[SOLVED] Witcher 3 BSOD within ~2 minutes

[ohdoor]

I recently installed Witcher 3 GOTY edition on GOG and have been freezing within 2-3 minutes of loading into the game. The moment I close Witcher 3 once it's frozen or sometimes by itself I receive the 'Blue Screen of Death' with varying reasons including "BAD_POOL_CALLER" and "SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED".

I'm on a laptop with the following specs:

Intel Core i7-8700K CPU @ 3.7GHz
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
16GB of DDR4 RAM
1TB Seagate HDD (upon which Witcher 3 is installed)
120GB SSD (upon which my OS, Windows 10 is installed)

I've tried updating all my drivers to the latest versions, checked for any overclocking and there was none that I could determine. I think it may be either due to my RAM acting strangely or overheating? My GPU temperature skyrockets to about 80C when I start playing and the fans are on full whack. My graphics settings are set to the NVIDIA GeForce Experience optimal settings for quality and the game runs very smoothly for the ~2 minutes before it crashes.

Here are some of the error logs:
https://pastebin.com/G4UAwiKm
https://pastebin.com/J0ULV8bh
https://pastebin.com/UdURqgDk

I've cleared out the fans of any dust buildup and they're all clear, should I invest in a cooling pad or is this a software issue? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

 

[johnbl]

apps should never ever crash the operating system. You need to provide the actual files from c:\windows\minidump directory. IE copy these files to a cloud server like microsoft onedrive, share the files for public access and post a link.
the files can be read with a windows debugger.

I recently installed Witcher 3 GOTY edition on GOG and have been freezing within 2-3 minutes of loading into the game. The moment I close Witcher 3 once it's frozen or sometimes by itself I receive the 'Blue Screen of Death' with varying reasons including "BAD_POOL_CALLER" and "SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED".

I'm on a laptop with the following specs:

Intel Core i7-8700K CPU @ 3.7GHz
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
16GB of DDR4 RAM
1TB Seagate HDD (upon which Witcher 3 is installed)
120GB SSD (upon which my OS, Windows 10 is installed)

I've tried updating all my drivers to the latest versions, checked for any overclocking and there was none that I could determine. I think it may be either due to my RAM acting strangely or overheating? My GPU temperature skyrockets to about 80C when I start playing and the fans are on full whack. My graphics settings are set to the NVIDIA GeForce Experience optimal settings for quality and the game runs very smoothly for the ~2 minutes before it crashes.

Here are some of the error logs:
https://pastebin.com/G4UAwiKm
https://pastebin.com/J0ULV8bh
https://pastebin.com/UdURqgDk

I've cleared out the fans of any dust buildup and they're all clear, should I invest in a cooling pad or is this a software issue? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

 

[ohdoor]

I've uploaded the minidumps here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oLf6Ews9OnpnFweBQJVWY3yY-VpNFyo5/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for the help.

 

[johnbl]

system bugchecked because the file system tried to access a bogus memory locatiaon. (0)
several key files have had their timestamps removed, you have a keyserver installed.
I would assume you just have malware infection.

I would just make a new windows install image of the current windows build and reinstall.
otherwise I would start cmd.exe as a admin and run
dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
to try and fix the bad files.
then go to task scheduler and remove tasks that run hacks.
then turn off the system virtual memory to delete the c:\pagefile.sys reboot and turn the system virtual memory back on to create another one.

I've uploaded the minidumps here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oLf6Ews9OnpnFweBQJVWY3yY-VpNFyo5/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for the help.