my PC keeps blue screening

[heady veldt]

My desktop PC keeps freezing and then blue screening and rebooting like nothing happened. I can't even run a simple game like Roblox before my PC blue screens.

The blue screen error was something like critical process ended

What should I do?

[runic mountain]

what bsod code

if you did not catch it check event logs for bug check

[rugged edge]

Go to C:\Windows\Minidump and check if you have any minidump files. If you do, go back to the Windows folder and copy the Minidump folder itself to the Downloads folder (You can use the desktop if you don't have OneDrive syncing files). Zip the copied folder and attach it to a post. Please follow the instructions to the letter as Windows doesn't like you messing with files in this location.

[heady veldt]

doesnt exist

i ran a memtest86 and its probably the ram

pc been running fine with 1 stick

[runic mountain]

xmp?

[heady veldt]

no

[runic mountain]

spec?

[heady veldt]

Trident z5 6000mhz 16g x2 has amd expo

I have an Intel cpu but the kit was 60 bucks so I decided to get it 🤑

[runic mountain]

xmp/expo are the same

[heady veldt]

Nvm still blue screens

[heady veldt]

o

[rugged edge]

@heady veldt Do you have more than one storage drive?

[heady veldt]

Yeah

[rugged edge]

When it BSODs, it dumps data to the page file and creates a dump file from this data on the next boot. We can try moving the page file to a different drive and see if that makes it able to create them.

https://winaero.com/how-to-move-page-file-in-windows-10-to-another-disk/

[heady veldt]

Alr I'll do that in a few min

[heady veldt]

tried to delete C:\pagefile.sys but it doesnt exist. should i try to get my pc to blue screen again?

[rugged edge]

Why on earth would you do this?

[heady veldt]

which part

[rugged edge]

Just change the location and restart

@heady veldt Deleting it

[heady veldt]

it said at the end to delete the file

but i did change the location

[rugged edge]

I have no idea why the guide has that, if the change was successful it won't be there

The page file is basically extra RAM so just deleting it is not a good idea

Just really slow because it's on disk

[heady veldt]

so what should i do now

[rugged edge]

@heady veldt If you can trigger a crash you can try that.

[heady veldt]

ok i got it to blue screen

theres also now a minidump folder

[heady veldt]

What do I do with the min dump files 🗣️

[rugged edge]

Copy paste: Check if you have any WHEA events. WHEA events will show errors from hardware. Open Event Viewer, go to Windows Logs → System. On the right hand side click Filter Current Log. In the Event Sources dropdown menu select "WHEA-logger". If you have any WHEA events, highlight them, right click and save. Share the file here. If you have a ton, do 4-5 of the latest ones.

[heady veldt]

there is no WHEA events

[rugged edge]

Woops, wrong copy paste

Correct copy paste: Go to C:\Windows\Minidump and check if you have any minidump files. If you do, go back to the Windows folder and copy the Minidump folder itself to the Downloads folder (You can use the desktop if you don't have OneDrive syncing files). Zip the copied folder and attach it to a post. Please follow the instructions to the letter as Windows doesn't like you messing with files in this location.

[heady veldt]

do i make a new post

[rugged edge]

Upload it to the chat here

[heady veldt]

It filters it out

[rugged edge]

Did you zip the folder?

[heady veldt]

Yea

[rugged edge]

Then use a file host

[heady veldt]

can u send one?

nvm

https://file.io/zTe1gJqj0blG

heres some more (i had like 3 more blue screens) https://file.io/BBk5eLnaKS9s

[rugged edge]

@heady veldt It just looks like the OS is fucked. Which would make storage a suspect.

[heady veldt]

Fuck

Does that mean I have to buy new storage

[rugged edge]

@heady veldt You can try reinstalling Windows, these are kinda vague it's just my best guess

[heady veldt]

alr tried that