Various shades of BSOD appearances exist.
Various shades of BSOD appearances exist.
Hey, I'm having issues with my PC. It's crashing repeatedly every couple of minutes. I tried opening Forza Horizon 5 and noticed it only crashes occasionally—usually once a day. After downloading OCCT and running a stress test, everything seemed normal except for Power and CPU tests. It would crash on Power with a BSOD saying "Page fault in non paged area" and on one CPU test with "System thread exception not handled." The first CPU tests showed this error info: 0 0 : 0 0 :00 - Info - Test schedule started at 2024-04-14 0 0 : 5 1 :42 0 0 : 0 0 :00 - Info - CPU - Started (Duration : 0 1 : 0 0 :00 ) ... and then multiple errors on physical core #2. I also got a crash during a test with 13 errors found on core #4. These are the most common BSODs I see: it seems like an irql not less or equal system service exception, kernel security check failure, and a kernel thread priority violation.
What I did: Reinstalled Windows, reinstalled from a USB drive, updated drivers, and BIOS. Also bought replacement parts—Power Supply, Mainboard, RAM, SSD. When I first installed Windows via USB, it worked fine, but once the installation started on the SSD, it would crash after a few minutes. It took me about 12 hours to complete the setup without any crashes.
I'm not an expert, and I'm really struggling right now. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Only these hardware adjustments are needed. Please confirm XMP (or DOCP on AMD) and CSM are disabled. Disabling them helps ensure stability, especially with Windows 11 or later versions of Windows 10. Turning off XMP/DOCP reduces the chance that overclocked RAM causes crashes. Also, let us know the type of SSD you're using—preferably a SATA SSD, and consider switching to IDE mode if possible.
It's a Fanxiang S101 SSD 1TB, I'll go through the next steps and keep you informed.
I also verified XMP and CSM were disabled. I occasionally enable them for a Switch Emulator, but the issue remains. I checked my SATA settings in the BIOS—AHCI is active, but I can only switch to RAID, which prevents booting altogether, so I reverted it.
Which processor are you using? If you've experienced other BSODs, visit C:\Windows\Minidump to see if any minidump files exist. If present, return to the Windows directory and transfer the Minidump folder to your Downloads folder (or use your desktop if OneDrive isn't available). Compress the copied folder and include it in a post. Please adhere strictly to the provided steps since Windows doesn't allow changes there.
Minidump.zip – here are my details:
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050ti
GPU Core: Ryzen 5 3600x 6
CPU: Intel 1TB Fanxiang S101
Storage: M.2 B550 Gaming X V2
Motherboard: 850W bequiet
Power Supply: 16GB RAM
If you don't tag the person by either @username or replying using the Reply button, we don't get a notification. The dump files look like memory. You can try testing one RAM stick at a time, but Zen 2 CPUs (3000, 4000 and a few 5000 series CPUs) has a quirk where a faulty CPU almost always looks like memory. So because of the OCCT test showing CPU errors, I lean towards the CPU. Just run OCCT with one stick at a time, if it crashes/shows errors with either stick, it's the CPU. If you have done any overclocking/undervolting, remove it. You can also try updating the BIOS. There is only one newer version, but it's worth a shot. When finding your board, it's either the 1.3 or 1.4 revision. I don't think it matters which one because both of these revisions have the same checksum hash value for their BIOSes which means that they should be identical, but the revision should be printed somewhere on the board if you want to make certain. You change revision on the site by clicking the numbers:
It looks like the processor might be the issue, so I'll replace it once I've got the funds and let you know. Thanks!
It seems the CPU is the most probable culprit. I tend to avoid sounding too precise about these things, since problems like a faulty PSU or motherboard issues could also be at play. We only notice the component that fails.