Question New build is throwing up different BSOD errors ?

[no1b4me72]

Built this system on June 1st and been trying to diagnose BSODs ever since. Started soon after the 1st boot. Initially the BSOD was related to Hypervisor errors and IRQL not less or equal. After a little research I disabled SVM in the bios and it seemed to help a little, but the BSODs continued randomly or when trying to game. I don't game too often and my gaming is only a few games like Madden 25, Forza 5, and Worms WMD (10 year old game). It's crashed on every game at some point.

Anyhow, everything I've researched pointed to drivers, software, or ram. The bios, chipset, drivers, and software has all been updated directly from manufactures websites. I've ran OCCT on the CPU, GPU, and memory and it passed the tests. I ran MemTest 86 for like 6 hours and it passed. I was recommended on the MSI forums to run TestMem5 on 1usmus_v3 profile. I've ran the test with both DIMMs and single DIMMs in slots A2 and B2. Ran the tests at JEDEC, EXPO1, and EXPO2. TestMem5 failed in 5-10 minutes in all scenarios.. Sometimes it would throw error 10 or 20. Sometimes it would just BSOD and reboot. Then I was recommended to try a different brand of memory, so I ordered a G.Skill kit and I got basically the same result on that kit when I ran TestMem5. So I'm going to assume that it's not a memory problem.

I've reloaded Windows 11 Pro/Home 5-6 times while paying special attention to the drivers and order of installation. Everything is updated to current releases. So I'm kind of ruling out the software end for now.

So far over the past 5 weeks the BSOD errors I've gotten are Hypervisor errors, IRQL not less or equal, Kernel, Ntoskrnl, System service exception, Page fault in nonpaged area, Critical process died, and Watchdog violation. There may be more that I'm not remembering.

I've remounted the CPU and cooler twice. Inspected the socket pins and DIMM slot pins and they all look fine as far as I can tell. I even disassembled the system and rebuilt it, but yet they system won't get past 5-10 minutes in MemTest5. While waiting for the 2nd kit of ram, for entertainment purposes I pulled out my previous i5 10400 system and ran the same tests on it and there were no issues.

Where to go from here, I'm at a dead end? At this point the 5070 is removed and I'm running on the iGPU with minimal software on a fresh Windows install. I'm thinking it's a CPU or motherboard issue. All advice or recommendations to help pinpoint the issues are greatly appreciated

Specs:

Ryzen9600x
MSI B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi
Samsung 990 EVO NVMe 2tb
Nvidia 5070 FE
Teamgroup T-Create Expert 2x32 DDR5 6000 / 34-44-44-84 QVL
(Replacement memory: G.Skill Flare X5 2x32 DDR5 6000 / 36/36/36/96 QVL)
Corsair RM750e ATX 3.1 (2025)
Corsair Frame 4000 D
Windows 11 Pro/Home

 

[Lutfij]

MSI B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi
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The bios, chipset, drivers, and software has all been updated directly from manufactures websites.
For he sake of relevance, what BIOS version are you on for your motherboard?

I've reloaded Windows 11 Pro/Home 5-6 times while paying special attention to the drivers and order of installation. Everything is updated to current releases. So I'm kind of ruling out the software end for now.
You mean you recreated the bootable USB installer, reinstalled the OS in offline mode, then installed all relevant drivers with the latest versions in an elevated command while in offline mode? Or did you reset the OS?

Samsung 990 EVO NVMe 2tb
Is this the only storage drive in your build?

 

[Zerk2012]

I even disassembled the system and rebuilt it, but yet they system won't get past 5-10 minutes in MemTest5. While waiting for the 2nd kit of ram, for entertainment purposes I pulled out my previous i5 10400 system and ran the same tests on it and there were no issues

That makes it sound like a memory controller problem with the 9600X.

Use the BIOS flash button and update the BIOS if they have newer versions.

 

[no1b4me72]

For he sake of relevance, what BIOS version are you on for your motherboard?

You mean you recreated the bootable USB installer, reinstalled the OS in offline mode, then installed all relevant drivers with the latest versions in an elevated command while in offline mode? Or did you reset the OS?

Is this the only storage drive in your build?

After the initial BSODs I upgraded from the stock BIOS to 7E62v2A30 released on 5/27. Then I updated to a version they released on 6/11, which they later pulled from their site for some reason. Then they released version 7E62v2A40 on 7/7 which I promptly updated to.

I created a bootable USB installer with Rufus, reinstalled Windows 11 offline, disabled the iGPU in bios, used DDU to remove the AMD graphics drivers, installed chipset and LAN drivers directly from manufacturers websites. Then installed Nvidia drivers with NVCleanstall. For troubleshooting purposes, on the last couple Windows reinstalls I've removed the 5070 and just used the iGPU.

Yes, the Samsung is the only drive. I've run the Samsung Magician diagnostic scan and CrystalDiskMark64 and the drive seems to be running as expected. On another note, yesterday I ran OCCT again on CPU & Memory and Linpack and it completed with no errors. Not sure why it passes MemTest86 for 6+ hours but fails TestMem5 within 10 minutes.

 

[no1b4me72]

That makes it sound like a memory controller problem with the 9600X.

Use the BIOS flash button and update the BIOS if they have newer versions.

Yeah, that's one thing I've considered. Either that or something with the board. I seems to run fine other than sometimes at the fans ramp up a good bit even at idle. But it's running stock bios fans. When I created a custom profile in FanControl program it somewhat solved that issued. I've read that the AMD sometimes run a little hot, but OCCT tests the temps were 70c or below.

As for the BIOS, I'm on the newest version released on 7/7. I've updated everytime they release a new one. I think I've updated 3 times. From stock BIOS to 5/27 release to 6/11 release (that they later pulled) to 7/7 release.

 

[no1b4me72]

I noticed that MSI released another new BIOS today, version 7E62v2A43. So I decided to load it and see if it would help. No dice, got a "IRQL not less or equal" BSOD and reboot about 7 and a half minutes into TestMem5 on 1usmus_v3 profile.