[SOLVED] Is it alright to have an occasional BSOD?

beorn

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My recent build is an AMD 3900X + 32 GB RAM + Nvidia 2060 RTX which I built in June/July. I have a voltage offset of 0.1 set in BIOS and it passed stability testing under Prime 95 for 12 hours. About 5 days ago I had a BSOD, which is the first I've ever had with this build as far as I know, nothing since. Is it anything to be concerned about or no? Thanks. Was while watching YouTube if that means anything
 
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set this up just in case

Can you follow option one on the following link - here - and then do this step below: Small memory dumps - Have Windows Create a Small Memory Dump (Minidump) on BSOD - that creates a file in c windows/minidump after the next BSOD

  • copy that file to documents
  • upload the copy from documents to a file sharing web site,
  • and share the link in your thread so we can help fix the problem
Occasional for me is one in 5 years. Still waiting for next one :)
If it was just one.....I would just keep an eye on it.
I have had just one BSOD and then not had another for "who knows how long"....just like that.
If you start getting them repeatedly...I would start troubleshooting.
For now....with just one....there isn't much to go on.
 

Colif

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set this up just in case

Can you follow option one on the following link - here - and then do this step below: Small memory dumps - Have Windows Create a Small Memory Dump (Minidump) on BSOD - that creates a file in c windows/minidump after the next BSOD

  • copy that file to documents
  • upload the copy from documents to a file sharing web site,
  • and share the link in your thread so we can help fix the problem
Occasional for me is one in 5 years. Still waiting for next one :)
 
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