Error screen during gameplay appears.
Error screen during gameplay appears.
I followed DDU and reinstalled the drivers exactly as instructed. Playing Division again worked without any crashes! Thanks a lot! You really helped me out.
RAM wasn't overclocked and your HDDs showed no bad sectors. Last night my PC displayed a BSOD each time it tried to start. I restored my data using safe mode and reinstalled Windows—no blue screen on the first day. I often check if AMD software runs quietly in the background, but after installing drivers, it won’t auto-boot anymore. It was still there in the system tray, yet after the blue screen while playing Nier Automata, the software wouldn’t open at all. Does this seem connected to the blue screens?
It seems to be either a GPU or a motherboard (MOBO). The motherboard might have bad capacitors. I've faced the same problem before—it kept crashing the game WHO'S FAULTY! by changing RAM, GPU, power supply, and more. I checked the MOBO visually for swollen capacitors. Cleaning both seems worth a try; sometimes dust causes shorts. If you have an iGPU, running heavy tasks like video exporting while streaming might help. If that fails, use a spare power supply—it could be the issue.
In most instances the device is boosted by the maker. If you want to slow it down, open MSI Afterburner and attempt to lower the speed as much as the system permits.
It would make sense if it were your MOBO, since it's around 7 or 8 years old.
It seems the power source on the motherboard is deteriorating, causing the system to lose its settings unless something has been altered since purchase. Replacing the CR2032 battery should address this problem, but it probably won’t resolve the other issues you’re facing.
PSU performance is dropping and it can't reach its intended capacity anymore. As mentioned by demonix00, simply swap the CMOS battery. You can apply this method to determine PSU wattage using https://seasonic.com/wattage-calculator or https://www.newegg.com/tools/power-supply-calculator/.
Check if unplugging the other two HDDs resolves the problem; if not, move on to step 2. Try removing the video card and using the built-in one—still encounter issues? Proceed to step 3.
If replacing the PSU (aim for 450-500W) works but both HDD and GPU remain problematic, go to step 4.
If the GPU is causing crashes and the integrated graphics work fine, replace the GPU. Otherwise, continue to step 5: replace the motherboard if the board is failing.