Lately, my PC has been crashing full applications and sometimes closing individual browser tabs without any apparent reason. It seems to happen more often when I'm putting stress on the system, like when I'm loading a new world in a game or joining a voice chat. Occasionally, my PC detects an error and forces a restart. Here are some of the errors I've seen before it restarts: Paged fault in non-paged area (0x50), Reference by pointer (0x18), and System service exception (03xb). I've tried several troubleshooting methods including DISM Scan, SFC Scan, Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool, Windows Memory Diagnostic, chkdsk /f /r, reseating my RAM sticks, and running malware and virus scans. However, I haven't yet reinstalled many of my drivers, but it's possible that I might have done it previously and just forgotten. I'm looking for additional troubleshooting steps or solutions before I resort to reinstalling drivers. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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This definitely sounds like a RAM issue. Have you thought about running your PC with just one RAM stick to see if that helps? Sometimes, faulty RAM can cause weird crashes like this.
I haven't tried that yet, but I did run a memory test that came back clean. Really hoping it's not a RAM problem since I have 64GB of DDR5, and replacing it would be pricey!