Numerous WHEA-17 faults occurring every second
Numerous WHEA-17 faults occurring every second
I'm seeing numerous WHEA-17 hardware warnings in Event Viewer every minute or so while I play games. It doesn't seem like anything odd is happening during the gameplay; actually, this has been occurring for more than a month now, even though I rarely check Event Viewer. Sometimes it disappears completely for days before it returns. There are no unusual temperature readings or performance drops, just occasional slowdowns or stutters—especially noticeable on my mobile Ryzen 7. Overall, everything else looks fine. My system specs include a Ryzen 7 7435HS with 32GB DDR5 memory, an RTX 4060 graphics card, and a 8GB RAM module. I'm using Windows 11 Home 24H2, connected via external keyboard and a 16" OLED display over USB 3.2/DisplayPort Alt mode. The AMD chipset drivers were recently updated, along with the laptop's BIOS. I've disabled PCIE power management settings as some recommendations suggested, but it didn't make a difference. Playing Dead Space Remake this evening generated hundreds of these errors every few minutes. Performance remains within expected ranges for my machine, except when games are poorly optimized or CPU-intensive. Some forum users reported similar issues and mentioned Asus hasn't released a fix since they claim it won't impact performance. It's still a bit worrying.
No, the SSD does not currently have the latest firmware installed.
They source their GPU drivers from Nvidia's official resources, while using custom firmware from Asus for hardware support.
well I don't know what else you can try to do... WHEA warnings are concerning, it's typical Asus and their poor customer service to decide they won't patch it... You could try to make use of the warranty if you have any. Talk to the reseller and ask for a different model from a different manufacturer. But the risk is they would just test it and say that it just works, then do nothing about it.... WHEA warnings doesn't have to be a faulty hardware. It could also be bugged driver, bugged firmware, bugged bios.... I had an older pc with WHEA warnings that disappeared once I updated bios.
I've already installed new RAM and an SSD, which cost a lot of money in NZD. Now I don't have the original parts left, so I'm not sure if I should buy another model unless something is wrong with the hardware. All other things on the laptop are functioning properly.
Interesting observation. A Dead Space remake frequently introduces numerous mistakes, whereas Battlefront II (which is more CPU and GPU intensive) and Forever Skies (less demanding) avoid these issues entirely, suggesting a game-dependent problem. 3Dmark also doesn’t contribute to this behavior.
Recently, there have been problems with Nvidia drivers. The 572.xx releases caused significant issues for many users, while the newer 576.xx versions continue to present challenges for some.