BSOD that keeps coming

[novel rapids]

A few weeks ago i started getting random BSOD

first i check temps, finding them to be higher than normal, i removed the cooler, found dry paste, i replaced the thermal paste on both CPU AND GPU

still happens

i run OCCT stress test, found issue with unstable OC as well as update the bios to latest version, reverted OC to default (auto), no more error on occt after 10 hrs

still more BSOD coming

runs HD tune on all drives, found a damaged SSD with a lot of bad sectors, removed it and sent it back for warranty

now thinking thats all the cause, and worried all those BSOD might have corrupted windows files, reinstalled windows

now on fresh windows install, i havent install softwares that i usually use, it BSOD again with 0x8000400000000002 error, im so lost

[hazy rivet]

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/0x8000400000000002/fe1ff2b1-39ce-4778-aafb-d51adca8224c found this in relation to the bug id you provided. Have you installed gpu drivers? if yes I would try downloading and using older driver version(from a year-ish ago). SSDs with bad sectors shouldn't matter. Those sectors are labeled and prevented from being used.

[novel rapids]

i havent downloaded anything new or make any hardware change, it just started happening randomly

[hazy rivet]

did you update gpu drivers?

also how did you install new windows? via windows reset function or via usb stick

[novel rapids]

no update done yet, and from usb stick, full reinstallation

i went and analyze the dump file and get this https://pastebin.com/GheQ4upG

[hazy rivet]

If the pc worked fine before then I would try getting those older drivers and older windows build.

[hazy rivet]

can't read dump files. if someone else can i will be happy to hear it 🙂

[novel rapids]

friend told me to lower memory frequency, so far i havent get the BSOD but then its very random so im still testing it

memtest 86 shows everything being fine but my friend said theres a chance of instability on the ram causing corrupted 64k block

[hazy rivet]

did you run the memtest on the old frequency? xmp/expo

[novel rapids]

yeah higher xmp profile (3200mt ddr4)

[hazy rivet]

well since you haven't had those crashes since lowering mem frequency then wait and see if it keeps happening again. I personally would try looking into updated software-windows/drivers.

[novel rapids]

ill give it a test if problems didnt go away, this is very frustrating the fact that i cant exactly replicate it to see if its fixed, its very intermittent, sometimes its fine for a few days sometimes i can get bsod 4 times a day

but thanks for the suggestions, will keep that in mind

[hazy rivet]

When I had issues like that I did have a bad ram. It did get caught by memtest86 tho.

[novel rapids]

ive been thinking about buying another set of ram to also test it later, its on the plan to make the ram 64gb total

[hazy rivet]

64gigs is kinda pointless unless you process large data

also no upgrade path for ddr4. dont do it.

[novel rapids]

i did ran into issue with low memory from time to time, especially when i have virtualbox running

in the future when i upgrade, this old system will be used as a server

[hazy rivet]

oh sure. if you do VMs then yea you can make use of it.