Question Overclocked CPU causes PC to blue screen, but it used to be okay ?

[UKJoel]

My pc has been running my i7 13700kf clocked at 5GHz for the last 9 months without issues until i decided to play call of duty for the first time then my pc started freezing and blue screening non stop and it now crashes chrome all the time, even when i downclocked it to 4.7 GHz it still crashes chrome but hasnt blue screened (although i think it will eventually) is there a reason for this to happen suddenly? And is the only solution to just downclock until its stable?

 

[rgd1101]

what the bsod message?

 

[UKJoel]

what the bsod message?

ive had about 12 different codes KERNEL SECURITY CHECK FAILURE, IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL, PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA, SYSTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION are a few of them but there was more

Edit: pc just crashed when it was clocked at 4.3GHZ :/
the code was KMODE EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED which i have not had that before

 

[rgd1101]

full system spec? include brand and model of the psu

 

[UKJoel]

full system spec? include brand and model of the psu

CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
i7 13700KF
Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 x2
ASUS® PRIME Z790-P
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5600MHz 2x16
GIGABYTE 4070TI EAGLE OC

it just blue screened when installing windows 11
it seems the only way to not blue screen is to have it in powersaver mode

 

[Phaaze88]

Why are you overclocking, when your 5.0ghz all core is worse than the cpu's default of 5.4 ~5.3ghz?
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i7-13700k/24.html

The cpu is plenty fast.

 

[UKJoel]

Why are you overclocking, when your 5.0ghz all core is worse than the cpu's default of 5.4 ~5.3ghz?
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i7-13700k/24.html

The cpu is plenty fast.

it was at 5.4 already but it was displaying 5 in task manager so i lowered in attempt to stop the blue screening but it didnt work

 

[Phaaze88]

it was at 5.4 already but it was displaying 5 in task manager so i lowered in attempt to stop the blue screening but it didnt work

Don't trust task manager for that. It tends to be inaccurate. Use hwinfo instead if you want to monitor those values.

Update the bios, if you haven't already.
Is XMP enabled? Test with it disabled.

 

[UKJoel]

Don't trust task manager for that. It tends to be inaccurate. Use hwinfo instead if you want to monitor those values.

Update the bios, if you haven't already.
Is XMP enabled? Test with it disabled.

just turned XMP off while keeping my cpu at 5.3/4 and it kept blue screening on start up, seems like a cpu issue :/ ill try updating the bios

edit: just updated bios and pc still blue screens on start up with cpu at 5.4 and xmp off the error code was DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL i think

 

[Phaaze88]

IRQL error can be related to drivers. You already disabled XMP and the overclock, which can also cause that error(if unstable).
Update motherboard drivers - chipset, lan, audio.

 

[UKJoel]

IRQL error can be related to drivers. You already disabled XMP and the overclock, which can also cause that error(if unstable).
Update motherboard drivers - chipset, lan, audio.

just updated lan, chipset,audio, software and utilty and sata drivers and it still blue screens at 5.4ghz the error code this time was KMODE EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED

 

[Phaaze88]

Try disabling Fast Startup(if it's even enabled).
1)Search for "Control Panel" in the Windows search bar and select the corresponding result.
2)Click "System and Security," followed by "Power Options."
3)On the left-hand menu, select "Choose what the power buttons do."
4)If prompted, select the "Change settings that are currently available," blue link at the top of the page.
5)Under the heading "Shutdown settings," untick the box that says "Turn on Fast Startup."
6)When done, click "Save changes", and test the system.


If it continues, try reseating the ram.
If that doesn't work, take one of the 2 dimms, and test it in slots A2 and B2, then switch to the other dimm and do the same.


If no change, then it's back to the error messages. When the bsod happens, the error message is usually followed by a driver name, which may be the culprit. With that info, updating or uninstalling the problem driver may become a solution.
Opening Reliability History and clicking on 'view technical details' may ID the driver, instead of going around and trying to trigger more bsods.

 

[UKJoel]

Try disabling Fast Startup(if it's even enabled).
1)Search for "Control Panel" in the Windows search bar and select the corresponding result.
2)Click "System and Security," followed by "Power Options."
3)On the left-hand menu, select "Choose what the power buttons do."
4)If prompted, select the "Change settings that are currently available," blue link at the top of the page.
5)Under the heading "Shutdown settings," untick the box that says "Turn on Fast Startup."
6)When done, click "Save changes", and test the system.


If it continues, try reseating the ram.
If that doesn't work, take one of the 2 dimms, and test it in slots A2 and B2, then switch to the other dimm and do the same.


If no change, then it's back to the error messages. When the bsod happens, the error message is usually followed by a driver name, which may be the culprit. With that info, updating or uninstalling the problem driver may become a solution.
Opening Reliability History and clicking on 'view technical details' may ID the driver, instead of going around and trying to trigger more bsods.

just turned fast startup off and still bluescreens with the code EXCEPTION_ON_INVALID_STACK. Earlier i got the code SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION then it said 'What failed: Ntfs.sys'. 2 days ago i got the same code but the FLTMGR.SYS failed then right after i got the same code again but win32kbase.sys failed.
However 2 days ago i was on windows 10 now im on windows 11 not sure if that makes a difference and neither FLTMGR.SYS or win32kbase.sys has been seen since

Also to note: i turned xmp back on while clocked at 4.4ghz and no bluescreens until i go to 5.3ghz then it bluescreens again. I dont think RAM seems to be the issue but maybe im wrong

 

[Phaaze88]

Exception on stack is specifically related to Windows 11 installs, when the boot config data is corrupted or lost.
Open command prompt as an admin - enter CMD in the search bar, and right-click on command prompt.
Enter "DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth"
When that operation finishes, enter "sfc /scannow"
You can close it once it says "Verification 100% Complete"

Ntfs, fltmgr, and win32kbase are all Windows drivers, but they have different functions. The above commands might fix them.

 

[UKJoel]

Exception on stack is specifically related to Windows 11 installs, when the boot config data is corrupted or lost.
Open command prompt as an admin - enter CMD in the search bar, and right-click on command prompt.
Enter "DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth"
When that operation finishes, enter "sfc /scannow"
You can close it once it says "Verification 100% Complete"

Ntfs, fltmgr, and win32kbase are all Windows drivers, but they have different functions. The above commands might fix them.

back on windows 10 everytime i did a sfc scan it did say there was corrupt files but couldn't fix them now on windows 11 it says no integrity violations but yea it still blue screens when clocked at anything higher than 4.5-4.6Ghz :/

edit: just played modern warfare again and it crashed at 4.4Ghz...

 

[Phaaze88]

Can you backup your files and try to reinstall Windows again? I've run out of ideas, short of replacing some of the hardware. :/

 

[UKJoel]

Can you backup your files and try to reinstall Windows again? I've run out of ideas, short of replacing some of the hardware. :/

i've RMA'd the pc, its definitley something to do with hardware probably the cpu