error code 0xc0000005 constantly interrupting my pc experience

[Hara-K1ri]

Hello

 

Long story short: Sunday, during the afternoon, several programs that always run randomly started crashing or just shutting down. Error messages started popping up (a small collection is linked below on imgur). The one constant is the error code 0xc0000005. Sometimes programs start, sometimes they don't. I can perfectly use Chrome, play some games (Destiny 2 atm), but the game platforms do crash constantly (Steam, Blizzard, GOG,...). I can't play anything through WMP for more than a few seconds, VLC crashes on startup, but iTunes has no problem.

I can't really install software, nor can I install Nvidia drivers (but Windows update can install a driver version). Specs below and several "solutions" I attempted.

 

 

These are my specs. I have a 700W powersupply, it's salvaged from a previous build, ocz modxstream pro 700w. CPU isn't overclocked, GPU has a moderate overclock, but seeing as MSI Afterburner crashes on startup, it's not active at the moment. I disabled the XMP profile for now, but it's 3.000MHz memory (CMR16GX4M2C3000C15).

 

 Solutions (and attempts to find faulty hardware) I tried:

• rebooting system
• reinstalling Windows (on the 250gb ssd)
  • as soon as I install software that caused issues on my previous install, errors occurred again
• sfc /scannow
  • during normal operation, safe mode and the recovery mode
• remove one of the memory modules and play around with their positioning
  • position didn't matter, nor did the DIMM I used. errors were consistently occurring.
• remove Nvidia drivers (DDU) and unplug my gpu
• update bios
• Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool
  • no errors, but I don't really trust it
• Memtest86 for approx 5-6 hours
  • 4 passes, 0 errors
• Shout at my pc
• bash my table in frustration

Nothing helped. I think I did the most common attempts to solve it when searching the internet, circumventing some with a clean install. The only thing I haven't tried (as I don't have spare parts) is just removing my memory completely and using a different DIMM. But I would find it quite unlikely that both sticks fail at the same moment as I tried them separately.

 

Any other solutions I could try, or issues? My biggest fear is that my motherboard is going to sh*t right now, as that would leave me without a computer for some time while I wait for the warranty repair/replacement. RAM is less of an issue, I can get some shipped tomorrow. But I don't want to spend a ton of money for RAM I don't need, especially if it won't fix the problem.

 

 

error album

[Skiiwee29]

27 minutes ago, Hara-K1ri said:

 

 Solutions (and attempts to find faulty hardware) I tried:

• rebooting system
• reinstalling Windows (on the 250gb ssd)
  • as soon as I install software that caused issues on my previous install, errors occurred again
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What software? You say here that as soon as you install the software that caused issues previously, the errors started again... well what software was this? Maybe dont install said software?

[pebble guy]

Try a system restore. And/or maybe a cpu stresstest?

[Hara-K1ri]

34 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

What software? You say here that as soon as you install the software that caused issues previously, the errors started again... well what software was this? Maybe dont install said software?

 

Apologies, I should've specified. I generally meant that windows itself is not giving me problems, but as soon as I start loading up my commonly used software, I get error messages.

 

Software like Corsair Link gives me errors, Plex Media Server, Razer Synapse, Geforce Experience, MSI Afterburner, RocketDock, ... These aren't standard programs, but some are quite necessary for my personal experience. These are a handful, but software like steam and blizzard also crash. Can't really play my games if I can't install those applications.

 

 

33 minutes ago, pebble guy said:

Try a system restore. And/or maybe a cpu stresstest?

CPU stresstest is a good idea, I'll see if I still have AIDA64 installed. Otherwise, there's a good chance I just won't be able to install it (some software works, but a lot of .exe files just fail to start properly).

I could do a system restore, but what's the point if the problems also occur on a fresh install of windows? That makes me believe the problem isn't some update that happened on the background that messed things up. I can always give it a shot.

 

EDIT: used AIDA to stresstest cpu. From the moment I started it up, I started getting errors, but the test ran fine for about 5 minutes, than AIDA shut down. max temp was 82 degrees, no throttling. Not sure what I can conclude from this.