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PC screen freezes-and-glitches and also restarts randomly

luciel 0 Reputation points
2026-02-09T20:18:26.3733333+00:00

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My PC has been restarting randomly for a while with (most of the time) no minidumps. In some instances it also just freezes and starts glitching non-stop (the PC doesn't restart by itself when this happens, I restart it myself because the glitching just WONT stop)

At first I thought this was happening because my GPU was faulty, but the problem continued after I upgraded my graphics card so I don't think it has anything to do with the device itself. However, these two minidumps do say that the problem is related to the NVIDIA driver so idk

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/gk00g7mhwy42fpyxygbg5/AIJCrkcD7Hl1VnuRO5Ee_Go?rlkey=coudl2gsmbtbvb2xho5mlt0dt&st=ebnebq6o&dl=0

Sometimes when the PC restarts I also get a bluescreen, here are some of the error codes I received:

CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

MEMORY_MANAGEMENT

KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT

(I should probably mention as well that my ram is DDR5 because I heard that DDR5 is a bit unstable and can cause random aah errors but idk im no tech savy)

I'd really appreciate it if someone could lend a hand because I'm about to go insane over this error it's just overwhelmingly annoying

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
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  1. Igor Leyko 110.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-02-11T21:00:44.3133333+00:00

    Did you check compatibility at Gigabyte's site?

    Please test GPU using OCCT tool.

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  2. Igor Leyko 110.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-02-09T20:58:45.2433333+00:00

    Hi,

    different BSOD codes often mean hardware problems unfortunately. Please start with memory testing using Windows memory diagnostic tool and switch it to extended mode when it starts (F1 key). Note, test hang at ~21% for more than 5-8 hours means memory error too.

    Turn off XMP mode in BIOS if it is turned on.

    And please check that your RAM modes (voltage, frequency, timings) are in compliance with numbers in the motherboard compatibility list at Gigabyte's site for your RAM model.

    Tell the result.


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