Hey everyone, I've been struggling with my PC crashing and showing BSODs for years now, and it's getting worse. I've tried a ton of things to fix it, including:
- Clean installing GPU drivers
- Swapping GPUs; currently using a 4060
- Replacing my RAM with brand new sticks
- Trying different RAM slots and booting with just one stick
- Clean installing Windows to a new SSD
- Updating my BIOS and Windows
- Running all the usual system checks like sfc /scannow and DISM commands
- Turning various features on and off like XMP and secure boot
- Changing the thermal paste and cooler for my CPU
It seems like it crashes more often when I'm typing something, which is super frustrating. This issue happens on both Windows 10 and 11. Here are my specs:
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4060
- CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
- RAM: Crucial Pro RAM DDR4 32GB
- Motherboard: Tomahawk B450 Max
- PSU: Seasonic GX 550
If anyone has any ideas or things I can try, I'd really appreciate it! I've even uploaded some of my recent minidumps if anyone is willing to help with analysis.
2 Answers
Given the info you provided, I suspect there may be an issue with your CPU. Sometimes these problems show up when the CPU is idle, but since your crashes seem to happen while using the computer, it might still be worth testing.
Try using Ryzen Master to disable core 0 on your CPU and see if that helps. That core usually handles the most tasks, but it might be failing or having issues that cause crashes. Let me know how that goes!
Wow, I can’t believe you suggested that! I’ve been fighting these BSODs forever. If this works, I owe you big time!
It sounds like you’ve gone through a lot of troubleshooting steps already! One thing that can help figure out what's going wrong is checking your dump files. They contain crash logs that can provide clues about what's causing the BSODs.
You can find them in the C:WindowsMinidump folder. If you have any dump files, zip them up and upload them to a file-sharing site like catbox.moe or mediafire.com. This way, we can look at them to see if there’s a common issue causing the crashes!
Great suggestion, I’ll give that a shot and report back! I’m really hoping this is the fix since I’ve replaced so many other parts.