Do you have a Windows crash?
Do you have a Windows crash?
- long post below - Soo... Here are the specs: ------------------------------------------------------------------ 3900X Asus X570E Gaming Wifi (BIOS in the latest version) - (when in windows after the BIOS update my QCode instead of AA is 9E) Corsair Vengeace RGB (1st edition) 4x8GB 3000Mhz KFA2 3070 (was working great before the swap) EVGA G2 1000W Gold Nvme 960 Pro (5 years old healthy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ And here is my story: Pc was working perfect but i decided to upgrade everything except the GPU ( I have a white ROG 3070 ) so I just swapped the Asus one for the KFA. I swapped the gpus (i didnt uninstall anything nor ddu or something like that) and i decided to upgrade to windows 11 before giving my old system away. I updated to windows 11 and used it for a couple of hours to check if everything was ok. When nothing strange happened i went in to format the pc. I cant remember exactly how i reinstalled the windows but it ended up showing showing a folder in windows named "windows.old" or something like that. After installing every single windows update, drivers etc I installed a game ( LOL ) just to check if everything works ok again. Everything seemed ok so I packed it and gave it to my friend. He then tried to install his apps (discord, teams, steam etc..) Until late night he texted me and said his monitor turns off and on, except it wasn't the monitors fault, it was just the pc showing black screen (you could hear the music still playing) and then turning off until a BSOD occured with "Critical Process Died". I took the pc back and tried several things but still nothing works. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Things i tried: - All bootrec.exe commancds - Startup repair (couldnt repair the pc log file ''SrtTrail.txt'' - Repair from usb - Recovery - Reinstalled windows 11 (works ok for 10 minutes after inside windows but then the on off thing starts again) - Reset (this is my last step, i tried resetting the pc and now it just powers to the logo of asus, the screen goes black and the hdmi cable connection shows up to the monitor several times and then restarts again) - Reinstalled windows 10 and as soon as it showed me the desktop it went black and started cycling again. ------------------------------------------------------------------ I dont know what else could be going wrong and I dont want to start swapping parts to see if there is something wrong with the hardware. I dont think its a hardware issue because the pc was working perfect before, also the problems do not appear when i enter windows with safe mode. Does anyone have a clue what my issue could be?
This post is coming to an end. I don't know why this happened yet. My computer was sent to several tech experts hoping they could figure out what's broken with it. But that turned into a big waste of time. This has never been the same for me before, and it seems like a certain GPU paired with a specific motherboard just doesn't work under any conditions. I've tested many different GPUs on that exact setup: GT730, 1060, 1660, 2070S, 3070 (Gigabyte), 3070ti (KFA2), 3070ti (TUF), 4080, and 4090. All of them work perfectly fine. I've also tried at least six different motherboards with the same GPU. Everything works great on all of those boards. But when I install THAT specific GPU on THAT specific motherboard, everything breaks. Since everything worked so well before, now...
I tried reinstalling windows 11 and it worked fine for ten minutes, then the on/off button started working again. Where did you get the installer for the operating system? Did you install all the drivers that go with your motherboard in the newest version inside an admin area, like right clicking the installer and running as administrator, or did let windows handle that part? You are also told to install Windows 10/11 in offline mode so the OS does not download drivers it thinks fit for your computer. How old is your power supply unit?
Where did you get the installation program for your operating system? - I didn't really know what to answer about this. Did you install all the necessary drivers for your motherboard using a special option in the installer, like right-clicking and choosing "Run as Administrator," or did the OS figure it out by itself? - Everything is already current except for graphics card drivers, which update on their own. You should also try installing Windows 10/11 without an internet connection so that the system doesn't download wrong drivers for your machine. - I am always connected to the internet and have never had this specific problem before. This happened when a computer that was working well yesterday is still running today. How old is the power supply unit? - The PSU is about 10 years old, but it still has two more years left on its official warranty.
Did you use the same Windows system as your original PC parts? If yes, that was a mistake. If you then upgraded to Windows 11 without doing a clean install, you just made things worse. When Windows installs itself, it configures and optimizes for the hardware platform it finds on the hard drive. Also, all drivers (especially chipset) are specific to that hardware. If you switch platforms but keep the old Windows copy, the setup will be wrong and most of your drivers won't work right either. I'm not surprised you're having trouble because new hardware needs a clean install from bootable media. Also, a CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED bugcheck is usually caused by hardware (often CPU or RAM). Did you check that the CPU, RAM, and motherboard all fit together correctly?
I think maybe I messed up with you guys. I have two computers right now. My old system (the one that keeps crashing) and my new upgraded system. The new one works great! My old one was perfect before and had the exact same parts, except I changed just the graphics card (I used an Asus then swapped it for a KFA). So no compatibility issue there. It ran Windows 10 and now it's on Windows 11, and since then everything has been broken. I tried what @Lutfij suggested before, installed Windows 10 without internet access, and got into the computer. The PC is working well right now, but I haven't connected to the internet yet. I am currently downloading drivers from another computer and will install them even without internet to see if that fixes everything.