Hello!
There are two symptoms to my problem:
First symptom: I've been having BSODs lately. A lot of them, at least 2 per day. Here is a screenshot from WhoCrashed (it shows only a select few of them, I guess it avoids duplicates):
I am getting mostly the PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA BSOD.
Here's the dump file analysis of the last 3 of them:
https://pastebin.com/H8nzdzQE
https://pastebin.com/HL2Ty9P5
https://pastebin.com/bDMCdJdQ
Second symptom:
Many big files I download seem to have checksum and file integrity errors during installation or unzip operations. Rebooting the PC fixes those errors in almost all scenarios, sometimes I have to unzip/install the file again for the PC to realize that the file is in fact fine. Small files are generally always fine.
My applications sometimes crash for no reason. This happens the most to Chrome tabs, Mozilla Thunderbird and Discord. Those are, however, apps that I use the most so I'd notice it the most.
A sample image of what happens to Chrome tabs (this isn't my screenshot but the symptom is identical):
IMPORTANT:
I have already purchased new RAM sticks since I realized that my MOBO doesn't support anything above DDR3-1600 and my current sticks have a higher CAS latency when downclocked to 1600 so we can disregard corrupted RAM in this thread. If corrupted RAM is in fact the cause of those BSODs it's going to be resolved anyway. For now I'd like to focus on other possible causes.
What I've tried so far:
- increasing the Page File from 8GB to 12GB
- Memtest86 (tested RAM sticks for 4 hours, 0 errors)
- updating all drivers, all are up to date now, problem persists
- switching RAM to the second channel (problem seemed to get worse when I did that, BSODs happened every 30 minutes, might have been coincidental though)
- enabling and disabling the XMP profile for my RAM, tried the JEDEC 1.5V and XMP 1.65V configurations, there seemed to be no difference in BSOD frequency
- health status in BIOS revealed no problems
- unplugging any unnecessary hardware
- checking voltages during heavy load and idle, seemed to be fine although I am not the best in terms of recognizing voltage issues
- reinstalling Windows (from Win7 to Win10, BSODs happened on both systems)
Operating System:
Windows 10
Computer Specs:
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231v3 3.4GHz LGA1150
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H (rev 1.0)
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 (256 bit)
PSU: XFX TS 550W
RAM: G.Skill DDR3 8GB (4GBx2) 2133MHz CL9 Ares LowProfile Dual
I'd appreciate any help because this problem has been boggling me for the past two weeks and I never feel safe when doing work on my PC. I'll be very grateful for any tips. Thank you!
There are two symptoms to my problem:
First symptom: I've been having BSODs lately. A lot of them, at least 2 per day. Here is a screenshot from WhoCrashed (it shows only a select few of them, I guess it avoids duplicates):
I am getting mostly the PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA BSOD.
Here's the dump file analysis of the last 3 of them:
https://pastebin.com/H8nzdzQE
https://pastebin.com/HL2Ty9P5
https://pastebin.com/bDMCdJdQ
Second symptom:
Many big files I download seem to have checksum and file integrity errors during installation or unzip operations. Rebooting the PC fixes those errors in almost all scenarios, sometimes I have to unzip/install the file again for the PC to realize that the file is in fact fine. Small files are generally always fine.
My applications sometimes crash for no reason. This happens the most to Chrome tabs, Mozilla Thunderbird and Discord. Those are, however, apps that I use the most so I'd notice it the most.
A sample image of what happens to Chrome tabs (this isn't my screenshot but the symptom is identical):
IMPORTANT:
I have already purchased new RAM sticks since I realized that my MOBO doesn't support anything above DDR3-1600 and my current sticks have a higher CAS latency when downclocked to 1600 so we can disregard corrupted RAM in this thread. If corrupted RAM is in fact the cause of those BSODs it's going to be resolved anyway. For now I'd like to focus on other possible causes.
What I've tried so far:
- increasing the Page File from 8GB to 12GB
- Memtest86 (tested RAM sticks for 4 hours, 0 errors)
- updating all drivers, all are up to date now, problem persists
- switching RAM to the second channel (problem seemed to get worse when I did that, BSODs happened every 30 minutes, might have been coincidental though)
- enabling and disabling the XMP profile for my RAM, tried the JEDEC 1.5V and XMP 1.65V configurations, there seemed to be no difference in BSOD frequency
- health status in BIOS revealed no problems
- unplugging any unnecessary hardware
- checking voltages during heavy load and idle, seemed to be fine although I am not the best in terms of recognizing voltage issues
- reinstalling Windows (from Win7 to Win10, BSODs happened on both systems)
Operating System:
Windows 10
Computer Specs:
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231v3 3.4GHz LGA1150
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H (rev 1.0)
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 (256 bit)
PSU: XFX TS 550W
RAM: G.Skill DDR3 8GB (4GBx2) 2133MHz CL9 Ares LowProfile Dual
I'd appreciate any help because this problem has been boggling me for the past two weeks and I never feel safe when doing work on my PC. I'll be very grateful for any tips. Thank you!
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