Hi,
I bought following components back in February 2016 and it has been running perfectly:
- Motherboard MSI Z170A Tomahawk AC ATX (stock 1.10)
- Intel Core i5-6600K (latest updade)
- EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4 GB (latest update)
- HyperX Fury memory 2x4GB DDR4 2666 MHz
- WD blue 2 TB
- Samsung SM951 256 GB
- Corsair RM550x
- windows 10
However on 03 december 2019 i got a BSOD (WHEA uncorrectable error stuck a 0%) at the moment i clicked start button to shut down my PC.
When i tried to boot, I get a BSOD during start-up or after a few seconds when in windows.
However i found on the 05 December that turning the "Game boost" option ON (not OFF) in the MSI bios, my PC just works fine. (have been using it daily ever since).
Now last weekend i turned the Gameboost off in hopes of that this issue was kind of caused by i a bug, but I still get the same BSOD.
Luckily I still can solve this issue with turning my gameboost ON, but it just makes me nervous that this issue still isnt solved and im scared that this may damage my hardware over time.
When i turn Gameboost on MSI bios says following changes are made:
- Intel C-state: [auto] → [Disabled]
- Long duration power limit (W): [Auto] → [255]
- Short Duration Power limit (W): [Auto] → [255]
- CPU current limit (A): [Auto] → [256]
When i turn the Gameboost OFF following changes are made:
- Intel C-state: [Disabled] → [auto]
- CPU ratio: [41] → [auto]
- DRAM frequency: [DDR4-2400 (18x100.00x1.33)] → [auto]
- CPU Core voltage 1.320V: [1.320] → [auto]
- DRAM voltage 1.200V: [1.200] → [auto]
- EIST: Disables → enabled
- Long duration power limit (W): [255] → [auto]
- Short Duration Power limit (W): [255] → [auto]
- CPU current limit (A): [256] → [auto]
No EZ led light are red on the motherboard.
I cant find a minidump or dump files map in windows folder.
Any ideas what causes the BSOD when gameboost is OFF? What has the highest probability of the gameboost settings that fixes this issue? Is this 100 % related to my CPU only?
TLDR: PC worked perfect for 4 years → BSOD on start up (WHEA correctable error) → solved by turning gameboost ON. If gameboost turned back off, same BSOD.
