Many computers have hundreds of WHEA-17 Hardware Error messages every single minute!
Many computers have hundreds of WHEA-17 Hardware Error messages every single minute!
I'm seeing hundreds of WHEA-17 Hardware errors pop up in the Event Viewer every couple minutes I play games. Nothing weird is happening in the games themselves; in fact, I've had this going on for over a month before I even noticed it because I don't usually check that window anyway. Sometimes it goes away for days and comes back later. As far as temperature or general performance go, everything looks fine with the little stuttering when loading things (which is expected since I'm using my mobile Ryzen 7 laptop), but otherwise it's pretty good.
Here are my specs: a Ryzen 7 7435HS running on 32GB of DDR5-4800 RAM, paired with an RTX 4060 Mobile card in an NVIDIA Samsung 990 Evo Plus 2TB drive. I also used to have a Micron 2400E 500GB hard drive with the old laptop, and it had the same problem then too. My OS is Windows 11 Home (version 24H2) on an AMD chipset. I updated my drivers a few weeks ago and refreshed the BIOS as well. I also turned off PCIE link state power management back in time when some other people mentioned that, but it didn't help at all.
I tried playing the Dead Space remake this evening and it logged hundreds of these errors for every single minute or two I spent on screen. Performance is normal enough for me to expect given how my machine works, and games are usually pretty smooth unless they're poorly made or very CPU-heavy. Someone else told me on forums that this affects a lot of motherboards and laptops, and one guy from Asus said they wouldn't be rolling out a fix because it doesn't slow things down. That makes me think I'm not alone in worrying about it?
These errors show up like this: " A corrected hardware error has occurred. Component: PCI Express Root Port Error Source: Advanced Error Reporting (PCI Express) Primary Bus: Device:Function: 0x0:0x1:0x1 Secondary Bus: Device:Function: 0x0:0x0:0x0 Primary Device Name: PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_14B8&SUBSYS_1F131043&REV_00 Secondary Device Name:" (I had to add some spaces because it kept turning into emojis instead of readable text).
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PSU: tell me the make, model, and wattage, plus how old it is and if it's in good shape. Has it been used a lot for gaming or editing? Or did you ever try to mine crypto? = = = = Turn it off, unplug everything, and take the box apart. Clean out all the dust and junk. Check carefully with your eyes and hands that every wire, card, RAM stick, connector, and screw is fully stuck in place. Use a light to look closely for any damage: see exposed metal, melting spots, bent or pinched wires, rust, wet spots, brown or black patches, swollen parts, cracks, loose screws, etc...
- Asus OEM 240w power brick - New laptop bought two months ago - Used for heavy gaming several hours each day, nothing else. - Both times I opened it up. - To upgrade the RAM and SSD - there were no signs of damage, loose connectors, or strange dust buildup. - Further digging shows the device code as reference to "RTX 4050 Mobile". That's really odd since I have a 4060.