System issues/CRC errors/Random restarts Experience instability, crashes, or BSODs frequently.
System issues/CRC errors/Random restarts Experience instability, crashes, or BSODs frequently.
Hey there! I believe I’ve got a good grasp of it, but I’d love some feedback from the community. My setup uses unRAID and has these specs: ASUS B550-F Gaming Ryzen 9 3950X with 64GB RAM (split into four 16GB modules), Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200MHz DDR4 EVGA GTX 1070, two NVMe SSDs (now removed from the system), and two 16TB WD Gold drives for magnetic NAS storage. The issue started when unRAID began rebooting randomly; logs didn’t show much, but it was clear the array was crashing because of encryption. I updated the BIOS briefly and it worked temporarily. I tried installing Windows 11 on one SSD, but kept hitting a WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR during certain steps. Eventually, Windows 11 installed with a specific ISO, though Windows 10 refused every time. When trying to install ASUS Armory Crate (due to my hesitation with Windows updates and driver installs), the system would always crash with the same error. After running MemTest86+, CPU tests, Prime95 for over 24 hours, and FurMark for a day, everything passed. The GPU also performed well. I’m starting to think the problem might be related to the motherboard or its chipset—it only fails under specific actions like driver updates. Once the OS is running, stress tests stayed stable until I tried anything driver-related. I have another motherboard ordered for tomorrow and would appreciate any insights on whether my reasoning is correct.
Open Event Viewer to locate warnings related to WHEA problems. These entries will list the vendor and PCI identifiers of the affected device. It might indicate a failing hard drive or a malfunctioning motherboard.
I'll handle that after Windows restores on the device; it seems improbable given how many of my cache drives are affected, and the NVMes are currently gone. Thank you for confirming the situation—dying drives do happen with several of them, and I appreciate your support. Good to hear you're on the right track! @OddOod
Windows displays WHEA-Logger warnings 46 and 47, yet memtest found no issues. It seems the next action should be swapping out the motherboard and checking if the problem lies in the RAM socket, and if so, that would be great! Otherwise...