PC Boot Loop - Continuous BSOD Errors

[Last_Approach]

My specs:

Ryzen 5 1600
Gigabyte AB350M-HD3 Motherboard
GTX 1060 6gb
8GB RAM (Crucial 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 PC4-17000 2133MHz Single Module)

I am desperately in need of some assistance; my less than 6 month old machine has suddenly started returning continuous Blue Screen errors, barely ever starting into Windows. This happened last night - during a normal gaming session, the PC Crashed.

After that, the following BSOD errors have been seen:

Kernel Security Check Failure
MEMORY_MANAGEMENT Error
Page Fault in Nonpaged Area
Kmode exception not handled
Driver Irql Not Less or Equal
Attempted execute of noexecute memory
system thread exception not handled
Attempted to read write protected memory

On the rare occasions I have managed to get back into Windows, it has crashed or frozen within a minute or so.

This morning I was able to get back into it, and I decided to try uninstalling some drivers - the very latest ones I installed with the newest NVIDIA drivers (other than Windows updates the other night), but when I tried to load NVIDIA Experience it said the files couldn't be found.

I tried re-downloading it, but Chrome wouldn't launch.

I got Edge to work (urgh), but when I ran the installation it said that no NVIDIA card was installed.

I tried to system restore, but the system had lost all my restore points.

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Does anyone have any advice on this one as to what might be the case?

I've left my PC attempting to reset Windows before coming to work, but something tells me that ain't going to work.

 

[marksavio]

if you can afford to do a clean install of windows, please do so. make sure also you go to your motherboards support site and download the latest drivers from there. if your BIOS is outdated, do that as well. if the problem persists, we know for sure its a hardware issue.

if you cant and stubborn or just too lazy to do it with too many apps already on your OS, we can try the following below
* open your command console. press winkey+s. type "cmd". press ctrl+shift+enter. type "sfc /scannow".
* make sure all your drivers are updated from your mobos support site. BIOS as well.
* download DDU. restart in safemode. run DDU to clean your graphics driver. restart in normalmode. install the latest driver. restart.

let us know what particular errors/BSODs are still occurring after this.

 

[Last_Approach]

Thank you for your extremely quick reply.

if you can afford to do a clean install of windows, please do so.

That is going to me my next step if the refresh doesn't work - the only issue I have is that (would you believe) I never, ever bothered to put a DVD drive in because I've never needed one.

make sure also you go to your motherboards support site and download the latest drivers from there. if your BIOS is outdated, do that as well. if the problem persists, we know for sure its a hardware issue.

Good call - the BIOS was already up to date though, as I always like to check stuff like that when I make a new build

open your command console. press winkey+s. type "cmd". press ctrl+shift+enter. type "sfc /scannow".

I managed to do this the one time I was able to get into Safemode - apparently it found no errors whatsoever.

make sure all your drivers are updated from your mobos support site. BIOS as well.

This has also already been done before - I'm a stickler for updating drivers, which is probably how I got into this mess (I suspect the NVIDIA driver has broken something...somehow)

download DDU. restart in safemode. run DDU to clean your graphics driver. restart in normalmode. install the latest driver. restart.

Is this the utility to completely remove Graphics Drivers from your machine?

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I'm guessing from your line of questioning that the BSOD messages seem software related?

 

[marksavio]

well it may be your RAM as well. do you mind telling us what specific model you have there? is a 2x4Gb? if you have a spare RAM, you can try swapping each one out and try to play the whole night without crashing.

 

[Last_Approach]

Ironically, I have new RAM arriving sometime today.

I had a single channel 8gb RAM that came with the bundle I purchased (Crutial, I think), but in an attempt to try and fix performance issues with my machine I've gone for Dual channel (2x4gb) and upgraded from 2133 to 3000 frequency.

I know nothing can be ruled out with computers, but are we thinking then that software or RAM are the two main culprits? EG: not likely to be my graphics card or processor that are broken :|

I mean, I will send anything back if it's broken though (all bought in October) so I suppose it's not the end of the world, but still...

EDIT: It's specifically Crucial 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 PC4-17000 2133MHz Single Module

 

[marksavio]

we just need to make sure your "base" system is stable. with the OS, updated drivers and BIOS. before we go any further tho you should also post your motherboard as well on your original post.

 

[Last_Approach]

Good call Marksavio - I've done so now (Gigabyte AB350M-HD3 Motherboard)

P.S: Your puppy is the cutest thing in the universe!

 

[Last_Approach]

FYI - I've just been informed by my partner that the Refresh didn't work - it's landed on the Recovery Screen page again after failing to start.

 

[Last_Approach]

well it may be your RAM as well.

It absolutely WAS the RAM - as soon as I put my new sticks in, the PC has booted successfully ever since. I played Assassins Creed Origins all night without issues (except that Uplay had lost my previous days progress), so I'm confident to close this one.

Thank you for all your help, Marksavio!!!

 

[marksavio]

glad things worked out man!