
Adtl Storage/s: 480GB Kingston SA400S37480G (SSD)

What I've Tried:
1. chkdsk | sfc /scannow | DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
2. Fresh install of Windows 10 via USB (Thrice)
3. Change the SATA cables between the drives.
4. Remove two sticks of ram, only using 2 rather than 4.

Thanks!
riz
 

Lutfij

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RAM: 4 x 8gb Corsair Vengeance 3200Mhz (Clocked at 1333mhz / XMP)
You might want to look at the PCB revisions for the sticks of ram and if they're identical.

Motherboard: Gigabyte AX-370 Gaming 3 (F50d)
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AX370-Gaming-3-rev-1x/support#support-dl-bios
You have BIOS updates pending. Flash to the latest, then clear the CMOS and see if that brings about stability.

2. Fresh install of Windows 10 via USB (Thrice)
Where did you source the installer for your OS? Did you install said OS in an offline mode? Did you manually install all drivers relevant to your platform in an elevated command, prior to connecting to the internet to update the OS?

You might want to pass on a screenshot of what Disk Management looks like. You've also forgotten to pass on the make and model of your PSU and it's age alongside the make and model of your case(in case you're having a thermal issue).
 

rizzeh

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RAM: 4 x 8gb Corsair Vengeance 3200Mhz (Clocked at 1333mhz / XMP)
You might want to look at the PCB revisions for the sticks of ram and if they're identical.

Motherboard: Gigabyte AX-370 Gaming 3 (F50d)
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AX370-Gaming-3-rev-1x/support#support-dl-bios
You have BIOS updates pending. Flash to the latest, then clear the CMOS and see if that brings about stability.

2. Fresh install of Windows 10 via USB (Thrice)
Where did you source the installer for your OS? Did you install said OS in an offline mode? Did you manually install all drivers relevant to your platform in an elevated command, prior to connecting to the internet to update the OS?

You might want to pass on a screenshot of what Disk Management looks like. You've also forgotten to pass on the make and model of your PSU and it's age alongside the make and model of your case(in case you're having a thermal issue).

Thanks Lutfij! I forgot to mention that they're two different pairs of the same brand when it comes to the ram. (2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX & 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB) I'll go ahead and update the BIOS but, in the meantime, here is a screencap of my disk management.

Disk Management ScreenCap:
View: https://imgur.com/a/bYlpD8V


Regarding the Windows installation, I got it straight from Windows/Microsoft and installed via USB. With the drivers, I downloaded directly from Gigabyte's support page for AX-370 + GPU drivers directly from Nvidia.
 

ubuysa

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Can you please download the SysnativeBSODCollectionApp and save it to the Desktop. Then run it and upload the resulting zip file to a cloud service with a link to it here. The SysnativeBSODCollectionApp collects all the troubleshooting data we're likely to need. It DOES NOT collect any personally identifying data. It's used by several highly respected Windows help forums (including this one). I'm a senior BSOD analyst on the Sysnative forum where this tool came from, so I know it to be safe.

You can of course look at what's in the zip file before you upload it, most of the files are txt files. Please don't change or delete anything though. If you want a description of what each file contains you'll find that here.
 

rizzeh

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Can you please download the SysnativeBSODCollectionApp and save it to the Desktop. Then run it and upload the resulting zip file to a cloud service with a link to it here. The SysnativeBSODCollectionApp collects all the troubleshooting data we're likely to need. It DOES NOT collect any personally identifying data. It's used by several highly respected Windows help forums (including this one). I'm a senior BSOD analyst on the Sysnative forum where this tool came from, so I know it to be safe.

You can of course look at what's in the zip file before you upload it, most of the files are txt files. Please don't change or delete anything though. If you want a description of what each file contains you'll find that here.
Hi ubuysa,

Thank you so much for the reply! I've just finished the scan and experienced some hiccups. I'm not sure if they're relevant but these lines were displayed:

- The services report took too long to generate... skipping
- The tracert report took too long to generate... skipping

Aside from those two, there weren't any other errors. Also, I appreciate the note that you don't collect any personal data. However, I've noticed the zip contained my IP addresses. Is that necessary to upload along with the zip or is it okay for me to omit that from the upload?
 
Hi everyone,


I replaced my failing SSD boot drive a few months ago and I am still experiencing BSODs. Today, the only way I could replicate this was by installing a game and as the installer reached 90%, this exact BSOD would happen. Also, I'm not sure why, but my BSOD screens only show for a few milliseconds before the computer shuts down so I am not sure how I can get the exact line of code. Is there a way to change those settings?

Screenshot from Event Viewer:
View: https://imgur.com/a/WN0N64S


System Specifications:
Motherboard: Gigabyte AX-370 Gaming 3 (F50d)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600x
GPU: GTX 1060 6GB
RAM: 4 x 8gb Corsair Vengeance 3200Mhz (Clocked at 1333mhz / XMP)
Boot Drive: 1TB Samsung SSD 870 Evo
Adtl Storage/s: 1TB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-60WN4A0 (HDD)
Adtl Storage/s: 480GB Kingston SA400S37480G (SSD)

What I've Tried:
1. chkdsk | sfc /scannow | DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
2. Fresh install of Windows 10 via USB (Thrice)
3. Change the SATA cables between the drives.
4. Remove two sticks of ram, only using 2 rather than 4.

Thanks!
riz
Just to pick around the edges put a copy of 'memtest86' on a flash stick.
Boot the stick and let it run.
No errors allowed.

Run a pass of 'crystal disk info' and post a screenshot for each disk.
 

ubuysa

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Hi ubuysa,

Thank you so much for the reply! I've just finished the scan and experienced some hiccups. I'm not sure if they're relevant but these lines were displayed:

- The services report took too long to generate... skipping
- The tracert report took too long to generate... skipping

Aside from those two, there weren't any other errors. Also, I appreciate the note that you don't collect any personal data. However, I've noticed the zip contained my IP addresses. Is that necessary to upload along with the zip or is it okay for me to omit that from the upload?
Your IP address isn't private, it's in every data packet that you send out. As I said earlier, there is nothing in there that is personally identifying or of a security nature. But it's your call of course, if you're not comfortable then don't upload it. That will make it more difficult to help you of course.
 
most likely your c: drive does not have enough space to hold the memory dump.
your drive c: is only 97 GB and has the pagefile.sys and windows OS on it. you might want to see if you can use the disk manager to add remove space from another partition and add it to the C: drive.

note: free space on c: was listed as 37 gb
you might want to check the size setting for the pagefile.sys

other causes of not creating a dump file would be
old chipset driver, old firmware on the ssd. some updates also require a bios update at the same time to work correctly
 
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