Windows 10: 2-3 BSOD On Windows 11 Daily

System InfoDump Files - https://we.tl/t-4u3QozUoYL wetransfer linkOS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Home Single Language Version 10.0.26100 Build 26100 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name NABAJYOTI System Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. System Model ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA506IC_FA506IC System Type x64-based PC System SKU Processor AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics, 2901 Mhz, 8 Cores, 16 Logical Processors BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. FA506IC.302, 28/12/2022 SMBIOS Version 3.2 Embedded Controller Version 2.13 BIOS M

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Windows 11 BSODs

I've been having multiple daily BSODs that reference ntoskrnl.exe. I've not been able to narrow down the root cause, and have been trying for a few months.

I've researched the typical causes, and have followed the steps commonly outlined:

1. Driver Updates: Drivers are updated.
   
2. BIOS updated and is current
   
3. Ran a scan with the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool: All ok
   
4. Ran Memtest86: All ok
   
5. Ran the System File Checker (SFC)/CHKDSK: All ok
   
6. SFC / DISM: All ok
   
7. Driver Verifier - ran this but the generated BSOD didn't provide more intel.
   
8. No over-clocking present
   

My dump files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l6O-f08RMwibjuT61OTXp6Amq2rEDLgs?usp=sharing

Symptoms:

1. Randomly timed BSODs. Some generate dumps (see link above), some do not. No particular actions seem to trigger them - often they happen overnight.

2. Daily periods (generally in the AM) of instability. Apps crash (and re-open after a few tries), browsers get a "Status Access Violation" error, services crash and restart (e.g., Indexing, etc.), etc.

3. After such a period, I'll often go for several hours with no issues. It seems that there is something that happens in the background but only during certain times of the day.

4. I cannot apply the latest W11 Cumulative Update. It applies to about 20%, restarts, BSODs (System Thread Exception), and then restarts to the "Something went wrong" error and back to Windows without update applied.

My specs are:

- 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K

- RAM: 64.0 GB

- Windows 11 22621.1702

- Asus Z790 Maximus Hero motherboard (BIOS 1402)

- Video: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Driver version 537.58 (current as of 10/15/23)

I assume I have a problematic driver somewhere in the mix, and I've spent months trying to hunt it down. Any suggestions are appreciated!

 

BSOD DPC_Watchdog_Violation daily

Those steps are not relevant to me. In those steps it asks to check the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers for iastore.sys in the listed drivers.

I do not have iastore as a driver nor is that the files causing the BSOD.

The driver that is causing it (I got this from BlueScreenView) is nvstore.sys which is listed as the driver for three identical items in 'storage controllers' There are 4 items there. 3 of them are called NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller. Those three
all list this nvstore.sys as their driver.

I suspect that if I could replace or fix that driver it would solve the issue based on the advice given by Annanya. Does that sound right? If so, how would I go about it?

Dan

 

Dell XPS 9560 - Daily BSODs

All steps completed. Had to install the new drivers from safe mode, as Windows kept automatically re-installing them too quickly from normal boot.

Unfortunately, monitor has not started working again.

Many thanks for your patience in trying to help.

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