PC has bsod 4 times in less than a year

2025-04-19_12-27-09.zip I shared the google drive link to the v2 thing. I also shared the mini dump files in a zip I can't take a picture of the BSOD because my pc restarts too quickly. I built this pc back in September and it would be quite unfortunate if something happened to it when it hasn't even been a year yet. I mostly use this pc for gaming, but weirdly the blue screens always happen whenever I'm not doing much. For example i could literally just be in a discord call and/or gamebar with one chrome tab open and that's it, not even playing a game. i also often leave my pc in sleep mode rather than shutting it off if that matters. I tried looking into it myself with event viewer but i cant seem to find the cause. I did sfc /scannow yesterday hopefully that fixed something. The last time it happened i was in the middle of updating the video game smite 2 in steam. I've never overclocked before.

I didn't read the logs but based on your description of computer usage/behavior pattern, your issue is most likely a memory or Windows maintenance/configuration corruption. 4 BSODs in a year is not bad and means your system is very stable.

I think you can solve this, by rebooting the computer weekly and then let it run for a few hours while being logged in and doing nothing. I almost never turn off my computer and it is rock solid. But I DO reboot every now and then.

Windows does a lot of scheduled background tasks while you are logged in and there's minimal CPU usage. So this could be the reason why you see BSODs only when doing pretty much nothing on the computer, but not when you play a game or similar.

Please perform the following steps:



1) Run Tuneup plus > post a share link





2) Create a new restore point:




3) Open MSinfo32 > save as NFO > post a share link



4) Post a new V2 share link into the newest post



5) Read this link on Windows Driver Verifier (WDV):

Enable and Disable Driver Verifier in Windows 10




6) Learn the methods to recover from BSOD caused by WDV by booting into safe mode and running one or more of these commands:

verifier /reset

verifier /bootmode resetonbootfail







7) Plan to run the tool with various customized test settings.

a) Test all non-Microsoft drivers

b) Test no Microsoft drivers

c) For the first run of WDV select the 3 customized tests displayed in the TF tutorial






8) Whenever the WDV tool is started if there is no immediate BSOD then open administrative command prompt and copy and paste:

verifier /querysettings

Post a share link.



Customized tests will then be posted for the next run of WDV.



WDV can run continuously during the testing.



For any BSOD post a new V2 share link into the newest post.

I see you have Vanguard installed. That component/anti cheat system is known to cause a lot of BSODs. Are you playing Valorant or League of Legends?

SlicEnDicE said:

I see you have Vanguard installed. That component/anti cheat system is known to cause a lot of BSODs. Are you playing Valorant or League of Legends?

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I used to play them a few months ago. I don't play them anymore but I still have them installed

navster10 said:

I used to play them a few months ago. I don't play them anymore but I still have them installed

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Yeah, Vanguard is a kernel level anti cheat system that runs every time you boot your computer. For some users it has been very problematic. For others there are no issues. It is a weird one.