Occasional BSODs with unmounted boot devices
Occasional BSODs with unmounted boot devices
Hey there, early this year I assembled my new setup (i9-13900k, asus maximus z690 hero, asus rtx 2080, 2x16gb gskill tridentz ddr5-6400, corsair rm750x, samsung evo 980 pro 1tb pcie 4.0, samsung evo 970 evo plus 1tb pcie 3.0, some Lian Li AIO). Then I began experiencing strange BSODs, starting with loops and eventually the system would enter BIOS, with the boot drive not appearing. After removing and reinserting the RAM, it would simply launch Windows as if nothing occurred. Details: XMP remains disabled, RAM speed is 4000MHz, BIOS is up to date, Intel ME drivers are installed. I’ve crafted my own cables for 24pin and 2x8pin connections, hoping that might be the cause soon. Windows 11 64bit observations: The timing of these BSODs appears unpredictable, sometimes linked to the sign-in screen, occasionally when a friend joined a Discord channel, and other times during reboots. Uptime between incidents seems random, ranging from 18 hours to three weeks. Troubleshooting attempts: I swapped the boot drive and reinstalled Windows, but that didn’t resolve it. Asus support only requests images of my RAM (available on their official compatibility list on the MBs website). I’m running out of ideas and don’t want to send them in. Hope this helps anyone reading.
it will become a RAM problem, test the machine with just one stick of RAM to check its stability in that setup
Thanks for answering, will try. However I am unsure about this being a great solution - if that is stable, is it a mainboard issue? I don't want to live with just one memory stick for the rest of this computer's lifetime haha Forgot to mention that this is the third ram kit I tried, I originally had two 2x16gb kits from corsair that weren't listed on the compat list (my bad for not paying attention, but the problem stayed the same), so I doubt that the ram itself is the problem..