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zana73
Copper Contributor
Jul 04, 2026

BSOD's while playing heavy games

Hi, as the title says, im getting BSOD's while playing those games.

Games: Watch Dogs 2, The Witcher 3, Arena breakout Infinite

Problem doesnt happen everytime, today was insane, couldnt play for 10 min.

Doesnt happen in Valorant/GTA 5/ DayZ

No dumps are being made when it crashes

Crashes:

"kmode exception not handled" (no dumps)
"critical_process_died (0xef)" (no dumps)
"KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR"

when i uninstalled driver and tried testing the game without it, this crash came:
""Driver verifier detected violation 0xC4""

i turned off driver verifier afterwards but couldnt start anymore cuz of d12 not being loaded

What i tried:

  1. I ran OCCT to see if theres any problems with hardware (clean)
  2. memtest to check RAM (clean)
  3. made several amd driver cleanups and also tried downgrading GPU driver to the last stable version 25.9.1
  4. ran all the standard cmds like chkdsk, sfc scannow etc.
  5. CrystalDisk says SSDs at 95 and 100% health

PC:

SSD: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB / WD_BLACK SN850X HS 2000GB
mainboard: b650 pro rs asus
gpu: 6900 XT (gigabyte)
cpu: 7800X3D
ram: g skill sk hynix ddr5 6000 (2x 16GB)

Dump file 1: https://pastebin.com/x9RGCDFP
Dump file 2: https://pastebin.com/B6HarvmF

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  • Jamony's avatar
    Jamony
    MCT
    Jul 08, 2026

    Hi, with those stop codes, I would focus on getting reliable dump files first. Without dumps, everyone is guessing.

     

    Make sure the page file is enabled on the Windows system drive, set Startup and Recovery to create a small memory dump, and turn off automatic restart so you can capture the exact stop code. Since Driver Verifier produced `0xC4`, leave it disabled for normal use, but that does suggest a driver is misbehaving.

     

    For this hardware, I would update BIOS, AMD chipset drivers, GPU driver, and SSD firmware. Also test with EXPO/DOCP off and RAM at default speed for a while. `KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR` can point toward storage/pagefile issues, while heavy DX12 games can expose GPU, PSU, memory, or driver instability. Once you have a minidump, the failing driver name will narrow this down a lot.