BSOD while playing games

[johntoch]

I upgraded my PC about a year ago, and the only part I could upgrade was my GPU (duh), a GTX 960 2GB. Since then, I've had regular BSODs while playing. There isn't a fixed time for them to happen, it can range from half an hour to several hours playing until the BSOD happens (also, the computer sometimes just reboots directly instead of showing the bluescreen first). It doesn't happen with every game; I've encountered problems with games ranging from Rust to Borderlands 3 to Sea of Thieves, while games like Loop Hero, Conan Exiles or Borderlands 2 work flawlessly, so I *guess* it's not a driver issue.

 

I've tried closing every single program running except the game itself, since the new CPU is a Ryzen and therefore the GPU is in charge of rendering everything, to no avail. I've tried underclocking it with MSI Afterburner, dialed up to 100% the fan curve to rule out a temperature issue... Nothing is working. I ran Furmark for about half an hour and nothing happened.

 

I'll attach the dumps, but I can't generate the "perfmon /report" dump because it runs indefinitely the 60 second phase and never ends, so no report is created.

 

Basically, I'd want to rule out a hardware issue and see if there's anything I can do besides not playing those games, because I'd like to keep it alive for a few months before finally caving in and buying a new one.

 

- OS: W10 x64, freshly formatted with the hardware upgrade.

- Age of System: Aside from the GPU, which is around 6 years old, the system is barely a year old.

- CPU: Ryzen 5800X.

- GPU model: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 Gaming G1 WindForce OC 2GB GDDR5.

- Motherboard: MSI B550 Tomahawk.

- Power Supply: BitFenix Whisper 850W Modular Gold.

 

Dumps HERE.

[Valentin17]

Try diferent drivers for your GPU (update to newer version), run command prompt as administrator and type: sfc /scannow, hit enter and wait for it to repair your OS, update your MBO BIOS and remove any overclock (RAM XMP), install the latest chipset b550 drivers from AMD.

 

A would also try to barrow another GPU for test, also try using only one memory module at time to test for a bad memory.

 

I am hoping you are not using some games downloaded from some torrent site and that you are cooling this CPU with a good cooler.

Edited January 9, 2022 by Valentin17

[johntoch]

1 hour ago, Valentin17 said:

Try diferent drivers for your GPU (update to newer version), run command prompt as administrator and type: sfc /scannow, hit enter and wait for it to repair your OS, update your MBO BIOS and remove any overclock (RAM XMP), install the latest chipset b550 drivers from AMD.

 

A would also try to barrow another GPU for test, also try using only one memory module at time to test for a bad memory.

 

I am hoping you are not using some games downloaded from some torrent site and that you are cooling this CPU with a good cooler.

Hey, thanks for the reply!

 

RAM is brand new, same as the rest of the setup: 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance, bought as a set. I did, however, overclock it when I installed everything, if I recall correctly, so I should try to rule that out too. I'll get right to it as soon as I finish working.

 

GPU and chipset drivers are probably not the source of the problem. Since I've had this issue for about a year, I've had enough time to change and update drivers several times.

 

Borrowing another GPU is, at the moment, out of the question, I'm afraid.

 

Games are 100% legit, and the cooler is a Noctua NH-U12S, and a few Noctua fans for case airflow, with temps staying well below 60ºC when things go south.

[Valentin17]

13 minutes ago, johntoch said:

RAM is brand new, same as the rest of the setup: 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance

Ha ha, even a brand new RAM can be a bad one, there is no rule there.

An assumption is the mother of all mistakes, there is no hurt trying things i sugested.