- Jun 17, 2020
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Hi all, thanks for taking the time to look at this. I had dealt with several persistent BSODs from January to March of this year, then after a windows reinstall, was error free for three months. Then this past week, the BSODs have begun recurring. Typically they happen when playing a game (Overwatch is the most common culprit, but I've experienced them in Red Dead Redemption 2, and VR titles like Blade and Sorcery or Pavlov VR), but today I've had several BSODs in the course of working/browsing. Today I've had BSODs connected to installation of some troubleshooting software (Win 10 ISO image, malwarebytes installation), and running the DISM tool and chkdsk.
My experiences/repair attempts have been very similar to users @_Treadstone (see: https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...ating-to-ntoskrnl-exe-for-months-now.3581744/ ) and @_Red-EyeD (see: https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...atest-build-3700x-x470.3579352/#post-21610090 ). Error codes have been all over the place – page faults, kernel exceptions, heap errors, write violations, etc. Pretty sure I’ve seen most if not all of the codes referenced by @_Treadstone above.
In addition to a fresh windows repair and reinstall, I’ve rolled back/ reinstalled GPU drivers, gone through 8 passes of Memtest (no errors), run sfc /scannow, chkdsk /f, DISM tool options (all clean eventually, though I did experience some BSODs when attempting to run them), windows memory test (no errors). I’ve run Furmark as a GPU stress, as well as testing the processor via Intel Extreme Tuning Utility as well as the Intel Diagnostic Tool and all have come up fine.
I have not had much success with Driver Verifier. Deselecting all Microsoft Drivers and enabling verifier leads to a BSOD loop at boot and eventual system restore. My next step was to use DDU to do a clean uninstall of the graphics drivers and then reinstall, but am willing to try anything short of a blood sacrifice (although I could be convinced depending on whose blood we’re talking).
When I first built the PC (October 2018), I ran into some similar issues that I eventually traced to the voltage settings in the BIOS for my mother board (see: http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6860&PN=1&title=z370-extreme4-xmp-bug). Earlier this week, I checked the voltages and noticed they had reverted back to default (possibly during a BIOS update, maybe during windows reinstall? I don’t know). I’ve changed them as per the post linked above, but the BSODs persist.
Specs:
OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit
MB: ASRock Motherboard Motherboards Z370 EXTREME4
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.7GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 6 heatpipe with Dual NF-A15 140mm fans
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16 Desktop Memory Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B3200C16)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (EVGA)
SSD: 232GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB (SATA (SSD)) ß Windows
232GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB (SATA (SSD))
465GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB (PCIe M.2 NVMe (SSD))
PSU: EVGA 750 B3, 80+ Bronze 750W, Fully Modular, EVGA ECO Mode, 5 Year Warranty, Compact 160mm Size, Power Supply 220-B3-0750-V1
Misc: Intel Wireless Gigabit W11100 VR Device ß Wireless VR Adapter
Here is a link to a google drive folder with all the minidumps I have going back to late February through the middle of me typing this post, when I had the last BSOD (6/17/20 @ 2:44 PM EST). There is also the latest large memory.dmp file, as well as DXDiag logs, a SPECCY system snapshot, and some miscellaneous system info (services, hosts, drivers, etc.): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PkfIfCuJuvsCdq3HYvasSWTXJNHrKzZI?usp=sharing
This is driving me up the wall. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My experiences/repair attempts have been very similar to users @_Treadstone (see: https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...ating-to-ntoskrnl-exe-for-months-now.3581744/ ) and @_Red-EyeD (see: https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...atest-build-3700x-x470.3579352/#post-21610090 ). Error codes have been all over the place – page faults, kernel exceptions, heap errors, write violations, etc. Pretty sure I’ve seen most if not all of the codes referenced by @_Treadstone above.
In addition to a fresh windows repair and reinstall, I’ve rolled back/ reinstalled GPU drivers, gone through 8 passes of Memtest (no errors), run sfc /scannow, chkdsk /f, DISM tool options (all clean eventually, though I did experience some BSODs when attempting to run them), windows memory test (no errors). I’ve run Furmark as a GPU stress, as well as testing the processor via Intel Extreme Tuning Utility as well as the Intel Diagnostic Tool and all have come up fine.
I have not had much success with Driver Verifier. Deselecting all Microsoft Drivers and enabling verifier leads to a BSOD loop at boot and eventual system restore. My next step was to use DDU to do a clean uninstall of the graphics drivers and then reinstall, but am willing to try anything short of a blood sacrifice (although I could be convinced depending on whose blood we’re talking).
When I first built the PC (October 2018), I ran into some similar issues that I eventually traced to the voltage settings in the BIOS for my mother board (see: http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6860&PN=1&title=z370-extreme4-xmp-bug). Earlier this week, I checked the voltages and noticed they had reverted back to default (possibly during a BIOS update, maybe during windows reinstall? I don’t know). I’ve changed them as per the post linked above, but the BSODs persist.
Specs:
OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit
MB: ASRock Motherboard Motherboards Z370 EXTREME4
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.7GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 6 heatpipe with Dual NF-A15 140mm fans
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16 Desktop Memory Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B3200C16)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (EVGA)
SSD: 232GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB (SATA (SSD)) ß Windows
232GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB (SATA (SSD))
465GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB (PCIe M.2 NVMe (SSD))
PSU: EVGA 750 B3, 80+ Bronze 750W, Fully Modular, EVGA ECO Mode, 5 Year Warranty, Compact 160mm Size, Power Supply 220-B3-0750-V1
Misc: Intel Wireless Gigabit W11100 VR Device ß Wireless VR Adapter
Here is a link to a google drive folder with all the minidumps I have going back to late February through the middle of me typing this post, when I had the last BSOD (6/17/20 @ 2:44 PM EST). There is also the latest large memory.dmp file, as well as DXDiag logs, a SPECCY system snapshot, and some miscellaneous system info (services, hosts, drivers, etc.): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PkfIfCuJuvsCdq3HYvasSWTXJNHrKzZI?usp=sharing
This is driving me up the wall. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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