BSOD while gaming

Projos

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Always getting BSOD when I run PUBG or had it running before a restart. This acours at some random time it seems but mostly when ingame. It's some kernel issue when I look into the minidump file. For some reason I don't even get a minidump file every crash. Also some times it said that C Media driver caused the crash. That would be from the soundcard so I removed it it worked a little better but still was crashing. I also monitored the temps sometimes and it seemed fine. Crash adress the last few times was always "ntoskrnl.exe+175930" driver "ntoskrnl.exe"
Anyone got a idea what I can try to fix this?

My system:
ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4

i5 6600K @ 4,5 GHz

Thermalright HR-02 Macho Rev.B

RipJaws V 16 GB 3000 MHz (Run Memtest one pass no errors)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G (1430 MHz)

Samsung EVO 850 250 GB
Seagate ST1000DM003 1 TB

ASUS Xonar DGX

Straight Power 10 500 W

Win 10
 
Projos said:
Always getting BSOD when I run PUBG or had it running before a restart. This acours at some random time it seems but mostly when ingame. It's some kernel issue when I look into the minidump file. For some reason I don't even get a minidump file every crash. Also some times it said that C Media driver caused the crash. That would be from the soundcard so I removed it it worked a little better but still was crashing. I also monitored the temps sometimes and it seemed fine. Crash adress the last few times was always "ntoskrnl.exe+175930" driver "ntoskrnl.exe"
Anyone got a idea what I can try to fix this?

My system:
ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4

i5 6600K @ 4,5 GHz

Thermalright HR-02 Macho Rev.B

RipJaws V 16 GB 3000 MHz (Run Memtest one pass no errors)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X+ 8G (1430 MHz)

Samsung EVO 850 250 GB
Seagate ST1000DM003 1 TB

ASUS Xonar DGX

Straight Power 10 500 W

Win 10
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Sounds like a stability issue to me, you need to thoughly test your overclock, 1 pass of memtest isnt close to enough, and how about testing the CPU too, id run memtest all night tonight, see if theres any errors in the morning, if there is, these could relate to either the RAM or the CPU memory controller, also need to run a decent test for your CPU, for a quick test you can run 50 passes of IBT standard settings, that will take about 15 mins, but should give you some idea, maxed out settings on IBT 10 passes will take about 2 hours, but that will let you know for sure if you're stable or not.

"ntoskrnl.exe+175930" driver "ntoskrnl.exe" the strange part of this is although these errors relate to the Kernal itself, whilst gaming, its usually the nvidia driver that throws up these errors, however, you have an ATI card...…...did you previously have an nVidia card that you've not fully uninstalled the drivers for previously ? if this is the case, then it makes sense, theres conflicting driver issues.
 
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Just ran IBT 50 passes on standard passed the test. But got pretty hot... I will run memtest tonight and see what that does. I did not have any Nvidia software on my PC. Never had an Nvidia GPU in this system. What I did notice in some minidumps that C Media driver was causing the crash that is the driver from the soundcard. But removing the card did not fix the problem.
 
Did 8 passes in 19h no errors. I guess RAM is fine than? Does Memtest run it with 3000MHz or just the standard 2133MHz? Maybe thats causing some problem with the XMP 2.0 profile? I will run IBT now on maxed out settings and see what it does.
 
Just started a stress test one core went up to 93°C. Thats not good I guess. I ended it to be safe for now and see what you guys think.
 
Replace the thermal compound - kryonaut is pretty nice.

I'd also consider upgrading the CPU heatsink at the same time, easier to do now rather than later.
 
I replaced it yesterday and cleaned out the PC. But I just used the thermal paste that came with the cooler. Got down to 86 C in IBT after that. I wanted to upgrade my heatsink for a while. But I don't know what cooler I should get. What are good coolers without getting to expensive?
 
Projos said:
I replaced it yesterday and cleaned out the PC. But I just used the thermal paste that came with the cooler. Got down to 86 C in IBT after that. I wanted to upgrade my heatsink for a while. But I don't know what cooler I should get. What are good coolers without getting to expensive?
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Youu can pick uup AIO's pretty cheap now a days, even check ebay for them
 
Projos said:
AIO Water cooling? Is it really that much better than a good air cooler?
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depends on how much you want to spend on one, it will be better than a mid range air cooler and a lot quieter, some high end air coolers, cost more than an AIO but are only on a par with an AIO, personally ive never used one, but maybe someone else can shed some light on them, im custom water cooling, and that's close to £350 id say.
 
I don't want to put a custom water cooling in that system for sure. Got a package temp of 66°C while playing PUBG. It's a CPU intense game thats not even that bad I think. Thought maybe I put a Darkrock 3 Pro or something in it.
 
Projos said:
I don't want to put a custom water cooling in that system for sure. Got a package temp of 66°C while playing PUBG. It's a CPU intense game thats not even that bad I think. Thought maybe I put a Darkrock 3 Pro or something in it.
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Well that's going to cost you £65 plus postage, heres what that same £65 would cost you going AIO if you chose that route:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NZXT-Kra...770195?hash=item4b42f305d3:g:cigAAOSwcARa8MlJ Supposed to be very good

Not sure about the rest of these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zalman-C...406252?hash=item2cd3b4db6c:g:kf4AAOSwqrZa7FBe

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ID-COOLI...28575464?epid=20010930162&hash=item33d5b278e8 ID Cooling make the fans for the coolermaster kits

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cooler-m...355717?hash=item41e15591c5:g:hbsAAOSw99Ra5vw5
 
No outside links allowed - if you have the space for a double fan, you'll be able to run both slower; NZXT is good.

Single fan only, I like the Zaalman.
 
CLC do have a lifespan of (5 years?) - factor this in if buying second hand.

They can & do run longer - I mean the manufacturer's recommended lifespan on average for a large number of them, not specific examples.
 
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