In that case, your RAM will need to be replaced.
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Anonymous
Hey all,
I've been experiencing games of all kinds ranging from Red Dead Redemption, Counter Strike, Siege etc. Just crashing completely out of the blue. It could happen 30 minutes into a game or within 15. I have absolutely no idea what the issue is and have even gone as to reinstalling windows and wiping my hard drive
One thing that I have noticed is that my "Intel(R) Management Engine Interface #1" driver is outdated. I checked this using Driver Identifier. However whenever I have attempted to update the driver the update does not work and the driver remains out of date.
Another symptom that I have noticed is that If I enable XMP in my bios then my pc simply will not boot. I have tried each ram stick individually and they all seem to be working however
I have also encountered the BSOD occasionally but it also appears to be random as my pc will just freeze and everything will go unresponsive before blue screening
My current specs are:
CPU: intel i914900k
GPU: RTX 4090
Power supply: cooler master V1300
Motherboard: Asus Z790
RAM: Teamgroup Tforce 4x32 DDR5 6000
Many thanks!
minidump files: https://files.catbox.moe/6nq6fa.zip
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Anonymous
2024-09-06T18:04:11+00:00 No my bios is completely default. Whenever I attempt to enable XMP my pc does not boot
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DaveM121 891.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor2024-09-06T17:54:06+00:00 That indicates there is a problem with your RAM and that is only on the first pass, usually pass 3 and 4 produce the most errors.
Do you have an XMP Profile set on your RAM in BIOS?
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Anonymous
2024-09-06T17:50:46+00:00 Heya David thanks for the reply
I also ran Memtest86 and this was the result, is this something that I should be concerned with? Many thanks once again
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DaveM121 891.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2024-09-06T15:21:02+00:00 Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.
Your minidump files indicate that it is the device driver on your Nvidia graphics card that is causing the system to crash
Completely remove the current Nvidia device driver using the widely available free DDU utility, then restart your PC and go to the Nvidia website to download and install a slightly older version of the Nvidia device driver.
A slightly older version of that driver is more stable than the latest version.