[SOLVED] PC an absolute problem

[when joke]

Last year during Summer I finally built my own PC, though later found out that the GPU and power supply we bought second-hand were faulty. Screen kept going black and PC turned off. Later on bought a completely new GPU and PSU.

Current system specs:
GTX 1650 SUPER (GPU)
Ryzen 5 2600 (CPU)
Gigabyte DS3H B450M (Motherboard)
Kingston 240 GB SSD
Xilence 600 W (PSU)
HyperX 8 GB 3200 MHz (RAM)

Problems:

Seemingly randomly system keeps freezing up - sometimes works fine for a few hours, sometimes even freezes on the Windows login screen. Either freezes up completely or more uncommonly cursor starts "lagging" before it freezes and I get the "CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED" blue screen of death around 90% of the times. Every time I get a blue screen it's always stuck at 0%. Using any BSoD analyzers(?) they always claim that there is no dump file.

After reinstalling Windows several times through resetting itself, a separate USB with the Windows ISO, I've still been getting the same exact problems over an over.

I've tried the standard procedures of running an sfc /scannow, a DISM scan, which claims to have found problems but is unable to fix them, ran antivirus scans when possible and found no threats.

Since I've also had a problem where it's stuck on the booting screen, I looked up a solution to that, which when performed, the "bootrec /fixboot" command ALWAYS comes up with "Access is denied". Following through to going through the Regback directory, there are exactly 0 files in it, thus can't use it either to fix anything.
Windows startup repair says it's also unable to fix anything.

There are so many things like that that have been going on for months, and I just keep looking and looking for any solutions to fix them, 'cause I've already replaced the motherboard, CPU, RAM, suspecting they're the problems but it hasn't solved anything it seems and has been a waste of money... I'm becoming hopeless. If anyone could even point me in the right direction on what to do I'd be grateful.

 

[ZeroDollarBudget]

Do you have one 8gb stick of ram or 2x4gb?

 

[when joke]

Do you have one 8gb stick of ram or 2x4gb?

One 8 GB stick.

 

[ZeroDollarBudget]

That could be it. Especially where you upgraded to a whole new mobo/cpu setup with a ryzen platform. Normally dual channel is the most stable and always recommended. Check in you bios as well for xmp settings and try turning it off to see if that helps first. Secondly, I would try a complete fresh start to just get into narrowing it down as it could literally be anything. Use a boot nuke tool that will completely wipe the memory and data as simply using a windows iso may not be enough.

If you can manage to do that, pull your cmos and leave it unplugged for 20ish mins to reset the bios as well. May as well check all the boxes as you go.

Before you jump into installing everything again, do a quick check of all the hardware, fans, cables...etc. Look for anything slightly unplugged or cables touching fans. Any sharp bends or kinks in wires, make sure the 24 pin and cpu power are firmly connected again, just to cross it all off the list.

 

[when joke]

That could be it. Especially where you upgraded to a whole new mobo/cpu setup with a ryzen platform. Normally dual channel is the most stable and always recommended. Check in you bios as well for xmp settings and try turning it off to see if that helps first. Secondly, I would try a complete fresh start to just get into narrowing it down as it could literally be anything. Use a boot nuke tool that will completely wipe the memory and data as simply using a windows iso may not be enough.

If you can manage to do that, pull your cmos and leave it unplugged for 20ish mins to reset the bios as well. May as well check all the boxes as you go.

Before you jump into installing everything again, do a quick check of all the hardware, fans, cables...etc. Look for anything slightly unplugged or cables touching fans. Any sharp bends or kinks in wires, make sure the 24 pin and cpu power are firmly connected again, just to cross it all off the list.

I think I did already try turning the XMP settings off before, and had reset the BIOS once or twice to see if that was the problem. Hadn't really considered or even heard of a "boot nuke" since everyone always leaves off with "if nothing else works just reinstall Windows" so will absolutely try that option tomorrow and will come back with results tomorrow as now it's late for me. Neither have I attempted to do too much physical stuff to any parts due to being afraid of damaging something but will remove the battery for some time and check for any faulty connections and replug everything. Hope may not be lost! Thank you thus far.

 

[when joke]

That could be it. Especially where you upgraded to a whole new mobo/cpu setup with a ryzen platform. Normally dual channel is the most stable and always recommended. Check in you bios as well for xmp settings and try turning it off to see if that helps first. Secondly, I would try a complete fresh start to just get into narrowing it down as it could literally be anything. Use a boot nuke tool that will completely wipe the memory and data as simply using a windows iso may not be enough.

If you can manage to do that, pull your cmos and leave it unplugged for 20ish mins to reset the bios as well. May as well check all the boxes as you go.

Before you jump into installing everything again, do a quick check of all the hardware, fans, cables...etc. Look for anything slightly unplugged or cables touching fans. Any sharp bends or kinks in wires, make sure the 24 pin and cpu power are firmly connected again, just to cross it all off the list.

It's been a fail. After using Darik's Boot and Nuke wiping the SSD clean, removing the CMOS battery for ~30 minutes, replugging everything and making sure it's all good, reinstalling Windows by the use of a different laptop - still the same results. No access to stuff, missing files, "CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED". At this point I feel like there is 0 chance of me fixing it without somehow in some way spending more money which is a huge bummer. If there's anything else I could try maybe, do tell.

 

[King_V]

reinstalling Windows by the use of a different laptop

Wait, what do you mean?

Do you mean that you moved the SSD to a laptop, did a clean install of Windows on it, then moved the SSD back to your computer?

That absolutely, definitely will NOT work!

 

[when joke]

Wait, what do you mean?

Do you mean that you moved the SSD to a laptop, did a clean install of Windows on it, then moved the SSD back to your computer?

That absolutely, definitely will NOT work!

Ohh no no no, just bad wording on my end! I used a different laptop as to what I used before to get the Windows ISO on the flash drive. The SSD remained in the same PC at all times.

 

[ZeroDollarBudget]

I found this:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...cessdied/d2ccf5df-5492-4ff5-bb60-eee0dcfb4801

look at the first response where he talks about the sfc/ scannow being used and then scroll down until you see"I suggest you to boot the device to Safe mode with Networking and check if the issue persists" as that ended up fixing the issue for this specific case.

Worth a shot at this point!

 

[when joke]

I found this:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...cessdied/d2ccf5df-5492-4ff5-bb60-eee0dcfb4801

look at the first response where he talks about the sfc/ scannow being used and then scroll down until you see"I suggest you to boot the device to Safe mode with Networking and check if the issue persists" as that ended up fixing the issue for this specific case.

Worth a shot at this point!

So I've some good news and some bad news. The good news is, that replacing the SSD with my old HDD has... fixed the problem? I haven't replied for some time since I've been observing if the PC were to blue screen and, well, it's been 2 days and nothing has happened yet. The SSD never lasted for that long and would blue screen around the evening after running the entire day almost guaranteed, if not sooner. Bad news thus, is that the SSD must be faulty. The change has been huge, since turning the PC on and loading anything takes a long time, but honestly I'm fine with that if it means no more headaches over losing work / trying to fix it.
P.S., I had tried running it in safemode with networking, but it somehow still blue screen. I'm not really sure what is the fault with it, but I'll possibly use my warranty to get it checked or something. Though, it was somewhat cheap, so it's not too much of a loss. I feel like all the fix attempts kinda helped narrow it down to it being something with the SSD. Thanks an absolute bunch!

 

[rickypicky5]

A new 240 Gb SSD is relatively cheap. If I were you, and I had the funds, I'd get a new one.