BSOD appears solely during gameplay, not under stress tests.
BSOD appears solely during gameplay, not under stress tests.
Issues: everything functions normally except during gaming sessions. Whenever I open a recently launched game, I encounter a BSOD. Most occurrences happen when rendering tasks begin. Often it occurs in certain menus with rendering processes. The BSOD appears even in older titles such as Star Craft 2, Barotrauma (Cyberpunk), Endless Dungeon, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The Windows event log shows: category 41, keywords (70368744177664), category 63, keywords (2). My temperatures are stable thanks to custom water cooling. Hardware specs include an X570 AORUS MASTER 3090, Ryzen 9 5900X, 12-core processor, and a 32GB DDR4 memory module. System details: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional, version 10.0.19045, BIOS version F37g, created on 20/09/2023. The PC is a x64 system with default settings.
Platform info:
- Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Motherboard: X570 AORUS MASTER
- RAM: 32GB DDR4 (4x8)
- Storage: NVMe SSD GIGABYTE GP-ASM2NE6200TTTD
Diagnostic steps I tried:
1. Reinstalled Windows (resolved everything)
2. Updated Windows
3. Updated drivers
4. Updated BIOS on motherboard
5. Set default BIOS settings
6. Ran MemTest86+ – no errors found
7. Increased CPU and GPU temperature, used OCCT – reached full power in 1 hour
8. Tested SSD at 100% usage for 10 minutes – no issues
9. Completed stress tests on 3D Mark and Cinebench – passed all
10. Considered using a gun to get help (just a joke)
Any suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
No records were kept and error 41 points to an abrupt stop. Likely the power supply unit is the first concern. Would you like another machine to verify it? If you try Furmark, does it shut down immediately? That could be a final step if needed.
Ensure your second storage device holds the page file. It typically resides on C:, though it may be on different drives or multiple ones. If not on C:, relocate it there. For drives with several partitions, keep only one active drive. This should help retrieve a dump file during subsequent BSOD events. EDIT: Avoid placing the page file on an external drive—it's essential for Windows stability and can cause crashes if the drive powers off unexpectedly. Common reasons for missing dumps include faulty storage, insufficient size, limited space, encryption, or incorrect drive selection. The initial dump may contain RAM data exceeding your total RAM, so you'll need more than available memory plus free space on the drive.