A couple months ago a capacitor on my motherboard blew. After replacing the motherboard, I wiped the boot hard drive, and installed Windows 10 (I disconnected my two other drives while installing).
After that, my computer has been crashing frequently. I suspected the RAM, as it was causing issues with installation, and so I switched it out for an older 8GB set I had. But my computer still continues to crash. If I try to put the 16GB set I had originally back in, Windows fails to boot, goes to automatic recovery and gives me a debug menu.
ISSUES:
My computer crashes frequently. It is usually when doing something mildly intensive, like running a Minecraft server, playing minecraft, while also browsing Chrome. Or playing any video game in a discord call. But I've also had it crash while just browsing chrome, idling, or playing a game with no other applications open.
I usually get two types of crashes:
- A BSOD, with the typical error message being PAGE FAULT IN NON PAGED AREA, MEMORY MANAGEMENT, (DRIVER)IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL, SYSTEM EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED, KERNEL SECURITY CHECK FAILURE. I've had a couple others that have only happened once or twice.
-My computer will lock up, the last sound being repeated on loop, can't use mouse or keyboard, anything I was doing is frozen or gone. Minecraft server will shut down, videos are frozen. I usually have to do a hard reset, sometimes if I wait a BSOD will pop up.
Occasionally, I've had the start of the second crash, but suddenly my computer will return to normal after a couple of seconds.
Another issue I have frequently is games closing without any error. It will just freeze for a second and then quit, leaving no log in Event Viewer or a crash log any where. If Minecraft crashes, it will give me the option to view the crash report, but nothing shows up, and there is no crash report file made.
Tests I've ran:
I have ran the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool and Memtest86. Both reported no errors on my RAM.
I've ran chkdsk and remember there being no issues, but I will run it again soon and update the thread if need be EDIT: Ran chkdsk, reported no errors.
sfc /scannow reported there being corrupted files that it could not repair.
I ran wmic diskdrive get status in command prompt, all drives were reported as OK
In depth online analysis from speedfan:
HDD 1: http://www.hddstatus.com/hdrepshowreport.php?ReportCode=11874493&ReportVerification=6F1A2DD8
HDD 2: http://www.hddstatus.com/hdrepshowreport.php?ReportCode=11874494&ReportVerification=453FEB69
HDD 3: http://www.hddstatus.com/hdrepshowreport.php?ReportCode=11874495&ReportVerification=62BD511E
I would provide memory dumps of the BSODs, but I don't seem to have any in minidumps or a MEMORY.DMP file, I have it enabled however.
I originally thought my RAM was the issue, either the sticks or on the motherboard, but now I'm worried it could be the HDD. I am planning and saving up money to build a new PC. I am replacing the Mobo, CPU, GPU and RAM. I am hoping to salvage some of these parts, like my hard drive and PSU, but wanted to see if these errors indicate that maybe I should save up some more and replace them too. Was hoping if anyone could tell what would be the more likely issue. Thanks in advanced
After that, my computer has been crashing frequently. I suspected the RAM, as it was causing issues with installation, and so I switched it out for an older 8GB set I had. But my computer still continues to crash. If I try to put the 16GB set I had originally back in, Windows fails to boot, goes to automatic recovery and gives me a debug menu.
ISSUES:
My computer crashes frequently. It is usually when doing something mildly intensive, like running a Minecraft server, playing minecraft, while also browsing Chrome. Or playing any video game in a discord call. But I've also had it crash while just browsing chrome, idling, or playing a game with no other applications open.
I usually get two types of crashes:
- A BSOD, with the typical error message being PAGE FAULT IN NON PAGED AREA, MEMORY MANAGEMENT, (DRIVER)IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL, SYSTEM EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED, KERNEL SECURITY CHECK FAILURE. I've had a couple others that have only happened once or twice.
-My computer will lock up, the last sound being repeated on loop, can't use mouse or keyboard, anything I was doing is frozen or gone. Minecraft server will shut down, videos are frozen. I usually have to do a hard reset, sometimes if I wait a BSOD will pop up.
Occasionally, I've had the start of the second crash, but suddenly my computer will return to normal after a couple of seconds.
Another issue I have frequently is games closing without any error. It will just freeze for a second and then quit, leaving no log in Event Viewer or a crash log any where. If Minecraft crashes, it will give me the option to view the crash report, but nothing shows up, and there is no crash report file made.
Tests I've ran:
I have ran the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool and Memtest86. Both reported no errors on my RAM.
I've ran chkdsk and remember there being no issues, but I will run it again soon and update the thread if need be EDIT: Ran chkdsk, reported no errors.
sfc /scannow reported there being corrupted files that it could not repair.
I ran wmic diskdrive get status in command prompt, all drives were reported as OK
In depth online analysis from speedfan:
HDD 1: http://www.hddstatus.com/hdrepshowreport.php?ReportCode=11874493&ReportVerification=6F1A2DD8
HDD 2: http://www.hddstatus.com/hdrepshowreport.php?ReportCode=11874494&ReportVerification=453FEB69
HDD 3: http://www.hddstatus.com/hdrepshowreport.php?ReportCode=11874495&ReportVerification=62BD511E
I would provide memory dumps of the BSODs, but I don't seem to have any in minidumps or a MEMORY.DMP file, I have it enabled however.
I originally thought my RAM was the issue, either the sticks or on the motherboard, but now I'm worried it could be the HDD. I am planning and saving up money to build a new PC. I am replacing the Mobo, CPU, GPU and RAM. I am hoping to salvage some of these parts, like my hard drive and PSU, but wanted to see if these errors indicate that maybe I should save up some more and replace them too. Was hoping if anyone could tell what would be the more likely issue. Thanks in advanced
Specs:
CPU: AMD FX-8350
GPU: AMD R9 290 Sapphire
MoBo: Asrock 970A-G/3.1
PSU: Corsair CX 750W
HDD: 500 gb, 1tb, 2tb
RAM: Kingston 8Gb(2x4gb). I don't know the specific make, they are old and I don't have the box anymore.
CPU: AMD FX-8350
GPU: AMD R9 290 Sapphire
MoBo: Asrock 970A-G/3.1
PSU: Corsair CX 750W
HDD: 500 gb, 1tb, 2tb
RAM: Kingston 8Gb(2x4gb). I don't know the specific make, they are old and I don't have the box anymore.
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