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Problem description: Youtube will randomly cause my computer to eat itself and give me a BSOD. Attempted fixes: Updating drivers, googling possible fixes. Recent changes: I recently did a rebuild of my computer, new MOBO, CPU, the whole 9 yards. Operating system: Windows 10 System specs: CPU: Intel i5 6660k 3.5GHz Quad Core MOBO: ASUS Z170-A RAM: 16GB (2x 8GB DIMMs) PSU: 600w Video: nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2GB 1 TB HDD Overclocking: Yes (20% 4.2GHz) Location: U.S. I have Googled and read the FAQ: Yes Long story short, sometimes my computer will give me a BSOD when watching youtube videos. I recently did a rebuild of my computer, replacing almost every part with new stuff. I'm overclocking (4.2 GHz) and running two case fans in a push-pull config. So far the only parts of my computer I haven't replaced are my PSU, HDD, and Video Card. The strange thing is when I'm playing graphically intensive games such as Witcher 3, DOOM, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided I can easily pull 60 frames at maximum settings with no issues whatsoever, I don't get any power surges, memory crashes, etc. However when I want to watch silly cats on youtube there's a 1 in 5 chance of my computer just going to absolute poo poo. One time it even crashed when I was making a post right here on SA. Games = no crash, Casual stuff = random BSOD.
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Oct 21, 2016 05:39
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Try again at stock speeds and see if it still crashes. What's the brand and model of your power supply?
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Oct 21, 2016 15:40
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Off the top of my head it's a Corsair something or other, I'll crack my case open and look. I'm thinking my problem might be power-related. In the meantime I went down to stock speed like you suggested. I wish I could trigger the crashes somehow but they're spontaneous.
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Oct 21, 2016 20:55
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I decided to actually pay attention to my BSOD error and it's saying MEMORY_MANAGEMENT so either I have bad ram or my browser has a memory leak. I'm gonna run memtest86+ and get back to you.
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Oct 23, 2016 16:57
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A "memory leak" can't cause BSODs, just slowdowns and crashes in the affected program itself. If the issue happens at stock speeds too, that would point to a RAM, motherboard, or clock settings issue.
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Oct 23, 2016 17:25
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Alereon posted:A "memory leak" can't cause BSODs, just slowdowns and crashes in the affected program itself. If the issue happens at stock speeds too, that would point to a RAM, motherboard, or clock settings issue. I'm running memtest86+ right now and there's red everywhere. I'm going to shuffle my DIMMs around. It's looking like a RAM issue.
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Oct 23, 2016 18:10
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Do confirm the RAM speed and voltage settings are correct in the BIOS.
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Oct 23, 2016 18:17
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My ram is running at 2400 MHz at 1.2v, double-checked in the BIOS and everything matches. I'm still running at stock speeds. I removed the faulty DIMM and the crashing seems to have subsided, but I'll keep you posted.
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Oct 23, 2016 20:23
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