[SOLVED] What problem does my computer have if it almost BSODs but recovers ?

asem1123

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I have a 2019 Lenovo Legion Y540-15, and it has a history of pretty frequent bluescreening, and having BIOS updates queued every month, although the last BIOS update was probably 6 months ago and this laptop has not been bluescreening since.

But up till last week, I've had this "almost blue screen" situation multiple times. Always happened while I was watching a YouTube video so there is that BSOD "repeating audio" cue. But this is stranger because back then it would have instantly BSOD with a WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR stop code, but this time it just recovers after freezing and audio looping for 3-5 seconds.

I'm not really complaining since I get to resume whatever I was doing, but I'd like to know what the problem is. Since it never entered a BSOD, it never gave a stop code, and HWiNFO doesn't report any hardware faults either. BIOS and Windows 10 are both up to date.
 

asem1123

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Other than the almost BSODs, there are no other reliability issues really, and yes it's that model.
Also I've run the auto update utility and it tells me everything's up to date.
 

Colif

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makes me wonder if Windows knows its happening.

Have to guess whea errors were fixed by a driver since they stopped.

repeating audio can be a driver error.

a lot of the drivers on Lenovo site are old. I see if I can find anything newer

Can you download and run Driverview - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/driverview.html

All it does is looks at drivers installed; it won't install any (this is intentional as 3rd party driver updaters often get it wrong)

When you run it, go into view tab and set it to hide all Microsoft drivers, will make list shorter.

Now its up to you, you can look through the drivers and try to find old drivers, or you can take a screenshot from (and including)Driver name to (and including)Creation date.

upload it to an image sharing website and show link here
 

asem1123

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Here it is:
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Colif

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ammntdrv.sys - Asmwsoft PC Optimizer - this is from 2016, maybe try get newer version? not sure you really need it. Most of these programs don't really help.

do you use Ethernet or WiFi?
your Ethernet drivers are 3 years old
download Win10 Auto Installation Program (NDIS) from under windows header here - https://www.realtek.com/en/componen...0-1000m-gigabit-ethernet-pci-express-software

if WIFI, try running this and see if any new drivers - https://www.intel.com.au/content/www/au/en/support/intel-driver-support-assistant.html
 

Colif

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maybe its part of AOMEI Backupper which is also something I should have asked about.
Could have been installed with something else, often shows up as an extra you have to unselect.

PC Optimizer: it shows as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) so maybe running Malwarebytes will remove it.

otherwise try methods 2 & 3 here before 1 - https://www.revouninstaller.com/preview-log/?pid=5134&pname=Asmw+PC-Optimizer+Pro
 
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