I've been getting a few BSODs lately that started after several Windows updates. But in trying to pinpoint what might be causing it, I never get a file written to the Minidump directory anymore. I've tried changing the location to store the files thinking it might be some odd permission thing, have double-checked the settings, undid the settings and saved, redid the correct settings and saved, nothing I do is letting the minidump files be created. Sometimes I've been lucky to be sitting there when the BSOD happens and I might catch a little info, but sometimes the PC just locks up where it's completely unresponsive and I need to reset the PC to recover as the only option.
So first things first... how can I get the minidumps created for a BSOD again? They used to write just fine, the last one I have is from May 14, 2015, and then after that point they just stopped being created. It might just be coincidence (but I'm thinking not at this point), but May 15th is the date the Windows 10 pre-update patch was installed on my system.
System is Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, 16 GB ram; hard drive is WD 2TB Green drive, less than a year old, but I did run chkdsk /f, it found no errors. I've run sfc /scannow and found no errors (after removing some recent Windows updates that have been known to show false corrupt file messages). I've run Memtest86 for 3 passes, no errors. Video card is GTX970 and very new (the old card was a GTX760 but it wasn't replaced because of any problems, just wanted an upgrade and switched the old card to a 2nd PC). It's never one program that causes it, the BSOD or freeze can happen at any time with any combination of programs loaded.
When I dig through the Event Viewer for anything that might look suspicious about what caused the BSOD or lockup, the most that I've found is a generic "The restart at x:xx time was unexpected," and no errors or warnings around that time.
Any suggestions on how to get the minidump files created again, even registry checks or edits? This is starting to drive me crazy.
So first things first... how can I get the minidumps created for a BSOD again? They used to write just fine, the last one I have is from May 14, 2015, and then after that point they just stopped being created. It might just be coincidence (but I'm thinking not at this point), but May 15th is the date the Windows 10 pre-update patch was installed on my system.
System is Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, 16 GB ram; hard drive is WD 2TB Green drive, less than a year old, but I did run chkdsk /f, it found no errors. I've run sfc /scannow and found no errors (after removing some recent Windows updates that have been known to show false corrupt file messages). I've run Memtest86 for 3 passes, no errors. Video card is GTX970 and very new (the old card was a GTX760 but it wasn't replaced because of any problems, just wanted an upgrade and switched the old card to a 2nd PC). It's never one program that causes it, the BSOD or freeze can happen at any time with any combination of programs loaded.
When I dig through the Event Viewer for anything that might look suspicious about what caused the BSOD or lockup, the most that I've found is a generic "The restart at x:xx time was unexpected," and no errors or warnings around that time.
Any suggestions on how to get the minidump files created again, even registry checks or edits? This is starting to drive me crazy.
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