- Oct 21, 2022
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Hello. I apologise for the amount of text. I've tried to keep the waffling to a minimum, but I'm worried in case I leave something out that's vital.
I should start by saying that my computer is almost 4.5 years old, and that as a result, I've accepted that my problem may well be a hardware issue. I have done some checking and attempted fixing already, albeit most of it was done months ago before the problems started up again. So far I haven't found any faults. I ran memtest for 4 passes with no errors. I checked cpu with an Intel diagnotic tool, ran chkdsk, and have updated whatever drivers I can. I realise that doesn't mean that at least one part isn't failing, it just means I haven't yet been able to find out which one, if any. I should also add that I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to computers, so my attempts have probably missed something obvious.
The BSODs started earlier this year in earnest. I'd had a few before that, but had put it down to the browser I was using, as they weren't showing up during gameplay at that point. They usually occurred at first when starting up firefox. The screen would freeze and the whole system would become unresponsive, and either this would go on for so long that I would simply force a shutdown, or I'd get a bluescreen. It was only maybe a few months after these had started that I began getting bluescreens whilst gaming, specifically whilst playing Elder Scrolls Online. It's worth noting that it was really the only game I was playing at the time, so I have no idea if these would have occurred in other games too.
I looked through some of the earlier minidumps and noticed that a few of them mentioned nvlddmkm, so I DDUed my Nvidia drivers and updated. This seemed to fix the problem enitely, and for two months I was completely bluescreen free. Even Firefox was working well.
The problem started up again about a week ago. Again it occurred at first when starting up Firefox. Thinking it couldn't be the same issue I'd had before, I simply changed over to Edge. But a few days later I had a bluescreen in a game, this time Project Zomboid. This presented the same as the earlier bluescreens in ESO. The only warning I receive that something is wrong is a slowing down in-game, and if I'm listening to a podcast in the background, that begins to jump and skip too. Since then I've updated graphics drivers again (without DDU), but this time it hasn't fixed anything. This morning I experienced something new. I have only ever experienced problems during the initial browser startup, never whilst actually using it, and this is reproducable, but only on Edge. If I head to the main ESO site I can hear my CPU fan rev up and the page slow down. If I exit the website everything goes back to normal, but if I wait long enough I'll get an automatic reboot. I don't get an actual bluescreen with this one, although I do still get a minidump.
This could be entirely unrelated, but the restarting of the bluescreens did seem to coincide with a Windows update (still running Windows 10). I have uninstalled the latest update I could find, but so far it doesn't seem to have had an effect.
These dumps are from both the bluescreen during gaming and after the Edge reboot:
Reboot
Bluescreen
I do still have the dumps from the ESO bluescreens that I can post if needed.
The PC was pre-built. Other than a mouse and keyboard, the only other things plugged into USB sockets are an old set of speakers and an old network adaptor. The specs:
Intel i3-8350K CPU @ 4.00GHz
16GB RAM
GeForce GTX 1050ti
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB
Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM164
I should start by saying that my computer is almost 4.5 years old, and that as a result, I've accepted that my problem may well be a hardware issue. I have done some checking and attempted fixing already, albeit most of it was done months ago before the problems started up again. So far I haven't found any faults. I ran memtest for 4 passes with no errors. I checked cpu with an Intel diagnotic tool, ran chkdsk, and have updated whatever drivers I can. I realise that doesn't mean that at least one part isn't failing, it just means I haven't yet been able to find out which one, if any. I should also add that I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to computers, so my attempts have probably missed something obvious.
The BSODs started earlier this year in earnest. I'd had a few before that, but had put it down to the browser I was using, as they weren't showing up during gameplay at that point. They usually occurred at first when starting up firefox. The screen would freeze and the whole system would become unresponsive, and either this would go on for so long that I would simply force a shutdown, or I'd get a bluescreen. It was only maybe a few months after these had started that I began getting bluescreens whilst gaming, specifically whilst playing Elder Scrolls Online. It's worth noting that it was really the only game I was playing at the time, so I have no idea if these would have occurred in other games too.
I looked through some of the earlier minidumps and noticed that a few of them mentioned nvlddmkm, so I DDUed my Nvidia drivers and updated. This seemed to fix the problem enitely, and for two months I was completely bluescreen free. Even Firefox was working well.
The problem started up again about a week ago. Again it occurred at first when starting up Firefox. Thinking it couldn't be the same issue I'd had before, I simply changed over to Edge. But a few days later I had a bluescreen in a game, this time Project Zomboid. This presented the same as the earlier bluescreens in ESO. The only warning I receive that something is wrong is a slowing down in-game, and if I'm listening to a podcast in the background, that begins to jump and skip too. Since then I've updated graphics drivers again (without DDU), but this time it hasn't fixed anything. This morning I experienced something new. I have only ever experienced problems during the initial browser startup, never whilst actually using it, and this is reproducable, but only on Edge. If I head to the main ESO site I can hear my CPU fan rev up and the page slow down. If I exit the website everything goes back to normal, but if I wait long enough I'll get an automatic reboot. I don't get an actual bluescreen with this one, although I do still get a minidump.
This could be entirely unrelated, but the restarting of the bluescreens did seem to coincide with a Windows update (still running Windows 10). I have uninstalled the latest update I could find, but so far it doesn't seem to have had an effect.
These dumps are from both the bluescreen during gaming and after the Edge reboot:
Reboot
Bluescreen
I do still have the dumps from the ESO bluescreens that I can post if needed.
The PC was pre-built. Other than a mouse and keyboard, the only other things plugged into USB sockets are an old set of speakers and an old network adaptor. The specs:
Intel i3-8350K CPU @ 4.00GHz
16GB RAM
GeForce GTX 1050ti
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB
Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM164
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