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Frequent display driver crashes and MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSOD

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Didn't know if this was more fitting here or in General Hardware, so forgive me if the other board was more appropriate

Computer Type: Desktop
GPU: Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 580 8GB
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600
Motherboard: GA-AB350-Gaming 3
RAM: LPX Vengeance 2x4gb 2800
PSU: Corsair CX550M
Operating System & Version: Windows 7 Ultimate

Description of Original Problem: The suffering knows no limits. Decided to give up on my old GPU and buy a new one, picked up a second hand RX 580, which he showed to be working with no problems in a pretty heavy load game. However, I'm never so lucky.
After about 5h of installing windows updates and drivers, I got my first freeze followed by a black screen for about a second, followed by a "Display Driver has stopped responding" message. About half an hour later I had another, then half an hour later I had yet another. I noticed I wasn't running the latest driver for my GPU even though I selected the newest version when given the option from the driver install disk. ( I had 17.7.2 installed, which is the recommended version, and did a clean install of 17.11.1 at this point) So I installed that and things seemed fine for a while. I ran my pc for two hours straight just browsing and watching some youtube without any display driver crashes and then went to bed.
When I woke up I did another hour or so of browsing and youtube just fine and then decided to boot up a game. Settings autodetected everything on the highest quality and when I loaded in I seemed to have a smooth ~ 80FPS on max settings 1080p, however after only 10 seconds display driver crashed and with it the game. Thought it might be overloaded due to high settings, so I booted the game up again to lower settings, instantly greeted with another display driver crash. To make matters even worse, shortly after, the random crashes started happening again as well. Not to mention some random BSODs with the label MEMORY_MANAGEMENT.

tl;dr Display driver crashes randomly every half hour to an hour or so. When launching a game it crashes practically instantly, randomly has some BSODs labelled MEMORY_MANAGEMENT as well.

Troubleshooting:
Had a quick google and these are the most suggested "fixes"
>"update graphics driver"
which I already did. At first it seemed to stop the random crashes while just browsing, it ran for 2h fine yesterday and another hour fine earlier today, but when I launched a game it practically instantly crashed again anyway and now the browsing crashes started again.
>"check ram with memtest86+"
got through 4 full passes with no errors
>"check hard drive with seatools"
got through SMART check, short generic & short drive self test no problems (which were the recommended ones)
>"Run System File Checker"
which I ran with no issues
>"reinstall windows"
This windows installation is a day old, it's basically a brand new pc, other than my old HDD and a second hand GPU I bought, but was shown to be working fine
>"check for overheating"
at idle it hovers around 45 which is apparently normal'ish for an RX 580, and it crashes at that temperature as well. When gaming, it shoots up to about 60 but I can't get it to go much further before it crashes.
 
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How old is psu?
 

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Had this very same problem with my 1700 and Win10. I knew that AMD did not support Ryzen's on Win7 but I've read some workarounds. Only thing I could suggest is find a Win7 ISO that has all the updates or you can make one. There are a few threads about it on the General Software section.
 

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Posted here before but can't remember login details. Lost that paper somewhere. Ah well.

To OP..
If you've the time can you check your bios and list:
Vcore at idle
Vcore at load
PCH voltage
VCCIO and especially System agent voltages.
Memory timings and mem voltage.

I'm asking as this sounds familiar.
 
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Just reinstalled windows, installed things off the included CD from my motherboard (chipset driver, internet driver, net framework, etc.) installed recommended GPU driver, installed firefox, started installing windows updates and installed the game and it still crashes practically instantly. I tried this to see if it would still happen with as few possible variables as possible.

How old is psu?
Like a week old
Had this very same problem with my 1700 and Win10. I knew that AMD did not support Ryzen's on Win7 but I've read some workarounds. Only thing I could suggest is find a Win7 ISO that has all the updates or you can make one. There are a few threads about it on the General Software section.
Yeah I applied the "fix" though all it does is turn off a flag that says ryzen is not supported by windows 7, and thus lets you download all the windows 7 updates. I didn't ust it in the current install however, as it shouldn't be essential. I really would rather not use windows 10 but I'll use it as my next troubleshooting step unless someone has a better idea.
Posted here before but can't remember login details. Lost that paper somewhere. Ah well.

To OP..
If you've the time can you check your bios and list:
Vcore at idle
Vcore at load
PCH voltage
VCCIO and especially System agent voltages.
Memory timings and mem voltage.

I'm asking as this sounds familiar.
How do I see bios settings if I'm supposed to put system on load? Going to grab the others now and edit this post

I'm not sure what's what so I'll just list everything I can see in the PC Health Tab

CPU Vcore: 1.248-1.272V
CPU VDDP 0.900-0.936V
DRAM Channel A/B Voltage 1.212V
+3.3V 3.304V
+5V 5.040V
+12V 12.168V
VCORE SOC 0.852V

Memory Timing Mode is set to Auto, in speccy it shows as: 15-15-15-36 , which is different from what the ram mentions, but I didn't know if turning on XMP was going to improve it, as I heard that the default values are the "guaranteed boot" values, so I assumed they were the safest while setting things up. Was going to start messing with getting RAM to work at expected speeds after things started crashing.
 
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HWmonitor? (from here) post a couple of screenys. Run x264 or stress cpu in cpuz for load. Sorry I didn't mean actual bios setup (although you can read the numbers there as well just to see the auto settings)
 

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its unsupported for a reason don't complain when unsupported chipset on 5 year old os doesn't work
upgrade to 10
 

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its unsupported for a reason don't complain when unsupported chipset on 5 year old os doesn't work
upgrade to 10
Yeah, but that board's new surely. So the chipset will be up-to-date?
 

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Yeah, but that board's new surely. So the chipset will be up-to-date?
Reread his comment, he is saying old OS new chipset. Unsupported OS with said chipset. ;)
 

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the install flag is there to prevent exactly THIS kind of issue
a quick glance at the behavior of the problem tells me its not hardware
 
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Yeah, but that board's new surely. So the chipset will be up-to-date?
The gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 was purchased like three weeks ago, yes

HWmonitor? (from here) post a couple of screenys. Run x264 or stress cpu in cpuz for load. Sorry I didn't mean actual bios setup (although you can read the numbers there as well just to see the auto settings)
are these ranges normal because they look extremely worrying
Idle
https://i.imgur.com/HYdUrle.png
https://i.imgur.com/p744iAD.png
~5 min of CPU Stress in CPU-Z
https://i.imgur.com/1RyZlJi.png
https://i.imgur.com/sQPZw6j.png
 

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don't bother with any further fiddling about with monitoring software
upgrade to 10 while its still free (google it)
 
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The gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 was purchased like three weeks ago, yes


are these ranges normal because they look extremely worrying
Idle
https://i.imgur.com/HYdUrle.png
https://i.imgur.com/p744iAD.png
~5 min of CPU Stress in CPU-Z
https://i.imgur.com/1RyZlJi.png
https://i.imgur.com/sQPZw6j.png


The hardware is up to date, but the software running in it is NOT.

Windows 7 handles power management differently, and if core components of Windows 7 are not in place the driver may put some part of the CPU to sleep or cache to sleep and 7 then displays an error due to not understanding the architecture of the CPU and it's power management.
 

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Sounds like not enough juice to the pcie(edit I meant ring and DRAM if OP's OCing). Does an x86/amd64 chipset care about the high level OS going on above it? I've run XP and 7 on a z170, for example.
 
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its unsupported for a reason don't complain when unsupported chipset on 5 year old os doesn't work
upgrade to 10

Its 8 years old, came out in 2009
 
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don't bother with any further fiddling about with monitoring software
upgrade to 10 while its still free (google it)
Alright, "upgrading" now, will post an update when I launch game on it. Thanks for the quick help
 

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Just reinstalled windows, installed things off the included CD from my motherboard (chipset driver, internet driver, net framework, etc.) installed recommended GPU driver, installed firefox, started installing windows updates and installed the game and it still crashes practically instantly. I tried this to see if it would still happen with as few possible variables as possible.


Like a week old

Yeah I applied the "fix" though all it does is turn off a flag that says ryzen is not supported by windows 7, and thus lets you download all the windows 7 updates. I didn't ust it in the current install however, as it shouldn't be essential. I really would rather not use windows 10 but I'll use it as my next troubleshooting step unless someone has a better idea.

How do I see bios settings if I'm supposed to put system on load? Going to grab the others now and edit this post

I'm not sure what's what so I'll just list everything I can see in the PC Health Tab

CPU Vcore: 1.248-1.272V
CPU VDDP 0.900-0.936V
DRAM Channel A/B Voltage 1.212V
+3.3V 3.304V
+5V 5.040V
+12V 12.168V
VCORE SOC 0.852V

Memory Timing Mode is set to Auto, in speccy it shows as: 15-15-15-36 , which is different from what the ram mentions, but I didn't know if turning on XMP was going to improve it, as I heard that the default values are the "guaranteed boot" values, so I assumed they were the safest while setting things up. Was going to start messing with getting RAM to work at expected speeds after things started crashing.
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CPU Vcore: 1.248-1.272V -up it to1.35v
CPU VDDP 0.900-0.936V up it to 1.25
DRAM Channel A/B Voltage 1.212V up it 1.3v
+3.3V 3.304V
+5V 5.040V
+12V 12.168V
VCORE SOC 0.852V that's idle. Fine.

XMP will auto-volt everything 'up'. I'd try i out, just to see the new auto power numbers. Is it 2133? at base? Are you OCing it to 2800?
 
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CPU Vcore: 1.248-1.272V -up it to1.35v
CPU VDDP 0.900-0.936V up it to 1.25
DRAM Channel A/B Voltage 1.212V up it 1.3v
+3.3V 3.304V
+5V 5.040V
+12V 12.168V
VCORE SOC 0.852V that's idle. Fine.

XMP will auto-volt everything 'up'. I'd try i out, just to see the new auto power numbers. Is it 2133? at base? Are you OCing it to 2800?
If W10 doesn't end up working out I'll go back to 7 and try this.
"CPU VDDP 0.900-0.936V up it to 1.25"
isn't this a very drastic increase?
"Is it 2133? at base? Are you OCing it to 2800?"
it's 2133 by default yes, I was planning on using XMP or manually overclocking it to get 2800 or close to it once system was stable.
Again, because I heard the 2133 was the "safe mode" even though the manufacturer rates it at 2800, it's 2133 by default to make sure it boots.
 

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None of these are drastic. Just a test. Set OC to xmp, don't touch anything else and look at the new numbers.They'l be higher. Usually more than needed. - But you'll have an idea whether your silicone is being starved of power.

Love the video :) You do that? I can't keep up with the postings :( so by the time I've considered a reply more info is up.
Disclaimer: I'm one of those geeks who enjoys working any problem out through bios settings and pwr management. So many issues are related. Especially fast dram. I nearly always get there in the end!

To OP, After xmp ryzen wants it own version 'DOCP' enabled and set to 'standard'.
 
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Love the video :) You do that? I can't keep up with the postings :( so by the time I've considered a reply more info is up.
Disclaimer: I'm one of those geeks who enjoys working any problem out through bios settings and pwr management. So many issues are related. Especially fast dram. I nearly always get there in the end!

To OP, After xmp ryzen wants it own version 'DOCP' enabled and set to 'standard'.

DOCP is Asus by the way.
 

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Didn't know that. What's the name of ryzens prop memory oc thing?

Everyone calls it different, just go by XMP.
 

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Well sorry to tell you but display driver still crashes when launching a game.
so uhh
./wernotdonehere
Laser... you can't have done W10 yet surely.

Everyone calls it different, just go by XMP.
Ahh. Right.

Eidar, you're a AMD man, I'm finding these 6 and 8 core cpus pretty interesting. Doing some costing recently. Really good value. But the bioses are a little different to Intel, so I think maybe I'll hold of on advice for now.

guessing this is it? just making sure, might do a few laps with this tomorrow as well
Yep. That's it. The cool thing is it doesn't test your GPU. If it completes successfully, it's your GPU causing issues.

Gotta go. Will check back tomorrow.
 
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