Occasional BSOD / freeze

Ztruker · 28 Jun 2016

See post #2 Occasional BSOD / freeze - Windows 10 Forums

panmyxia · 28 Jun 2016

Mmkay, reinstalled the Realtek drivers for what I had. We'll see how it goes. I'll post back if there's any trouble.

Also, thanks for the help man.

Ztruker · 28 Jun 2016

Might be a good idea to update the BIOS and Chipset drivers from the MSI site:

Support For Z97S SLI Krait Edition | MSI USA | Motherboard - The world leader in motherboard design

Also, run DM_Log_collector again and upload the zip file. I need to see driver dates.

panmyxia · 29 Jun 2016

BIOS and chipset drivers installed. DM log collector still refuses to actually create a file anywhere on my computer. Any ideas how to get that working?

Also, had another BSOD. This time it's: page_fault_in_nonpaged_area (dxgkrnl.sys)

essenbe · 29 Jun 2016

panmyxia said:

BIOS and chipset drivers installed. DM log collector still refuses to actually create a file anywhere on my computer. Any ideas how to get that working?

Also, had another BSOD. This time it's: page_fault_in_nonpaged_area (dxgkrnl.sys)

By chance have you moved your user folders to another hard drive or data partition?

panmyxia · 29 Jun 2016

If you mean folders like "downloads" "my documents" etc., yes, those are on a separate hard drive than what my OS is on.

essenbe · 29 Jun 2016

Then please try going to C:\Users\Yourusername\Desktop . There should be a folder named Desktop there. Open that folder and you should find the DM Log collector report.

panmyxia · 30 Jun 2016

Yep... I got to thinking about it, and yeah, it's on my primary drive.

essenbe · 30 Jun 2016

I'm glad it worked for you. You will now be returned to your regularly scheduled programming and @Ztruker.

Ztruker · 30 Jun 2016

The Realtek Wireless driver is still dated 10/1/2015 and has not been updated.
The last dump (10/29) indicated MEMORY_CORRUPTION. Time to test your RAM.

RAM:

Follow this tutorial: MemTest86+ - Test RAM - Windows 10 Forums

Information

MemTest86+ is a diagnostic tool designed to test Random Access Memory (RAM) for faults. MemTest86+ will verify that:

RAM will accept and keep random patterns of data sent to it
There are no errors when different parts of memory try to interact
There are no conflicts between memory addresses

Memtest86+ runs from bootable media to isolate the RAM from the system, no other components are taken into account during the test.

Warning
MemTest86+ needs to run for at least 8 passes to be anywhere near conclusive, anything less will not give a complete analysis of the RAM.

If you are asked to run MemTest86+ by a Ten Forums member make sure you run the full 8 passes for conclusive results. If you run less than 8 passes you will be asked to run it again.

Note
MemTest86+ has been known to discover errors in RAM in later passes than the eighth pass. This is for information only; if you feel there is a definite problem with the RAM and 8 passes have shown no errors feel free to continue for longer.

Running 8 passes of MemTest86+ is a long and drawn out exercise and the more RAM you have the longer it will take. It's recommended to run MemTest86+ just before you go to bed and leave it overnight.