Suddenly experiencing bizarre BSOD messages unexpectedly...
Suddenly experiencing bizarre BSOD messages unexpectedly...
Hey all, I've recently come across a multitude of BSODS with my system with stop codes ranging from memory related issues to driver related issues and general stuff as well. Over the last 2 days I've sorted out the driver related issues with a fresh install of Win 10 with clean fresh drivers for all my hardware. But I have kinda reached a brick wall with the memory related BSODS. It seemed at first to be faulty ram, so I ran each of my ddr4 ram sticks individually in dimm slot 2 through memtest86 fully, then with both of them in dimm slots 2 and 4 fully. Memtest did not find any errors in all of those tests. Oddly enough, when using only 1 stick of ram (either of them) in dimm 2, windows runs perfectly fine.
Now I've been reading a bit online and it seems that this issue could still be ram related, or it could be fault of a bent pin in the cpu or a failing motherboard. My question to you all is, which option should I start looking into (and if possible how) since my replacement thermal paste isn't coming till the 17th, I can't diagnose the bent pin till then really, as this is my main PC for school and such.
Thanks for reading this wall of text written from frustration!
All the best,
Tony.
Yes, the BSODs will persist even after removing the XMP profile from your RAM and running them at default speed.
I don't believe I've run them consistently with xmp on either profile. I've tried both default and xmp speeds to check, and it appears that regardless of the configuration, using two RAM sticks together always causes issues. But with just one stick, it functions properly whether or not xmp is enabled.
Hello Tormin4.
This seems to be a pretty rare scenario, but it could be that the DIMM slots themselves are faulty, but there could be a few other reasons. For starters, check if you have XMP enabled (as Nemesia asked). If enabled, disable it. If you are overclocking, underclocking, or have changed voltages, reset those settings too. There is a very good reason why people tell you to disable overclocks if you experience blue screens. Now, I would not go as far as blaming the motherboard just yet, however.
You also have access to the bigger MEMORY.DMP file if you want to review it; it's expected to be quite noisy and about 400 mb in size.
No worries. The crash dump details the bug check. If you encounter more blue screens, please share them. I'll start analyzing right away.