Constant BSOD

[ItsRydako]

Started a while ago whenever I would play Borderlands 3 my pc would Blue screen and crash. Then after a while every game started blue screening, even basic web browsing would cause the pc to blue screen. Issue is every time it blue screens there is a different error so impossible to narrow it down.

 

Did a fresh windows on multiple different hard drives, still the same result.

 

Last crash was "system thread exception not handled" when trying to restart the pc

 

Specs:

Windows 10 Pro

Asus Prime Z390-A

Intel Core i9-9900k

32 GB trident Z 3200Mhz

MSI Nvidia 1080

EVGA 850 P2

[ChrisLoudon]

33 minutes ago, ItsRydako said:

Started a while ago whenever I would play Borderlands 3 my pc would Blue screen and crash. Then after a while every game started blue screening, even basic web browsing would cause the pc to blue screen. Issue is every time it blue screens there is a different error so impossible to narrow it down.

 

Did a fresh windows on multiple different hard drives, still the same result.

 

Last crash was "system thread exception not handled" when trying to restart the pc

 

Specs:

Windows 10 Pro

Asus Prime Z390-A

Intel Core i9-9900k

32 GB trident Z 3200Mhz

MSI Nvidia 1080

EVGA 850 P2

Hi buddy,

 

If you've ruled out a 'Windows Issue' then its time to start swapping out components or at the every least narrow down the culprit.

 

You should also install a hardware monitoring program like HWInfo to allow you to see Realtime PC stats like temp / clock speed / usage. You can then set it to log, fire up a game then review the log after your PC has crashed and restarted. You might find its as simple as too high temps or the cpu vcore is dipping too low under load.

 

If you have any compatible spares then start swapping stuff out one at a time until the problem is fixes.

 

If you don't then try the following:

 

1. Disable any OC (Run everything at stock)

2. Run your ram at stock speed (disable XMP)

3. Remove all your Ram and try booting with one stick at a time and try all slots individually

4. Remove the 1080 and use the 9900k's iGPU

5. Check all PSU cables

6. Remove CPU and reseat

7. Remove CPU cooler and check contacts, mounting pressure and thermal compound

 

A good tip is when troubleshooting hardware problems that involve removing and reseating components is to do the whole lot on a bit of cardboard (bench build) then once satisfied everything is ok the pop back into the case.

[YoloSwag]

You can try the old sfc /scannow at windows powershell to check if windows is fine.

I'd also do a super clean uninstall of GPU drivers via DDU in safe mode then reinstall the latest whql one.

[ItsRydako]

Thank you for the suggestions, i'll give them a try this weekend. Unfortunately I have a custom loop in the PC so it might take some time to get everything out haha.

[StDragon]

A BSOD is a kernel panic. Typically it's bad hardware (such a RAM or improper timing or voltages applied to the DIMMs) or device driver related. Though Anti-malware programs can occasionally be the culprit too, but that's more rare nowadays.

 

The real question to ask is if these are random, or the fault is consistent with a driver or component? If it's random, it's usually hardware such as CPU,  RAM, or MB. If it's consistent, it's related to a specific piece of hardware (GPU, network card, hard drive, sound card, etc).

 

Start off by reading the BSOD log files in a more easy to understand format. Two utilities worth looking at in links below.

 

•  https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
•  https://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed