This is a long shot. And yes I am trying everything to put off the inevitable OS re-install.
So, when has it started.
Well since I upgraded win7 to win10 (upgrade install not fresh install of OS), but lately its happening so frequently I have got to a point where I want to punch kittens in the face.
What am I getting. BSOD’s of various natures and just OS crashes all resulting in computer restarting. Strange thing is, I don’t get any problems aside from when I play DCS. Closing down DCS or DCS crashing usually causes a BSOD. On closing DCS, I feel lucky if I don’t get a BSOD these days.
In addition I am often getting integrity check issues in DCS. I am not running any mods and the only way to restore the integrity check for multiplayer is to restart the computer which fixed the issue. DCS has been cleaned and repaired many times using @SkateZilla 's updater tool. But the problem persists.
What have I done. Run just about every utility and integrity checker I can find. Whilst It has cleared some issues, the “DCS + my WIN10 install explosive relationship” still exists and no other faults can be found.
So my question to the GURU’s of OS WIN 10.
Is it worth me uninstalling DCS fully and reinstalling it to see if that fixes the issue…
…… or am I flogging a dead horse and should just bite the bullet and do a fresh install of WIN10. reinstalling DCS would be the simple issue.
If you haven’t already, fire up a console (windows+r, then type cmd+enter), type ‘chkdsk DCSdrive: /f /r’, replace DCSdrive with the letter of the drive that DCS is on.
Other things to check:
Is DCS the only game you play on that system or do you play other games that are taxing on the hardware? If other games, are there problems with those?
Have you checked your RAM integrity? Try running mdsched if not (windows+mdsched+enter, choose restart and check for problems).
@sobek - I had run the memory test before - but did it again anyway. One strange thing with it. It says it will give me the results when I log back on, but both times it didn’t. Anyhow I watched it run and it said until finished (before restarting) that nothing was detected.
The Chkdsk I had not tried. And that came up clean as well.
I have a host of games. The only 2 big simulators that I use are ARMA 3 and DCS. I have a host of smaller games like Total War Warhammer 2 through to mudspinners and all seems to run with no problems. It only seems to be DCS that sets my comp into rage mode.
@MigBuster
here are some of them.
Unexpected_store_exception
Memory_management
PFN_ List_corrupt
Faulty_hardware_corrupted_page
Dxgkrnl.sys
dxgmm2.sys
Kmode_exception_not_handled
programmable root enumerator problem
Store_data_structure_corruption
When I ran
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
it did detect and fixed a problem. But I can’t seem to locate what is actually the problem. I have been researching them all and doing the trouble finding tips but my computer says it can’t identify the problem.
This sounds very much like Graphic card drivers / Firmware to me. The fact that everything else runs without causing this feels like DCS is pushing the card more than any other game and suddenly everything is blue.
If there were memory or HDD drive issues you would see that across the range of games and applications you are using.
Uninstall and clean up the drivers for your card, and run any firmware update it needs.
As for the memory, Are you one who jumped to 32GB awhile back? If so pull the 16 you added if that is what happened and see if that solves the problem. DCS might be the only program hitting those numbers and compatibility may be an issue.
15 years in IT and I agree it’s more likely than not that RAM is at fault here.
As for why only DCS I think it’s probably the only that push for (nearly) max RAM usage.
We think it is RAM because of the Blue screens and only in DCS.
HDD errors mostly manifest themselves as freezes and lockups.
Windows errors tend to manifest as strange errors with text that even Microsoft doesn’t want to read.
Blue screens tend to occur due to either drivers not answering the calls correctly, or programs running in memory conflicting with each other, or, you saw this one coming, the memory itself.
Also - Don’t think of the second two sticks as never being used. They are all one big pool as far as windows is concerned and you could be hitting the bad register on the, what you consider the fourth module, at any time. Standard troubleshooting is to pull modules to isolate the bad chip.
I think memtest has been the standard software tester for years? It has been a long time since I spent anytime with the bench jockeys. They are so young now. All they talk about is Overwatch and League of Legends. In my day…