[SOLVED] What's causing my random BSODs?

Mar 16, 2020
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My PC since building has randomly been crashing and BSOD'ing around 3 times a day. I get different error codes almost every time. Sometimes, the PC will restart without BSOD'ing, and sometimes it will BSOD and not create a dump file which is really frustrating.

Here is my build:
CPU: AMD RYZEN 5 3600
GPU: EVGA GEFORCE RTX 2070 Super
RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz 2x8GB
MOBO: MSI B450M Gaming Plus
Storage: Samsung 860 EVO 1 TB
PSU: Corsair RMx (2018) 650W
Wifi Card: TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 PCIe x1
Here are all the error codes I've seen (there may be more from my PC crashing while away):
  1. KERNEL_AUTO_BOOST_LOCK_ACQUISITION_WITH_RAISED_IRQL
  2. KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE
  3. SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
  4. KERNEL_AUTO_BOOST_INVALID_LOCK_RELEASE
  5. SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
  6. SYNTHETIC_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT
  7. DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION
  8. SECURE_KERNEL_ERRORWhat failed: Ntfs.sys
  9. KERNEL_THREAD_PRIORITY_FLOOR_VIOLATION
  10. KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
  11. APC_INDEX_MISMATCH
  12. DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUALWhat failed: storport.sys
  13. FAST_ERESOURCE_PRECONDITION_VIOLATION
  14. DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER
  15. PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREAWhat failed: win32kbase.sys
  16. ATTEMPTED_TO_WRITE_READONLY_MEMORYWhat failed: ndis.sys
  17. HYPERVISOR_ERROR
  18. KERNEL_LOCK_ENTRY_LEAKED_ON_THREAD_TERMINATION
  19. KERNEL_MODE_HEAP_CORRUPTION
  20. MULTIPLE_IRP_COMPLETE_REQUESTS
  21. IRQL_GT_ZERO_AT_SYSTEM_SERVICE
  22. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
  23. SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTIONWhat failed: nvlddmkm.sys
What I've tried:
  1. Tried updating all the drivers and BIOS
  2. Ran Memtest and Windows Memory Diagnostic on RAM (0 errors)
  3. Switched RAM slots and tried using one stick at a time (same behavior)
  4. Tried switching PSUs with a friend's PSU (same behavior)
  5. Tried switching GPUs with a friend's GPU (same behavior)
  6. Ran Checkdisk and Samsung Magician for my SSD (0 errors)
  7. Clean installed Windows (right now, only drivers are installed)
  8. Ran driver Verifier and found 0 errors. The last couple BSODs happened during the running of the verifier, which may or may not be related.
  9. Disabled XMP and increased DRAM voltage by 0.05V.
  10. Booted in safe mode
  11. Ran stress tests and found that temperatures did not exceed my maximum CPU temperature. Crashes were not correlated to any stress tests.
All the events are Kernel-Power 41 events with EventLog 6008

When I check BlueScreenViewer to view my dumpfiles (5 most recent), ntoskrnl.exe is the common culprit behind all of them, but two of them also have nvlddmkm.sys highlighted as well.

I've been troubleshooting this for quite a while, and I'm not sure how to pinpoint the issue. Given everything I've attempted, I'm leaning towards it being a MOBO issue since I've eliminated GPU, SSD, RAM, and PSU as the problem sources. Hopefully I've given enough info to go off of, but if someone could please help me and needs more info, I'll be happy to provide it.

Thanks
 
Solution
Symptoms suggest, to me anyway, that the PSU is problematic.

The fact that two 650 watt PSU's exhibited the same behavior is a clue.

Recommended PSU for that GPU, just on its own, is 650 watts.

Add up the wattage requirements for all installed components. If a wattage range is provided use the high end value.

After totaling the wattages add 25% more. How close is the final total to 650?

Try a higher wattage PSU if at all possible. Just as a matter of elimination.

Ralston18

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Symptoms suggest, to me anyway, that the PSU is problematic.

The fact that two 650 watt PSU's exhibited the same behavior is a clue.

Recommended PSU for that GPU, just on its own, is 650 watts.

Add up the wattage requirements for all installed components. If a wattage range is provided use the high end value.

After totaling the wattages add 25% more. How close is the final total to 650?

Try a higher wattage PSU if at all possible. Just as a matter of elimination.
 
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Mar 16, 2020
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The other PSU (my friend's) is 850W, I should've mentioned that. The total was around 470W IIRC. I remember at least a gap of 100W. I really doubt it's the PSU based on that.
 
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