[FIX] I managed to fix random BSOD's caused by ntoskrnl.exe.

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Back story:

So I recently upgraded my AMD 7870 GPU to an NVIDIA GTX 770, before this upgrade I had no BSOD's at all except from overclocking too much. After I had updated my BIOS and installed the card and drivers, everything seemed to work fine. I started playing games and very randomly, kept getting blue screens, according to BlueScreenView they were caused by ntoskrnl.exe. I consulted the internet and found out something interesting, someone said that had to do with Fraps. As it turns out, if you have an Nvidia graphics card, and you are getting this particular BSOD, it could be caused by Fraps (only when running). I don't know why, but turning it off, or uninstalling it seems to fix it. I also uninstalled MSI Afterburner and installed EVGA Precision X, and used its native on-screen FPS feature and ditched Fraps altogether.

My best guess as to why this is happening has to do with a possible conflict between Fraps and Afterburner or possibly Shadowplay. I can't tell you why, but this seemed to fix it for me. Just turn off fraps, uninstall afterburner, and use precision x.

I spent half my weekend re-installing drivers and testing RAM, so hopefully this helps some people avoid all that.

I have been playing games for several hours now, and have not had a single BSOD. Usually the BSOD's happened in the first 15 min, so I am currently considering it solved.

EDIT: It turns out that while removing fraps helped with BSOD's, the root of the problem was CPU, voltage. My updated BIOS had bad voltage settings with my FX-8350, and boosting the voltage fixed the problem entirely.

Here are the two dump files that I have:

#1 Here

#2 Here

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Back story:

 

So I recently upgraded my AMD 7870 GPU to an NVIDIA GTX 770, before this upgrade I had no BSOD's at all except from overclocking too much. After I had updated my BIOS and installed the card and drivers, everything seemed to work fine. I started playing games and very randomly, kept getting blue screens, according to BlueScreenView they were caused by ntoskrnl.exe. I consulted the internet and found out something interesting, someone said that had to do with Fraps. As it turns out, if you have an Nvidia graphics card, and you are getting this particular BSOD, it could be caused by Fraps (only when running). I don't know why, but turning it off, or uninstalling it seems to fix it. I also uninstalled MSI Afterburner and installed EVGA Precision X, and used its native on-screen FPS feature and ditched Fraps altogether.

 

My best guess as to why this is happening has to do with a possible conflict between Fraps and Afterburner or possibly Shadowplay. I can't tell you why, but this seemed to fix it for me. Just turn off fraps, uninstall afterburner, and use precision x.

 

I spent half my weekend re-installing drivers and testing RAM, so hopefully this helps some people avoid all that.

 

I have been playing games for several hours now, and have not had a single BSOD. Usually the BSOD's happened in the first 15 min, so I am currently considering it solved.

 

Here are the two dump files that I have:

#1 Here

#2 Here

 

fraps works for me, but msi afterburner also has a built in fps meter and a built in video recorder.