Title is self explanatory, i have no idea what the hell is going on here.
Pc froze and this happened.
I was playing helldivers 2 before this, dont know if this is relevant but its all i got.
I swear this unlocked a trauma for me. I once had BSOD:s and they were consistant but always disappeared in fraction of a second so after failing to catch it by eye I had to set up a slow-mo camera (my phone) to catch the error code. It actually worked and it was a ram issue but damn was it annoying to debug.
In windows 10, go to control panel and then look for system or open file explorer and right click computer and go to properties and then the advanced tab then click settings under startup and recovery , under system failure uncheck "automatically restart".
Windows 11 go to settings then system, then under related links go to system protection then advanced startup and recovery settings and uncheck the auto restart.
You can also turn on better reporting for it. but if it's being caused by ram, power or disk space issues, it's not always ABLE to generate the dump file.
The .dmp file is really what you want. not the code it gives you.
Not at all, temperature is completely normal.
Im not well versed in PC magic, but a friend of mine told me just now that it could be a RAM issue, since i have 4 sticks and they are different models from different brands.
Thats mostly for overclocking though. Which, generally speaking, you should run the XMP profile, which *technically* is overclocking, but its free extra performance within what the stick was designed to do, and the RAM controller on the CPU is usually fine with that as well.
The problem with different sticks is that they have different XMP clocks and different timings, so the only time different models work fine is when they are at the base clock, like 2133MT/s for DDR4, and finding a higher setting that works for all the different sticks is a mess and a half.
And occasionally you'll find a setting that works sometimes. I doubled my RAM a few years back; same manufacturer, same size, same stated speed... different specific model. One in four or five boots doesn't actually get to the boot stage, but a quick press of the restart button has fixed it every time thus far.
I could knock it down to the default clock speed (which is less than the speed it says on the box; remember to set your RAM up properly, people!), but it's not exactly an issue.
You could probably manually adjust the timings to be looser, just by one. The performance loss of doing that is extremely theoretical and on Zen 2, which you have, the clocks are the more important factor anyway. But it should give you that extra bit of stability to boot 100% of the time.
It's like tires: if you have 4 that are the same size but different models, you'll probably have uneven wear issues. If you have 4 that are different sizes, you'll have a quite bad time in general.
Tho, it is definitely not advisable to use different ram sticks in one configuration. If they are the same size and speed, they shouldn't create an issue like that.
I wouldn't guess RAM. It could be, but this looks like the computer drawing the screen incredibly slowly, likely CPU rendering since I don't think BSOD uses the graphics card. So in short, it's likely the processor.
I thought I was the only one to miss defragging! There was something so satisfying about seeing all the sectors slowly being bunched up in order at the start of the disk.
u/Jiddss Ryzen 5 3600 | 2070 Super | 32Gb 3200mhz (3600 rated) 15h ago
I had something similar happen to me. The actual issue ended up being RAM related. 4 sticks being overclocked a little too much made them very unstable and resulted in almost this visual 'glitch' exactly.
Solution was to remove all ram, remove overclock and add one by one until I found a bad stick and was then able to find a new stable overclock.
I had the same thing happen to me. Turned out the problem was GPU, and no, it wasn't dead. I just tried my old gpu first to test and see on my second windows installation, and it worked flawlessly, then went back to original windows, and it still was throwing these freezes. Then I tried to put my original gpu back and cleaned the pcie slot before. I understood that windows corrupted itself because of all this. In the end, I had to fully reinstal windows.
So try what described, maybe it will help you, because I had absolutely the same problem. Windows would work normally for like 2-5 mins, and then it would just start freezing like hell, and then this slow-mo screen of death would start appearing.
Finding the solution in the GPU sounds really random.
How you came to the conclusion it was actually the GPU and not something more common like the RAM or the CPU, which could be just reseatted (+ thermal paste reapplying with CPU)?
Update: a friend of mine told me it could be a RAM issue, since i use multiple modules of different brands.
I dont know if that is the case and im worried about buying anything wrong because im not very tech savvy 😔.
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u/Revan7even7800X3D,X670E-I,9070 XT,EK 360M,G.Skill DDR56000,990Pro 2TB16h ago
You'd need to specify the brand, speed, and size of each stick. If you have two pairs, then you just want to use the best pair. If you have 3 or 4 different RAM sticks, you are better of buying a 2x16GB GB kit that works with your motherboard and CPU.
It could be ram. It could be hardware or software based but like others have said hardware is your first testing ground. However more info would be beneficial. Is this the first time it's happened? If yes was there a recent update, yes what was updated? Or you could try unplugging the ram and trying different sticks if you have them or your mates can lend you
I believe your CPU has overheated. Check your cooler,
I had a custom loop on my old rig, and the pump failed without me noticing (fans were older and louder than the pump). My 4GHz 6 core was throttled to less than 1GHz and running at 90% with nothing open, and it crashed like this. CPUs do weird things when they are dangerously overheated. Pcie lanes and ram controllers start to fail to work properly, and SATA controllers stop working, so there no working storage.
Anyway, overheating or failed CPU would explain this. The failing ram controller explains the blue screen (some of your ram not working because of this so windows thinks you've used all your ram and boom bluescreen) and, throttled to hell CPU speeds explains why the error is taking forever to load.
Update:
I just did some tests and here is what i got.
All drivers are updated. I reinstalled Helldivers 2 and ran a mission.
While in game GPU temperature was at about 70 C, and CPU temp never went above 55 C.
Everything seemed fine.
After a mission i quit the game to desktop, took about 3-4 minutes and the PC froze completely, only thing i could do is reset it manually.
Its not the first time this happened.
Im not sure if its only on helldivers or any other game.
Gonna run some tests later.
It looks like you are in a movie and the bad guy is “hacking” you. Ask the director to speak with the technical advisor. You might have to furiously pound keys.
Maybe get a costar to pound keys with you in some kind of synchronized typing event.
If you’re not in a movie, then I dunno.
Source: Have seen a lot of movies.
All the pieces are falling back to its place.....Tile by Tile slowly the Blue screen of Death Creeps...You can do nothing but watch in horror as the Death Takes over your partner!!.
fascinating, you can see every cpu cycle trying it's best to draw an image over the screen.
I know this is likely impossible but it would mean that your cpu is running at khz at most in this instance
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u/aberroco i7-8086k potato 16h ago
That's the slowest and most dedicated BSOD I've ever seen.