Question Random BSODs tried everything

[malcheus]

Hello all,

I'm completely out of ideas, and getting more and more frustrated: my windows 10 desktop is generating BSODs with different codes/explanations at seemingly random moments.
The PC is built from:
ASUS X370 pro
Ryzen 6 1600x 6 core CPU
Nvidia Geforce 1600 GTX 6Gb
16Gbs of RAM on two sticks
Windows is installed on an SSD

The desktop started generating BSODs during gaming at first, so I thought it was related to that.
I tried almost everything I could find on google.
-I didn't use any overclocks, but reset all settings anyway.
-Ran sfc, ran memtest 86
-Cloned windows to another SSD
-I took out a RAM stick --> BSOD used the other RAM stick --> BSOD
-Used a different graphics card
-Thought I found the problem, replaced the PSU, it reduced the frequency and post-crash behaviour, the desktop first got stuck on BIOS after the crash, but not anymore but the BSODs still happen
-Replaced the small battery on the motherboard
-Installed an older Nvidia driver, this seemed to reduce the BSOD frequency
-This morning I formatted one of the SSDs and completely reinstalled windows 10 from scratch
-I left it during the day to download some steam games
-When I came back in the afternoon, a BSOD was waiting for me, the BSOD flavor of today was a watchdog violation.
-The BSOD of today happened without a virusscanner installed, earlier ones happened with avast antivirus running.

Some minidumps are available here, but like I said, it seems to be a different description every day:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uu0lyf6ess7iaza/Minidump.zip?dl=0
today:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fi803hzppdfkca3/040119-38140-01.zip?dl=0

I tried running driver verifier earlier, and this resulted in a pre startup crash, I haven't tried it yet with the newly installed windows version.

Any other ideas?

With kind regards.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

PSU make and model?

 

[malcheus]

It's a corsair RM650x 80+ Gold

 

[malcheus]

Since starting this thread I have had two more BSOD's.
The " interesting" thing is that both of them occurred while actively using google chrome.
This could be a coincidence, as most of the time I have been using chrome, however the latest one occurred right as I started google chrome.
This one was a " page fault in anonpaged area " BSOD.
Now using Edge, perhaps it makes a difference.

Edit: never mind, it BSOD'd with Edge as well, and then several times within minutes of starting windows.
The four minidumps of the last 15 minutes are in this dropbox folder:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/a56jyp6t7l1k8z8/AADXh58m_h1ud46eUy71w5X9a?dl=0

 

[malcheus]

Today it was a page fault again, pointing towards the nvidia driver (which is the default one installed by windows after running DDU)
I installed the newest nvidia driver afterwards.
I also ran furmark, to see if stress causes a GPU crash, but it didn't.

On Tue 2-4-2019 22:22:34 your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\040219-9828-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: nvlddmkm.sys (0xFFFFF800D796DC4E)
Bugcheck code: 0x50 (0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFF98, 0x0, 0xFFFFF800D796DC4E, 0x2)
Error: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
file path: C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_c5dc31c3a136544a\nvlddmkm.sys
product: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 419.67
company: NVIDIA Corporation
description: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 419.67
Bug check description: This indicates that invalid system memory has been referenced.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 419.67 , NVIDIA Corporation).
Google query: nvlddmkm.sys NVIDIA Corporation PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

 

[Colif]

I will ask @gardenman to look at dumps and see if they point at anything other than nvidia

How old is the win 10 installer? are you using a new one?
Have you got latest BIOS?

 

[malcheus]

Thank you for having a look at this issue!
I downloaded the windows 10 installer last sunday from the microsoft website, and I updated the bios to Version 4602 earlier this week.

If it's indeed nvidia related, is there an even cleaner way to reinstall the graphics driver than using DDU in safe mode?
Is there an older nvidia driver that is known to be more stable than 419.67?

 

[gardenman]

Hi, I ran the dump file through the debugger and got the following information: https://pste.eu/p/FMHw.html

Spoiler

File information:	040119-8859-01.dmp (Apr 1 2019 - 16:07:19)
Bugcheck:	DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (133)
Probably caused by:	memory_corruption (Process: System)
Uptime:	0 Day(s), 0 Hour(s), 01 Min(s), and 04 Sec(s)

File information:	040119-8687-01.dmp (Apr 1 2019 - 16:10:51)
Bugcheck:	SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (3B)
Probably caused by:	memory_corruption (Process: svchost.exe)
Uptime:	0 Day(s), 0 Hour(s), 00 Min(s), and 26 Sec(s)

File information:	040119-8421-01.dmp (Apr 1 2019 - 16:08:07)
Bugcheck:	BAD_OBJECT_HEADER (189)
Probably caused by:	ntkrnlmp.exe (Process: ShellExperienceHost.exe)
Uptime:	0 Day(s), 0 Hour(s), 00 Min(s), and 21 Sec(s)

File information:	040119-8859-02.dmp (Apr 1 2019 - 16:09:58)
Bugcheck:	SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M (1000007E)
Driver warnings:	*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys
Probably caused by:	memory_corruption (Process: System)
Uptime:	0 Day(s), 0 Hour(s), 00 Min(s), and 53 Sec(s)

File information:	022519-35718-01.dmp (Feb 25 2019 - 15:59:33)
Bugcheck:	ATTEMPTED_EXECUTE_OF_NOEXECUTE_MEMORY (FC)
Probably caused by:	memory_corruption (Process: System)
Uptime:	3 Day(s), 13 Hour(s), 39 Min(s), and 15 Sec(s)

File information:	022519-24265-01.dmp (Feb 25 2019 - 17:20:48)
Bugcheck:	KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (1E)
Probably caused by:	HIDCLASS.SYS (Process: System)
Uptime:	0 Day(s), 0 Hour(s), 43 Min(s), and 50 Sec(s)

File information:	021819-20562-01.dmp (Feb 18 2019 - 16:16:11)
Bugcheck:	SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (3B)
Probably caused by:	memory_corruption (Process: chrome.exe)
Uptime:	0 Day(s), 0 Hour(s), 08 Min(s), and 01 Sec(s)

File information:	021519-34578-01.dmp (Feb 15 2019 - 15:30:09)
Bugcheck:	PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50)
Probably caused by:	memory_corruption (Process: MonsterHunterWorld.exe)
Uptime:	1 Day(s), 11 Hour(s), 57 Min(s), and 45 Sec(s)

File information:	021519-15421-01.dmp (Feb 15 2019 - 16:27:03)
Bugcheck:	DRIVER_VERIFIER_IOMANAGER_VIOLATION (C9)
Probably caused by:	LSaiMini.sys (Process: System)
Uptime:	0 Day(s), 0 Hour(s), 00 Min(s), and 09 Sec(s)

The following file did not contain any valid dump files: 040119-38140-01.zip

The nvlddmkm.sys file is a NVIDIA graphics card driver. I guess we can assume you've already tried this: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2767677/perform-clean-install-video-card-drivers.html

Possible Motherboard page: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-X370-PRO/
There is a BIOS update available for your system (Version 4602). You are using Version 4207. Wait for additional information before deciding to update or not. Important: Verify that I have linked to the correct motherboard. Updating your BIOS can be risky. Never try it when you might lose power (lightning storms, recent power outages, etc).

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