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Programs crashing randomly

Anonymous
2023-10-03T13:27:37+00:00

I've had programs crashing randomly for a few days now, there doesn't seem to be a precise timing on it.
Opera would give me the "crash" page and at time straight up close itself, discord can't even get past the login interface most of the time, and just randomly crashes if it does. I had warnings saying I need to contact the "administrator of this pc" to run a program despite me being the administrator.
At first I thought it was a windows issue so I reinstalled the OS using the media tool. While installing the OS I would get random a random BSOD, with either ntfs.sys or exception kernel as the problems. After I managed to somehow install the OS the problem with the programs didn't go away. I then tried to install it on a new SSD in case my M2 was the problem, I got a BSOD as the pc was doing its final restart, but the OS appeared as it was installed. However the programs would still close themselves.
At that point I thought maybe it was the GPU as my friend suggested, so I tried a GPU stress test. It would close itself after a few seconds.

I then tried removing a bank of ram in order to test if either of them was faulty, and I noticed the crashes were happening less frequently, but were still happening. (It was the same exact situation with both, while they were alone), however the stress test wouldn't crash anymore.

I also tried removing the GPU, and using the integrated graphics on my motherboard, but the issues are still here.

A this point I'm really confused about what's happening with my PC, and I have no idea what to do anymore.

Here's the specs:
ROG STRIX B660-A GAMING WIFI D4

RTX 3070 (Zotac Gaming)

WD Black 1TB NVME SSD Sn850X

Samsung EU 860 Evo

Intel I7 13700K 5.4GHz

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. DaveM121 891.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-10-03T14:17:36+00:00

    Glad to help!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-03T14:14:17+00:00

    I hear you. I will try to run MemTest86 right now and will report back as soon as it's done testing.

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  3. DaveM121 891.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-10-03T14:05:32+00:00

    MemTest64 does not seem to find errors on the RAM, it is still in development and is nowhere near as good a test for the RAM.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-10-03T14:04:02+00:00

    Hello Dave!
    I have already tried running MemTest but it was MemTest64, it was able to pass 8 loops without any error. What's the difference between the two versions?

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  5. DaveM121 891.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-10-03T14:00:32+00:00

    Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    Because Windows was crashing during and after the installation, that does indicate a hardware issue.

    The best option is to download the widely available free utility MemTest86, then run a full 4 pass scan with that to test your RAM for physical errors

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