Question Many different BSODs on Windows 11 ?

[Mick1010]

Hello folks,

Lately I've been having alot of issues with my PC and I can't get to the core of the problem.
I can't even be certain if it is the Windows or if it is the System because before all of this the System was functioning without any problem and I even reinstalled Windows 11 multiple times so for me that is out of option aswell, but you guys are the pro's so I am trusting in y'all.
First of all this is my specs, in case anyone needs them:

AMD Ryzen 5 7600x
Gigabyte X670 Gaming X AX
Gigabyte Eagle OC RTX 3070ti
Corsair Vengeance RGB 2x16 DDR5-6000MHz
750W Corsair 80+ Gold PSU

The problem is as the following:
Whenever I do anything on the PC, let it be regular gaming, working on something or literally just watching a YouTube video, there is a chance of me getting a BSOD straight to my face.
There is a variety of error codes such as:

• Driver Overran Stack Buffer
• Kernel Mode Heap Corruption
• IRQL Not Less Or Equal
• Faulty Hardware Corrupted Page
• DPC Watchdog Violation
• something connected to "ntoskrnl.exe"
• something connected to "dxgmms2.sys"
• something connected to "intelppm.sys"
• System Service Exception
• Reference By Pointer

and probably many more that I can't remember or havent Googled because it BSOD'd so fast I couldnt even read the code.

Due to the BSOD not always or basically never being the same, I am completely out of options.

I did the "sfc /scannow" in the CMD alongside the "chkdsk" command aswell as the "DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth" with all of the commands coming back negative so Windows didnt find any fault in the System files, the disks nor the RAM as I have also done the integrated Memory Integrity Check.

I also reinstalled Windows 11 completely on a fresh SSD multiple times but still with no success. I swapped out RAM kits for completely fresh ones, I updated my BIOS to the latest release and tried older releases aswell, I installed every single driver I could possibly find for my System and I have reseated every component in my PC to ensure that there is no loose connection.

I have no idea what else I can do to fix this problem. I am loosing very worthy progress on my work and I don't even work on anything right now without saving literally every 5 minutes. But it wasnt always like this, when I upgraded to this PC, I had no issues at all and then it just randomly started happening.

This crashing sometimes happens after 10 hours of usage, sometimes couple minutes after booting the PC, sometimes it is in a loop where there is a BSOD and the computer restarts itself and not even 1 minute after another BSOD with a new error code occurs. And then it just keeps going until it doesn't and then it gives me peace for a couple minutes maybe an hour or 2. Depends on the mood of the PC I guess, lol.

I also have Minidumps saved that I can upload if needed, incase they can help you guys out in determining the root of the problem

Thanks alot for anyone that is willing to help me!
I am truly devastated with this problem.

 

[Deleted member 2947362]

Try down clocking your RAM to 5600mhz just to see if that stops the issue, It can also be M.2/SSD/HDD has an issue or even Possibly a driver?

If its XMP you can also try setting your ram to auto just for testing purpose so it will auto select it lowest rated speed

I would start with down clocking the ram first just to cross it off the list,

 

[Mick1010]

Try down clocking your RAM to 5600mhz just to see if that stops the issue, It can also be M.2/SSD/HDD has an issue or even Possibly a driver?

If its XMP you can also try setting your ram to auto just for testing purpose so it will auto select it lowest rated speed

I would start with down clocking the ram first just to cross it off the list,

Alright thanks alot, I will give that a shot, youre right, I currently have XMP enabled which enables the PC to use the full 6000 MHz of the PC, when I put it in auto it is just using 4800, I will give that a shot, do some Gaming probably and then if there is another BSOD I will reply again to this post, thanks!

 

[Deleted member 2947362]

Alright thanks alot, I will give that a shot, youre right, I currently have XMP enabled which enables the PC to use the full 6000 MHz of the PC, when I put it in auto it is just using 4800, I will give that a shot, do some Gaming probably and then if there is another BSOD I will reply again to this post, thanks!

I had very similar issue to that years and years ago in the end I just changed the brand of ram to Corsair and it was resolved

another time different system I had the same kind of issue so I changed the ram to a different brand again and it work fine for a while then the issues came back, turned out the graphics card and the motherboard chip set had compatibility issues so I just got a different graphics card.

 

[Mick1010]

I had very similar issue to that years and years ago in the end I just changed the brand of ram to Corsair and it was resolved

another time different system I had the same kind of issue so I changed the ram to a different brand again and it work fine for a while then the issues came back, turned out the graphics card and the motherboard chip set had compatibility issues so I just got a different graphics card.

Yeah I've had plenty of issues with this new platform, before I used AM4 and then upgraded to AM5, my motherboard till this day doesnt accept 4 RAM sticks simultaneously unless I fiddle around with plenty restarts and taking RAMS out and putting them back in etc, just a pain in the butt tbh.
I've seen plenty of people have dozens of issues with the new platforms but what makes me ache is that my brother has the exact same PC but with a worse GPU and he has close to no issues at all and not a single BSOD yet, he is running Windows 10 tho but idk if that really makes a difference.

 

[Deleted member 2947362]

It can also be to do with the CPU memory controller , you see they are only really meant to be running at I think for your CPU 5600mhz with two sticks and if you use four sticks the CPU memory controller official support will be lower than two sticks of ram

The Rank of ram in four sticks combo can also have an effect on the speed the CPU memory controller officially supports

Are your ram a matched set of four or 2 matched sets of two kits?

I am not saying you cant run the CPU memory controller beyond it's official supported speeds because you can depends on if it's stable or not.

It's just if you set everything to it officially supported specs and if the issue/problem persists it might be the ram is faulty or the motherboard and CPU combo doesn't like that type/brand of ram.

 

[Deleted member 2947362]

I will say that Out of all the Ram I have used ever since I first started building Home PC's, personally I have never had an issue from standard JEDEC crucial micron ram being compatible, working out the box, not one problem once ever.

However the Overclocker's type of ram like XPM etc I have had niggles with all companies but not every time.

 

[Mick1010]

I will say that Out of all the Ram I have used ever since I first started building Home PC's, personally I have never had an issue from standard JEDEC crucial micron ram being compatible, working out the box, not one problem once ever.

However the Overclocker's type of ram like XPM etc I have had niggles with all companies but not every time.

Sorry for the late reply, I am using 2x2 sticks, ordered from the same site and they are identical but they werent sold in 4's so I have 2 pairs basically. I hope it is as simple as it just having an issue with the MHz, I wasnt able to do any testing so far, had some stuff to finish before I could hop on. I'll test now until the night and then come back to you.

 

[Mick1010]

It can also be to do with the CPU memory controller , you see they are only really meant to be running at I think for your CPU 5600mhz with two sticks and if you use four sticks the CPU memory controller official support will be lower than two sticks of ram

The Rank of ram in four sticks combo can also have an effect on the speed the CPU memory controller officially supports

Are your ram a matched set of four or 2 matched sets of two kits?

I am not saying you cant run the CPU memory controller beyond it's official supported speeds because you can depends on if it's stable or not.

It's just if you set everything to it officially supported specs and if the issue/problem persists it might be the ram is faulty or the motherboard and CPU combo doesn't like that type/brand of ram.

So I tested it and this time it happened again but with a System Service Exception, so it doesnt have to do with the MHz of the RAM I am assuming.
Is there anything else I can try out?

 

[Deleted member 2947362]

So I tested it and this time it happened again but with a System Service Exception, so it doesnt have to do with the MHz of the RAM I am assuming.
Is there anything else I can try out?

make sure you have all your system (motherboard chipset, graphics card etc) drivers up to date including motherboard Bios.

you can test the Ram using Memtest download it put it on usb stick, that will test the ram, do a full test and wait until it's finished that should tell if the ram is ok but the test will take quite a long time to complete.

you could test each stick of ram in each slot 1 at time.

It's shame you don't have a different brand of Ram to test as the issue your having does sound like what I was having quite a long time ago.

But it does not mean you have the same problem I had, these are just possible causes so I can only advise on idea's of what to try.

If you say to tried reinstalling windows on a different SSD then it can as far as I can make out It has to be hardware related or maybe a driver? or possible it could be PSU, motherboard etc.

just have to try process of elimination to narrow down what is the cause.

 

[Mick1010]

make sure you have all your system (motherboard chipset, graphics card etc) drivers up to date including motherboard Bios.

you can test the Ram using Memtest download it put it on usb stick, that will test the ram, do a full test and wait until it's finished that should tell if the ram is ok but the test will take quite a long time to complete.

you could test each stick of ram in each slot 1 at time.

It's shame you don't have a different brand of Ram to test as the issue your having does sound like what I was having quite a long time ago.

But it does not mean you have the same problem I had, these are just possible causes so I can only advise on idea's of what to try.

If you say to tried reinstalling windows on a different SSD then it can as far as I can make out It has to be hardware related or maybe a driver? or possible it could be PSU, motherboard etc.

just have to try process of elimination to narrow down what is the cause.

Yea that makes sense, I gotta go and buy a USB Stick I dont even carry those around anymore then I will try the Memtest thing. I also had thought about PSU maybe not being able to deliver the power it used to? Idk tbh I regularly clean my PC so I am also thinking that it cant be clogged up or anything.
As far as I know the drivers are all up to date, it is very hard to find every single driver thats necessary instead of random bloatware these days. I have downloaded the newest bios from the manufacturer, same with the chipset driver and graphics drivers from nvidia with a new install.

Thing with the different brand of RAM is, I built the exact same setup for my brother and he has no issues with BSOD or crashes freezes etc. at all, not even once. So I am assuming that there shouldnt be an issue with the brand of the RAM, it is even approved by the manufacturer on their website, I checked beforehand.

Of course this could mean that my board is just fried but would it be a bad board if the PC starts and functions like normal but just BSOD's out of nowhere?
That I dont know tbh.

 

[Mick1010]

Also I cant connect a USB drive for some reason, it is not recognizing it and giving me a Code 43 error and I just cant fix it. So I cant even run the Memory Test.
I have no idea what the frick is wrong with this computer I am literally loosing my mind.
How come that not even a USB drive is being detected? What is wrong with this....

 

[Deleted member 2947362]

Also I cant connect a USB drive for some reason, it is not recognizing it and giving me a Code 43 error and I just cant fix it. So I cant even run the Memory Test.
I have no idea what the frick is wrong with this computer I am literally loosing my mind.
How come that not even a USB drive is being detected? What is wrong with this....

Try using event viewer in windows and look for any logged errors.

 

[Mick1010]

Try using event viewer in windows and look for any logged errors.

I was finally able to get the stick to running and did like 2 hours of Memtest86 testing.
I did 2 full runs and there were no errors and everbody online said that after 2 runs with 0 errors there is a 99.9% chance that the RAM is good.
So I am confident now that the RAM is infact working as intended.
What I am curious about tho is, did the Memtest86 also test like the DIMM slots itself or just the RAM modules?

 

[Deleted member 2947362]

Can you ask your brother if you can test his ram in your system?
And if it still does it I would remove the CPU and inspect the motherboard CPU socket for pins that maybe out of alignment but first check systems event viewer to see if that has any useful info that could help

It could be software/driver even motherboard or just the CPU needs re -seating for some unknown reason?

You have one of those WTF is going on/wrong with this build, I had one that I couldn't work out or get my head around because it would work but would cause errors and even re-set the PC while I was browsing online.

until I found out later something about the graphics card and motherboard chipset combo had an compatible issue apparently (this was years and years back)

 

[Mick1010]

Can you ask your brother if you can test his ram in your system?
And if it still does it I would remove the CPU and inspect the motherboard CPU socket for pins that maybe out of alignment but first check systems event viewer to see if that has any useful info that could help

It could be software/driver even motherboard or just the CPU needs re -seating for some unknown reason?

You have one of those WTF is going on/wrong with this build, I had one that I couldn't work out or get my head around because it would work but would cause errors and even re-set the PC while I was browsing online.

until I found out later something about the graphics card and motherboard chipset combo had an compatible issue apparently (this was years and years back)

Yea I could do that, he lives a bit far away but possible.
I have 2 sets of rams tho aswell so 4 in total, because the BIOS of Gigabytes AM5 lineup still blocks 4 sets of RAM, I can only use 2 and with both sets this is happening.
I checked my temps and saw that my GPU was seeing 95°C on Memory and up to 105°C hotspot which is waay too hot. I now swapped the thermal paste and thermal pads and will now try it like this and also monitor how much degree it is lower than it was before.
Maybe it could be that aswell? Atleast that is one reason I could explain why games crash and the pc freezes without a BSOD sometimes.
I am not too sure if an overheating GPU can cause a BSOD tho.

Im at that point where I am far beyond the WTF moment and am close to literally recycling the PC and building a new completely fresh one, if this keeps going on. But what would my little heart for technology feel like when I didnt atleast try fixing it right? 😀

 

[Deleted member 2947362]

I am not too sure if an overheating GPU can cause a BSOD tho.

I would of thought it's definitely possible if it starts causing the GPU and Ram to cause errors due to over heating.

Oh well you know it's not the system ram now so at least that's one thing you can be sure of after all the testing.

You say you have to kits of ram (sorry I should of realised from the start duh) and it still does it ? then probs no point testing your brothers ram in that case most likely not a ram issue, you say its over heating then that's the what you should to start looking in to.