Is my PC having many Blue Screen of Death crashes?
Is my PC having many Blue Screen of Death crashes?
Hello, I keep getting BSODs on my PC. I swapped out my case, memory, and fan. I thought the 16 GB of Patriot Viper RAM was the problem, but now I'm using 8 GB of Corsair Vengeance. I also updated the BIOS and put a new copy of Windows 11 in there, yet it's still happening. Here are my specs: CPU is a Ryzen 5 3600 Motherboard is an MSI B450M Bazooka Plus GPU is a Radeon RX 6600 PSU is a 650W RAM is Corsair Vengeance at 2400mhz with 8GB. Here is the minidump: Minidump Thank you, I hope someone can help me.
All of these tests fail with different error messages, and they all happen while running kernel functions. That plus the fact that a Windows reinstall didn't help strongly suggests your hardware is the problem, likely pointing to RAM as the main suspect. I see you've already changed the RAM, so maybe it's the RAM slot or even the motherboard itself? It might be worth stress testing the CPU too, because that could be the issue. Download Prime95 and run all three tests (small FFTs, large FFTs, and Blend) one at a time for at least two hours each. This will make your CPU run hot, so also download a temperature monitor like CoreTemp and stop the test if the CPU gets too hot. The max operating temp for your CPU is 95C. If it BSODs (Blue Screen of Death), crashes, Prime95 reports errors, or if the CPU gets too hot, then stop the test and tell us what happened.
I do small FFTs for fifteen minutes and they work fine. But when I try big FFTs right away, I get some errors. Is this because my motherboard is broken?
There is definitely something wrong with the equipment here, but figuring out exactly what could be causing it might be hard. The big FFT test and the Blend tests also use up a lot of RAM and check how fast your computer reads that data, so if they fail, it probably means you have bad memory. Still, it could be a problem with the motherboard or the power supply unit too, but I think it's more likely to be something inside the CPU itself. Hardware is not my area of expertise, so I'm hoping people who know about these things and have seen good Prime95 results will step up and help us figure this out.
I tried running OCCT (auto) for 30 minutes to see if my power supply was the problem. But when I ran the CPU test, the computer crashed with BSOD errors instead of showing anything useful. Then I did a second test and found that there is almost no thermal paste on the new CPU fan I installed. This is happening on my son's machine too. Also, even after changing both RAM sticks, the LED light stays on for the CPU when it should be off. Is this a motherboard or processor failure? How can I tell if I need to replace just one part instead of buying two new ones? Will this lead to more problems later in life?
I don't know OCCT well at all, but looking at that picture shows signs of bad performance on the computer. As I mentioned, fixing hardware isn't my main thing to do here, so you need to check if there are real problems going on. My guess is your problem comes from the CPU instead of other things. If it were me, I would swap out the CPU first just to make sure everything works right.