Error occurs when running specific recent titles, crashing the system.
Error occurs when running specific recent titles, crashing the system.
I’ve been facing unusual BSODs during gameplay for the past year or so. When these crashes occur, no crashdump file is generated, which makes diagnosing the problem extremely difficult. The affected titles are No Man’s Sky, Valheim, Battlefield 2042, and Baldur’s Gate 3. I spent roughly a year trying various solutions:
Updating Windows
Updating GPU drivers
Updating chipset drivers
Updating BIOS
Updating games
Trying all possible standard benchmarks, including power usage tests. None of these tests caused my system to crash, nor did they affect performance under heavy workloads in other applications.
I also verified that crashdumps were enabled and functioning correctly. When using WhoCrashed to simulate crashes, it worked perfectly; however, during actual gameplay BSODs, nothing happened.
Monitoring temperatures on the GPU, CPU, and VRM proved useful. One day I came across a video discussing Samsung 980 PRO M.2 drives becoming stuck in Read Only mode. At that time, I had two of these drives installed. I replaced them with powerful WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSDs, which resolved the issue completely. The problem disappeared for about six months.
Recently, after the release of Baldur’s Gate 3, I started playing co-op with a friend and quickly encountered the same BSOD pattern without any crashdumps. I went through all the troubleshooting steps I’d previously taken, but nothing resolved the issue. My drives are not locked in read-only mode either.
I’m completely stuck and unsure what to do next. Either replacing an entire system or gradually swapping components one by one is risky without knowing exactly what’s causing the failure. Any guidance would be invaluable.
What is the purpose of the C drive? Dumps are stored there... should it be one of the two WD drives? Or is it another type of drive, which one? Did you test this on the two WD drives to check their condition, just because the absence of dumps often prompts me to inspect drives?
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/de...rn-digital
It’s not wise to randomly select components when the issue exists, as it might cause the entire PC to fail. I’d prefer a repair shop to test it and provide an accurate diagnosis instead of trying it myself.
Initially, using four RAM sticks tends to cause instability, particularly if they aren't listed on the motherboard's Qualified Vendor list or if they are two pairs of DIMMs rather than a single set of four matched DIMMs.
Remove two RAM sticks and turn off XMP overclocking to test for improved stability.
If the system functions properly with four DIMMs, it suggests XMP overclocking is the issue.
The 2TB M.2 is my C drive, I moved the page file to my D drive and now I'm encountering crashdumps pointing to authenticamd.sys. This is the same issue I had with the previous M.2 drives.