Question PC experiencing multiple BSODs ?

[krisb]

Hello,

I have been experiencing multiple BSODs on my PC

I have replaced my case, memory, and cpu fan. I had 16 gb of Patriot Viper RAM and thought it was causing the BSOD, but I am now using a 8 GB of Corsair Vengeance.
I also did a BIOS update and installed a fresh copy of Windows 11 but it still happening.
Here's my specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard: MSI B450M Bazooka Plus
GPU: Radeon RX 6600
PSU: 650W
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2400mhz 8GB

Here is the minidump:
Minidump

Thank you, I hope someone can help my issue.

 

[ubuysa]

The dumps all fail with different bugchecks and all of them fail during kernel functions. That, and that fact that a Windows reinstall didn't help, strongly suggests hardware, and they do point at RAM more than anything else.

I can see that you've changed the RAM, so perhaps it's the RAM slot, or possibly even the motherboard itself?

It's probably worth stress testing the CPU, because that could be responsible too. Download Prime95 and run all three tests (small FFTs, large FFTs, and Blend) one at a time for at least two hours each. This will make your CPU run hot, so also download a temperature monitor (like CoreTemp) and stop the tests if the CPU gets too hot. (The max operating temp for your CPU is 95C).

If it BSODs, crashes, if Prime95 reports errors, or if the CPU gets too hot, then stop the test and let us know what happened.

 

[krisb]

The dumps all fail with different bugchecks and all of them fail during kernel functions. That, and that fact that a Windows reinstall didn't help, strongly suggests hardware, and they do point at RAM more than anything else.

I can see that you've changed the RAM, so perhaps it's the RAM slot, or possibly even the motherboard itself?

It's probably worth stress testing the CPU, because that could be responsible too. Download Prime95 and run all three tests (small FFTs, large FFTs, and Blend) one at a time for at least two hours each. This will make your CPU run hot, so also download a temperature monitor (like CoreTemp) and stop the tests if the CPU gets too hot. (The max operating temp for your CPU is 95C).

If it BSODs, crashes, if Prime95 reports errors, or if the CPU gets too hot, then stop the test and let us know what happened.

I run the small FFTs for 15 minutes and it doesn't show any issue but when I run the large FFT test, it shows a couple of errors at the start. Does that mean it's a motherboard issue?

 

[krisb]

Same goes for blend test

 

[ubuysa]

There is definitely a hardware problem there, but isolating it might be tricky. The large FFT and Blend tests also test RAM (and RAM access) as well as stressing the CPU, so failures here might indicate a RAM problem. Then again, it could be a motherboard issue, or even a PSU issue, but I think it's more likely a CPU issue.

Hardware isn't really my thing, so I'm hoping those with more hardware experience, and more experience of Prime95 results will jump in and help.

 

[krisb]

There is definitely a hardware problem there, but isolating it might be tricky. The large FFT and Blend tests also test RAM (and RAM access) as well as stressing the CPU, so failures here might indicate a RAM problem. Then again, it could be a motherboard issue, or even a PSU issue, but I think it's more likely a CPU issue.

Hardware isn't really my thing, so I'm hoping those with more hardware experience, and more experience of Prime95 results will jump in and help.

I also tried to run OCCT (auto) for power configuration for 30 minutes as i assumed it was a PSU issue before. However i tried to run CPU test on OCCT and gave errors and system crashed with BSOD.

I ran a second test and this is the result:

Also when I checked the CPU when installing a new CPU fan, thermal paste was close to non existent - note this my son's computer. Also when doing some testing with RAM, LED light on mono is on for CPU even after inserting new and old RAM.

How can I check whether this is a mobo or CPU failure to avoid multiple purchases? will this be a mobo issue in the long run as well?

 

[ubuysa]

I don't know the OCCT tool at all, but from that screenshot it's reporting CPU errors. As I said, hardware isn't my area of expertise, but you have to start somewhere with problems like this. It's my opinion that your problem is more likely to be the CPU than anything else. If it were mine I'd replace the CPU first.