I've been experiencing a frustrating issue while playing Counter-Strike 2 on Windows 10. After about 10-20 minutes of gameplay, the game freezes, and I encounter a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) with the error KERNEL DATA INPAGE ERROR. It seems to make my disk activity spike significantly, and my system takes forever to reboot, often stalling at 0%. I even tried reinstalling CS2 on a different disk, but the problem continues, preventing me from enjoying the game. I'm starting to think it might be a problem with my PC itself, but it's consistently crashing with a BSOD specifically when playing CS2.
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First off, you should try to get some crash dump files for a better diagnosis of the BSOD issue. If you can boot into Windows normally or at least in Safe Mode, check for dump files in C:WindowsMinidump. If they exist, zip the folder and upload somewhere like catbox.moe or mediafire, since Reddit doesn't allow file links. It's best to have multiple dump files for analysis, and make sure your settings are configured for Small Memory Dumps. That way, they won’t overwrite each other. If you've got everything set correctly and still don’t see dump files, there could be issues with your hard drive or motherboard controller that's preventing file creation.
I’ve noticed that if the minidump folder is empty, it might be related to your drive or motherboard setup. If the drive is disconnected, Windows has nowhere to write the dump files. So, check your hardware connections, just to be safe!