I put together a mostly new system back in Dec 2022. I use it to connect remotely for work and do a lot of gaming in my free time. I noticed back in January that programs would occasionally crash but as it was infrequent enough (1-2 times per week) that I made nothing of it. The crashes started increasing to the point where the computer was no longer useable as a gaming PC (WoW would crash 6+ times in a 1 hour session, discord can't be open for longer than 5 mins w.o crashing) so I decided to do a full Windows 11 reset and clean up all files using the reset pc feature about 4 weeks ago.
This is where the bigger issues began. After the fresh install, I struggled to even get my drivers to install. The installers would either not pop up, crash during installation or just freeze entirely. After hours of rebooting, trying again, using motherboard manufacturer tools (Asus Armoury Crate etc) and 3rd part driver installers (Drivereasy) I was able to get all my drivers installed. Installing programs was just as difficult - chrome took 3+ attempts, geforce experience took 3+ attempts, discord can't install period and when I do get anything to install, it still crashes constantly. Chrome and games (WoW, Hearthstone, League) crashes all show Exception code: 0xc0000005 in the event viewer. I've been trying to troubleshoot it for a few months now but am genuinely out of ideas.
My troubleshooting steps and other notes:
- No blue sceens
- Replaced my 2x16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 CL16 with 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18
- Tried both sets of RAM with XMP on and off
- Replaced my Samsung 980 PRO 1TB with a Samsung 990 PRO 2TB
- Updated firmware on 980 PRO, 990 PRO was already up to date
- Flashed the BIOS to the most recent version
- Memory diagnostic tool on both RAM sets, both came back clean
- Offline virus scan, came back clean
- SFC scan, clean
- CHKDSK scan, clean
- Reinstalled Windows 11 using the Windows tool on my 860 EVO, 980PRO, 990PRO only ever had 1 plugged in at a time. Same driver/other program installation issues.
- Reinstalled Windows 10 from a bootable flash drive that I had my friend make for me on all 3 drives, one at time. All experienced the same issues still.
- Replaced the mobo from ASUS TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 to MSI PRO A690-A DDR4, reinstalled Windows 10 from the flash drive, drivers had issues installing, flashed BIOS to vers. 7D25v1D, still experiencing issues.
Current system:
CPU: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K 3.00 GHz
CPU cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPPELIX XT
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4, BIOS vers. 7D25v1D
Ram: 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18
SSD/HDD: Samsung 990 PRO 2TB
GPU: Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 4090 XTREME WATERFORCE 24G
PSU: Corsair RMe Series RM1000e Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold ATX (7 months old)
Chassis: Fractal Design Meshify S2 Black ATX
OS: Windows 10 Pro
Monitor 1: Dell S2716DG
Monitor 2: Gigabyte G24F 2
Monitor 3: Dell E2020H
Extra parts from swapping pieces in and out:
CPU cooler: Lian Li GALAHAD 360 ARGB WHITE
Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 BIOS vers. 2602
Ram: 2x16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 CL16
SSD 1: Samsung 980 PRO 1TB
SSD 2: Samsung 860 EVO 1TB
Hoping someone can help out, thanks.
This is where the bigger issues began. After the fresh install, I struggled to even get my drivers to install. The installers would either not pop up, crash during installation or just freeze entirely. After hours of rebooting, trying again, using motherboard manufacturer tools (Asus Armoury Crate etc) and 3rd part driver installers (Drivereasy) I was able to get all my drivers installed. Installing programs was just as difficult - chrome took 3+ attempts, geforce experience took 3+ attempts, discord can't install period and when I do get anything to install, it still crashes constantly. Chrome and games (WoW, Hearthstone, League) crashes all show Exception code: 0xc0000005 in the event viewer. I've been trying to troubleshoot it for a few months now but am genuinely out of ideas.
My troubleshooting steps and other notes:
- No blue sceens
- Replaced my 2x16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 CL16 with 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18
- Tried both sets of RAM with XMP on and off
- Replaced my Samsung 980 PRO 1TB with a Samsung 990 PRO 2TB
- Updated firmware on 980 PRO, 990 PRO was already up to date
- Flashed the BIOS to the most recent version
- Memory diagnostic tool on both RAM sets, both came back clean
- Offline virus scan, came back clean
- SFC scan, clean
- CHKDSK scan, clean
- Reinstalled Windows 11 using the Windows tool on my 860 EVO, 980PRO, 990PRO only ever had 1 plugged in at a time. Same driver/other program installation issues.
- Reinstalled Windows 10 from a bootable flash drive that I had my friend make for me on all 3 drives, one at time. All experienced the same issues still.
- Replaced the mobo from ASUS TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 to MSI PRO A690-A DDR4, reinstalled Windows 10 from the flash drive, drivers had issues installing, flashed BIOS to vers. 7D25v1D, still experiencing issues.
Current system:
CPU: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K 3.00 GHz
CPU cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPPELIX XT
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4, BIOS vers. 7D25v1D
Ram: 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18
SSD/HDD: Samsung 990 PRO 2TB
GPU: Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 4090 XTREME WATERFORCE 24G
PSU: Corsair RMe Series RM1000e Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold ATX (7 months old)
Chassis: Fractal Design Meshify S2 Black ATX
OS: Windows 10 Pro
Monitor 1: Dell S2716DG
Monitor 2: Gigabyte G24F 2
Monitor 3: Dell E2020H
Extra parts from swapping pieces in and out:
CPU cooler: Lian Li GALAHAD 360 ARGB WHITE
Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 BIOS vers. 2602
Ram: 2x16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 CL16
SSD 1: Samsung 980 PRO 1TB
SSD 2: Samsung 860 EVO 1TB
Hoping someone can help out, thanks.