PC BSOD while under load

davve146 · May 25, 2021

Hi guys!

Description:

So my PC has had an issue with running demanding titles since it was built, however crashes and bsod's have only in the past year become a consistent occurance. The issue only really arose when I downloaded and played both Rise of the Tomb Raider and Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order. I have been playing other titles such as Battlefield 1, Battlefield 5 and Rainbow Six Siege without any issues. After updating all my drivers from the Asus website, the problems were still happening. After a reflashed BIOS and an updated + reinstalled windows installation, the problem still persists. After trying other things like sfc and DISM, you guessed it, the problem still persists. All of the aforementioned lead me to believe that my PC problem is probably hardware related.

After talking to my local PC retailer, they mentioned that the problem is most likely RAM-related and that I should try other ram modules or swapping the current ones in and out. While I have yet to try this, I wanted to share my issue here in order to seek more opinions on the issue. Below are my system specifications.

System info:

OS - Windows 10 Pro (x64) (Retail version - only OS ever installed on the system)
Age - 4 years
CPU - Intel i5 8600K
GPU - Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 (ROG strix version - factory OC)
MOBO - Asus z370-i gaming (mini-itx)
PSU - Fractal Design Integra 650W
RAM - Corsair Vengeance lpx 3000Mhz 2x8Gb

Dumps and diagnostic data can be seen as pinned attachments.

All help appreciated!

Dumps.zip DESKTOP-4J46S7T_20210525-000001.zip

PwnyTheTiger · May 25, 2021

The error I see in one of these dmp files says "The system detected an overrun of a stack-based buffer in this application. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this application." Which can be solved by doing a simple repair upgrade install of Windows over your current, but you've already tried that, same with running a check of the system disk. However, have you tried running a memory diagnostic tool to check that? Start in safe mode. In the control panel search box, type Memory, and then select Diagnose your computer's memory problems.‌ After the test is run, use Event viewer to view the results under the System log. Look for the MemoryDiagnostics-Results entry to view the results.

Could also be a driver issue, there is a "driver verifier" tool which you could run to check. If all this fails to show any results, then I would assume that it is in fact defective RAM.