Hi there,
I started running into BSOD issues shortly after updating my GPU with Nvidia's drivers on 12/9. I initially assumed that was the cause, so I rolled back to their previous driver, and the system stopped BSODing. On 12/15, they published new drivers which I installed, and ran without issue until Monday of this week.
Starting on Monday, I started getting them more frequently. Steps I have taken since then:
1) Reverted Nvidia Drivers to last known stable driver: 457.51
2) Updated Windows 10
3) Checked for any other drivers that needed updating, everything is up to date.
4) Ran chkdsk, memcheck, etc.
5) I ran memtest86 for 8 passes overnight, 0 errors.
6) I got so frustrated that I just restored Windows, but kept personal files. Still getting BSODs.
7) I bought two new sticks of RAM, and replaced my original sticks.
8) I got BSOD after 1.5 hours after replacing the RAM sticks today.
I asked on reddit techsupport, and they suggested I post here. So far people seem to be convinced its a RAM issue, and barring that, a CPU issue which I really hope it isn't.
Details requested from the thread guide:
Speccy Link: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/eB20ff2vWkKmdrWboA6hIZR
I started running into BSOD issues shortly after updating my GPU with Nvidia's drivers on 12/9. I initially assumed that was the cause, so I rolled back to their previous driver, and the system stopped BSODing. On 12/15, they published new drivers which I installed, and ran without issue until Monday of this week.
Starting on Monday, I started getting them more frequently. Steps I have taken since then:
1) Reverted Nvidia Drivers to last known stable driver: 457.51
2) Updated Windows 10
3) Checked for any other drivers that needed updating, everything is up to date.
4) Ran chkdsk, memcheck, etc.
5) I ran memtest86 for 8 passes overnight, 0 errors.
6) I got so frustrated that I just restored Windows, but kept personal files. Still getting BSODs.
7) I bought two new sticks of RAM, and replaced my original sticks.
8) I got BSOD after 1.5 hours after replacing the RAM sticks today.
I asked on reddit techsupport, and they suggested I post here. So far people seem to be convinced its a RAM issue, and barring that, a CPU issue which I really hope it isn't.
Details requested from the thread guide:
Speccy Link: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/eB20ff2vWkKmdrWboA6hIZR
- System Manufacturer?
- Custom Built - August 2019, stable since then.
- Laptop or Desktop?
- Desktop
- OS
- Windows 10 20H2
- x86 (32bit) or x64 (64bit)?
- x64
- What was original installed OS on system?
- Clean install of Windows 10 from a retail copy purchased at time PC was built
- Age of system? (hardware)
- 1 year, 3~ months
- Age of OS installation?
- 1 year, 3~ months ("Windows Reset" was done this week though)
- Have you re-installed the OS?
- I did a soft restore, but not a full format/reinstall
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
- RAM (brand, EXACT model, what slots are you using?)
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16 // CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 // Slots 2+4 per MOBO recommendation
- Video Card
- Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti
- MotherBoard - (if NOT a laptop)
- Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro Wifi (AM4)
- Power Supply - brand & wattage (if laptop, skip this one)
- Seasonic FOCUS Plus 850 Gold SSR-850FX
- Is driver verifierenabled or disabled?
- Disabled
- What security software are you using? (Firewall, antivirus, antimalware, antispyware, and so forth)
- Windows Defender, nothing else
- Are you using proxy, vpn, ipfilters or similar software?
- No
- Are you using Disk Image tools? (like daemon tools, alcohol 52% or 120%, virtual CloneDrive, roxio software)
- No
- Are you currently under/overclocking? Are there overclocking software installed on your system?
- Everything is stock