[Fixed] BSOD - - - Crashing out of nowhere - - I have no idea what to do next?
[Fixed] BSOD - - - Crashing out of nowhere - - I have no idea what to do next?
Hello, I have a problem with my computer few last days (I bought the PC at April this year). Just to describe the problem. One day I was peacefully playing Counter Strike with my brother and then it happened. The screen freeze and he scary BSOD shows up. So, I have just restarted PC and went back in game after few minutes it happened again... and again. I ended in the situation I personally called BSOD hell . I turned my PC on, log in to the system, 10 seconds is everything loading up, freeze, BSOD, and again. I tried some repairs (not relevant for now), nothing helped so I reinstalled Windows and I was setting everything up using Armoury Crate software from ASUS to get the latest drivers and then it happened again, with the clean install of the Windows, just updating a drivers. I ended in the BSOD hell again. So I reinstalled the computer again. I was more conscious about the next steps, so I let the Windows get everything (updates, security), then I started to update drivers one by one. I installed one driver and restart a computer, waited for a while and then the next driver and so on. I installed the latest drivers for everything. Everything worked just fine. Except that I found that one of the memory stick (DRAM 0 slot) shows up 0,5 degree temperature in the BIOS. Weird, right? I was like, cool I found the issue, it is the RAM stick with weird contact. I pulled out both sticks, switched them if the temperature will be now in the DRAM 1 slot. It was not, all looked great. So I took Prime95 and gave it 3 hours of stress testing. No crash, not a single issue. So I started installing next software like Steam, etc. After a day of happiness the stealthy BSODs came back. Just a few, not the whole BSOD hell. So I start debugging. Event viewer + Google if something suits my case. I found that the HyperX Cloud 7.1 USB sound card was making troubles so I updated firmware. One issue down but it was not relevant to the BSOD. So I went deeper the WinDbg + Google. I have two types of BSOD errors - CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT and MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION . I googled that should be issue with the RAM, thus I run Memtest86 several times for each stick, all good, 0 errors. BTW the DRAM 1 slot (stick from DRAM 0 slot with 0,5 temp) shows the weird temperature again (was good). I have no clue what should I do next. Help me please. Everything was perfect since I bought this PC, but the few last days it is a struggle. HW INFO: MB: ASUS ROG STRIX B660-I GAMING WIFI CPU: Intel Core i5-13600KF RAM: Corsair 32GB KIT DDR5 5600MHz CL36 Vengeance SSD: Kingston KC3000 NVMe 2TB PSU: Corsair RM850 White (2021) Windows 11 Pro TLDR: My computer throws two types of BSOD out of nowhere. CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT and MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION. One of the RAM stick shows weird temperature. No overclocking was done at all. All is stock. I have: Reinstalled Windows (twice) Prime95 stress tested whole system for a few hours with the latest drivers installed Memtested both memory sticks multiple times without errors. I have the latest drivers and updates everywhere. Checked with all the manufacturers . Google Drive folder with dump files <- DUMP files here I can buy a new part and return the broken one, no problem, but I can not buy a whole new PC.
Thanks a lot! I made all these parts myself. The BIOS is old (version 1620) and uses 64-bit code. My memory sticks are labeled "CMK32GX5M2B5600C36W".
Welcome to this forum! Reinstalled Windows (two times) Where did you get the installer for the operating system? Did you install it with offline mode and manually add all the needed drivers that are most recent, right-click on the installer and run it as an administrator?
Thanks! The installer was a factory reset. I tested the online option but it didn't work. Everything is set up through Armoury Crate on ASUS.