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Constant BSOD in Windows 10?

Anonymous
2019-01-10T00:38:35+00:00

Hi all, 

This might be a long shot, but recently I built a PC and installed Windows 10 Pro. What is weird is that randomly I will get a blue screen of death, and it is always KERNAL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE for the stopcode. This will happen a couple times a day, and it is not consistent with the apps I am using (Steam, Chrome, etc.) Something I have noticed is that this will most likely happen if I download something bigger than the average download. For instance, when installing Assassin's Creed IV (Black Flag) from Steam, it crashed. But what concerns me more is that sometimes I will just be working on Chrome and it will crash. I'm not sure if it is a bad driver because after a week I wiped my computer and reinstalled Windows from scratch. It was working fine until recently, but I haven't downloaded anything suspicious at all. Anything on my new PC is on my laptop which is working just fine on Windows 10. 

I ran a RAM test and it came back with no errors. I also took out my GPU and ran the PC like that and it still crashed, so I don't believe hardware is the problem, most likely a bad driver..? I have Geforce Experience downloaded which said that my drivers are up to date. When I tried installing the driver for my GPU from the official Gigabyte website, my computer crashed while it was downloading (KERNAL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE).

If anybody has any help or suggestions they would be much appreciated. 

Thanks

Here are my system specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7-8700k

Motherboard: Asus Prime Z370-A 

RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3000 (2x8GB)

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1070 Ti Gaming 8G

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken x52

SSD: Samsung 860 evo 500GB

HDD: Seagate 2TB 

PSU: EVGA 750 Watt gold

Case: NZXT H500 (White)

Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-01-10T09:24:13+00:00

    Hi Isaak873 , this may well be caused by your Network device driver, however, to diagnose the underlying issue, I need to analyse your Mini-dump file(s):

    Open Windows File Explorer

    Navigate to C:\Windows\Minidump

    Zip up the contents of that folder

    If you have problems zipping those files, copy them out onto your Desktop and zip them from there

    Upload the zip file to the Cloud (OneDrive, DropBox . . . etc.)

    Then post a link here to the zip file, so we can take a look for you . . .

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-01-10T08:45:50+00:00

    Blue screens are generally caused by problems with your computer's hardware or issues with its hardware driver software.

    Hardware related causes:

    • External hardware devices are installed improperly.
    • One or some of hardware devices are malfunctioning, such as RAM, CPU, and internal hard disk.
    • New hardware device is incompatible with your BIOS.

    Software related causes:

    • Not enough free space on the partition where Windows is installed.
    • Driver of your hardware is out of date, especially graphics driver.
    • Install incompatible Windows update or program.
    • Virus attack.
    • Boot files get damaged or corrupted.
    • System files corrupted.
    • Bug of Windows 10.
    • BIOS is out of date.
    • BIOS is misconfigured or overclocked.

    To solve the issue, there're many methods that you can use. 

    Check out this article: https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmagic/blue-screen-error-during-windows-10-upgrade.html#quickly-fixit

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-01-10T02:44:55+00:00

    Hi,

    We need log files(called dump files) that tell us what lead to crash.

    Please share them with us for a better analysis of the problem. Instructions can be found here:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

    Please let us know if you need any assistance about posting dump files.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-01-10T01:28:54+00:00

    If it is a 3rd party driver issue, Driver Verifier may be of help to us here.

    https://www.sysnative.com/forums/bsod-crashes-kernel-debugging/29-driver-verifier-blue-screen-death-related.html

    Let it run for 24 hours minimum.

    If/when you get a BSOD under D/V, go to \windows\minidump, copy out the files to \Documents (copy the whole \windows\minidump folder); zip it up and upload to a file sharing site.

    Regards. . .

    jcgriff2

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-01-10T00:46:26+00:00

    Hello.

    To resolve blue screen errors, follow the steps below:

    1. Go to safe mode - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12376/...
    2. Run System file checker.
    • Press Windows key + X, select Command prompt (Admin) to bring up elevated Command prompt.
    • Type sfc /scannow and press enter.
    • Restart the computer.

    If no corrupted system files were found in the previous state, then I suggest you to try the following steps:

    • Press Windows key + X, select Command prompt (Admin) to bring up elevated Command prompt.
    • Type the following commands and press Enter after each command:

    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth

       DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
    • Close the command prompt and restart the PC and check if it works.

    Guide: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929833...

    1. Use the blue screen troubleshooting guide - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14238/...
    2. Update the driver from the manufacturer's website - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/402844... .

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