Diagnosing BSOD with software?

[SKIPPY PB]

Is there a good program that can diagnose BSOD reports to help pin point the cause?

 

[10tacle]

Lots of things can cause BSODs from bad memory to a bad power supply to a corrupted Windows registry file. For memory there is MEMTEST. Your SSD/HDD brand may have a drive integrity utility to test its health. HWiNFO64 can monitor your PSU and system voltages for unusual spikes and dips. Microsoft has a debugger tool that can be downloaded called WinDbg and run to analyze a BSOD crash dump file. However, you need to have thorough knowledge of Windows OS to work with it at its potential. I know of no aftermarket tool (freeware or payware) that is specifically for being a BSOD debugger.

 

[SKIPPY PB]

I see, you'd think their would be a program out now that can monitor a few different things to help you diagnose it so you can atleast rule out a few bits.

I've tested the memory before and its been fine. The PSU is a cheapo but has been working great for a couple years now.

Can HWiNFO64 do some data logging so when it BSOD's I can come back and see the report?

 

[10tacle]

Can HWiNFO64 do some data logging so when it BSOD's I can come back and see the report?

No it's just a passive monitoring program. But you can save a file of a monitoring session if there's no crash. I use it to watch CPU temps and monitor PSU voltages under load (specifically on the +12V rail where the CPU and GPU is run off of). For example, the ATX specification for a power supply is +/- 5% in voltage tolerance. So if your +12V reading is between 11.4v and 12.6v, then you are within PSU spec and it's not failing. I found out my old Corsair TX750 was dying with this tool when my PC kept crashing during gaming. It showed my PSU dipping down to 10.9v.

 

[SKIPPY PB]

hmm... I did a stress test with aida64 for 1hr no BSOD. With the GPU stress test incorporated into the test the computer gets really slow but 12v voltage never dropped below 11.808 and 12.094. However majority of the time it was below 12v's at 11.8-11.9v for long periods of time when everything was being stressed.

I didn't see anything about the CPU throttling via the graph and the CPU never went above 70 c temp. Infact all temps where fine.


The pc really only bsod's during gaming. And has trouble running Payday 2 which it shouldn't really have trouble with. Memory tests always come back ok although I haven't done one recently that has never been the cause of this problem. I need to check a few bios settings maybe that played a roll but im not sure.