Win 10 (occasional) random BSODs

[flexy]

I am getting those ever since I built this system, for many months. The BSODs are coming occasional (maybe 5-6 times a week), and always in situations where the system is idle or I am just browsing, watching a video etc...not under load.

Yes, the system is overclocked but I already tested MANY, MANY times, eg memory using various memtest programs, and overall stability tests like OCCT, Prime, you name it

According to the BSOD viewer I have on here, the crashes are always at a similar address which is
ntoskrnl.exe+14a0b0

I'd really like to get behind this but I ran out of ideas why those BSODs happen.

 

[JackMDS]

This free portable App might help checking the PCI devices.

https://www.pci-z.com/

Also did you simply tried for a while to cancel the OverClocking and any other "Pushing the Limits" setting in the BIOS.?




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[Ketchup]

1. Remove the overclock and clear out the minidump folder.
2. Install Whocrashed.

On your next crash, utilize both. Whocrashed can give you some good suggestions, beyond just telling you what file crashed.

 

[flexy]

Whocrashed gives me about the same info as Bluescreenviewer does, and it unfortunately tells me about as much as information as I have already:
That the crash was likely caused by a software driver and not hardware, that it happened in the windows kernel and that the related driver cannot be identified at the moment.

 

[Ketchup]

Ok. What speed/timings is your memory running at vs. what it's rated?

Might want to try kicking both down a notch and/or kicking the voltage up a notch and see what happens.

 

[flexy]

I already had memtest running the entire suite of tests...and nothing indicates a problem with memory. I used memtest86+ from a stick, but I also have HCI memtest version that runs from Windows. Common sense tells me if it's a timing problem it should show there, but it doesn't. And of course WHEN I overclock I run many other stability tests etc. that's out there as well. I mean there is a "certain* chance it has to do with the OC and timings, but I'd still rather guess it's some poor driver or something than h/w overclock related?

 

[Puffnstuff]

I would load device manager and using the built in driver update feature begin looking to update the system drivers. I've used it many a time to update hardware that wouldn't otherwise update its driver.

 

[Z15CAM]

BSODs are coming occasional (maybe 5-6 times a week), and always in situations where the system is idle or I am just browsing, watching a video etc...not under load.

What Browser and Flash player are you using - That is providing you're getting BSOD's while watching Flic's Online like uTube ...etc.

Sounds to me you have a Flash player leak that accumulaters in RAM. Suggest you remove Flash player and reinstall it preferrably using Adobe's Tech download site for off line installations of flash.

 

[flexy]

I did the device manager thing now, will see.

Z15Cam, I actually SUSPECTED flash (and still do) but didn't mention it simply because I didn't keep attention whether the crashes only happen when I have a browser open and/or when watching videos. I can also be that I do something else (like writing a text in Word) but then with a browser open in the background which may just happen to play a video on some site. I have to keep attention to this next time.

Edit: I am using Cyberfox

 

[Elixer]

Take off the O/C on your system for a week, and use the computer normally.
See if this 'fixes' the BSODs.