Question Constant bsods

[Agyriotic]

Hello everyone, I've been experiencing a crazy turn of events with my pc lately. I’ve built it myself using research and cross referencing compatibility lists etc.

I never truly got it stable but it never had bsods like this before(to the point it wouldn’t post or would post then crash immediately after logging in). The errors were mostly “IRQL Not Less Than or Equal” or “System Service Exception”.
I’ve done just about everything except driver verifier multiple times (sfc, dism, reseating ram, testing individual sticks, etc).

Every now and then it’ll bsod with the “Ntoskrnl.exe” file being projected as what’s failed.
I’ve tried using WinDBG to look at the mini dumps that were created and that tells me a files named “GenuineIntel.sys” is what caused the crash.

It’s odd as I’ve bought an additional ram kit(same ram, timings, speed) because of my findings prior to try and make the system more stable but the crashes still occur. It got to the point where I bit the bullet and tried to clean install windows 11, that got me into a bsod loop where I couldn’t even get past the installation screen before it would crash. (Sometimes “Critical Process Died” or the common “your pc ran into a problem”)

Any help regarding this would be awesome, thanks.

Specs
CPU: i9 14900k
MOBO: Asus Strix Z790-E Gaming Wifi
RAM: G. Skill Trident Z5 ddr5, 2x32, 6400
GPU: PNY RTX 4090
PSU: ROG Thor 1200W Platinum 2
STORAGE: 4x Crucial P5 2tb

 

[Agyriotic]

Another question I have is that would the XMP profile for the ram fry the memory controller on the i9?

 

[dwd999]

Since you have a cpu with internal graphics I suggest removing your gpu and trying the Windows install that way. Note that the Windows installer works best when only 1 drive is installed and you have an ethernet connection.

 

[Agyriotic]

Since you have a cpu with internal graphics I suggest removing your gpu and trying the Windows install that way. Note that the Windows installer works best when only 1 drive is installed and you have an ethernet connection.

I got it to work eventually but it’s a bugged out version of windows, programs close by themselves, settings doesn’t load sometimes, and now task manager won’t recognize my gpu

 

[digitaldata77]

Hi, just a suggestion, according to info I read about your CPU i9 14900K, it may be running at unlimited power settings in the BIOS. This can cause thermal throttling and overheating which can cause multiple crashing situations. First reset your CMOS to default the Mobo Settings. Then try manually setting the power limits for TDP and Turbo power settings. In your BIOS under CPU settings try manually setting the P1 TDP power limit to 125 Watts and the P2 TURBO power limit to 253 Watts. Also, just a suggestion to clean install your OS and install latest drivers for your chipset and hardware. See if it will post and boot into Windows. Another suggestion is to run HWINFO to see your system temperatures and behavior once you have successfully booted in to Windows. Once you have it running stable you may want to run a benchmark test like Cinebench 23 and have HWINFO running onscreen at the same time. if it runs stable during the test and the CPU temperatures are within the correct parameters, you can then apply any tweaks to the system for productivity and gaming etc. In the mean time, please post your results if this info works for you and any other issues that may come up. There are people here who help resolve any issues you may have and provide more diagnostics if necessary. All the Best from an old school PC Builder and Gamer. Cheers.

 

[Agyriotic]

Hi, just a suggestion, according to info I read about your CPU i9 14900K, it may be running at unlimited power settings in the BIOS. This can cause thermal throttling and overheating which can cause multiple crashing situations. First reset your CMOS to default the Mobo Settings. Then try manually setting the power limits for TDP and Turbo power settings. In your BIOS under CPU settings try manually setting the P1 TDP power limit to 125 Watts and the P2 TURBO power limit to 253 Watts. Also, just a suggestion to clean install your OS and install latest drivers for your chipset and hardware. See if it will post and boot into Windows. Another suggestion is to run HWINFO to see your system temperatures and behavior once you have successfully booted in to Windows. Once you have it running stable you may want to run a benchmark test like Cinebench 23 and have HWINFO running onscreen at the same time. if it runs stable during the test and the CPU temperatures are within the correct parameters, you can then apply any tweaks to the system for productivity and gaming etc. In the mean time, please post your results if this info works for you and any other issues that may come up. There are people here who help resolve any issues you may have and provide more diagnostics if necessary. All the Best from an old school PC Builder and Gamer. Cheers.

I’m at work currently so I won’t be able to test these suggestions out anytime soon. In my bios before I clean installed the first time I loaded defaults, and since I upgraded to my i9 I ran the intel default profile to combat that voltage issue the 14th gen cpus were having a while ago. I haven’t messed with any manual over/underclocking out of fear of bricking my rig lol. I’ll give these a shot and get back to you, thanks.

 

[Agyriotic]

I’m at work currently so I won’t be able to test these suggestions out anytime soon. In my bios before I clean installed the first time I loaded defaults, and since I upgraded to my i9 I ran the intel default profile to combat that voltage issue the 14th gen cpus were having a while ago. I haven’t messed with any manual over/underclocking out of fear of bricking my rig lol. I’ll give these a shot and get back to you, thanks.

Currently stuck in a crash loop trying to clean install windows

 

[Agyriotic]

I’m at work currently so I won’t be able to test these suggestions out anytime soon. In my bios before I clean installed the first time I loaded defaults, and since I upgraded to my i9 I ran the intel default profile to combat that voltage issue the 14th gen cpus were having a while ago. I haven’t messed with any manual over/underclocking out of fear of bricking my rig lol. I’ll give these a shot and get back to you, thanks.

Couldn’t reliably get windows 11 installed again. I wanted to try something so I swapped my cpu to my prior i7 12700k just to see if it would work. So far so good. Not a single hitch

 

[Agyriotic]

So uh, sorry for wasting your time gents. I’m gonna assume letting Asus run my bios (everything on auto) fried my i9. My i7 on the other hand is already performing leagues better. I believe the memory controller specifically is what failed on it.