Question Frequent 'CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED' BSODs after booting, and display Issues in browser ?

Feb 10, 2025
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This is a new PC.

The issues are:

  1. BSOD ("CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED") after booting the computer
    • Brand new PC – built 2 weeks ago by me.
    • Already sent to service, where they reinstalled Windows, checked the CPU, GPU, and RAM, and reinstalled drivers.
    • BSOD "CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED" occurs randomly within 1-10 minutes after startup.
    • If the computer runs past this initial period without a BSOD, it remains stable for hours without issues.
  2. Display issues in the browser
    • When scrolling web pages or switching tabs, sometimes content does not load properly.
    • Occasionally, a part of the old tab remains "stuck" and visible on the new tab.
    • It looks as if the screen does not refresh correctly.

What I've already tried:

  • Service tested all components (CPU, GPU, RAM), reinstalled the system, and updated drivers.
  • Ran system integrity checks:
    • sfc /scannow – no errors found.
    • chkdsk /f /r – no disk issues detected.
  • Tested different GPU drivers (latest, older versions, and beta drivers).
  • The issue still persists, despite system reinstallation and hardware checks.

I don't understand what's causing the issues, need PC mastermind for it,
 
Please give us the info as requested by helpstar.
If you are running an overclock set the PC to defaults (reset the bios).
My assumption is that the PSU is good, reputable and capable of supplying the hardware with plenty of watts in excess of the nominal total required by the parts in your build (allowing headroom).


My starting point would be :

Download memtest64 and prepare a USB memory stick. https://www.memtest86.com/

Verify that your hardware is properly seated, GPU, Memory, CPU, remove usb peripherals other than keyboard and mouse, I’d disconnect hard drives/ssds too, they aren’t needed for memtest. Verify that the PSU is properly connected to the motherboard, that all the connections fully home, if it’s a modular PSU check the PSU end too.

Run memtest64 for a goodly period (burn in test, run it for a few hours or if it shows errors then allow it to complete that pass) this negates drivers and windows. It checks out memory and to some extent the cpu. The gpu will be a dumb adapter during the run(s) and will not get warm.

Memtest will check out whether your memory is good and return any bad addresses.

Should memtest pass .. 30 mins/an hour/many hours.. reconnect the storage device containing windows and look at a burn in test under windows for the GPU, e.g. many runs of Cinebench 24 gpu test for example.
 
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