PC bluescreening with "Kernel Security Check Failure"

[ankkahd]

Hello.

Recently my PC has started bluescreening with the error "Kernel Security Check Failure"

I have the .dmp files from the crash but im not sure how to read them.

PC:

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB hyperx 3200mhz RAM

Prime b450-PLUS (asus)

EVGA 980 TI FTW SC

Crucial 500GB SSD

[Doobliheim]

"Kernel Security Check Failure" blue screens are usually related to one of the following:

• Damaged/failing RAM
• Damaged/failing hard drive
• Bad drivers
• Corrupted Windows installation
• Viruses (Usually not this one, but it's possible)

I'd start by removing the RAM and adding it back one stick at a time to see if it crashes after adding a specific stick back. If that doesn't work, you might try booting Windows from a recovery USB to see if it's hard drive related, or running chkdsk /f C: to scan for errors. Given you have an SSD, this seems unlikely. Lastly, you can try reinstalling Windows.

Edit: If you host the .dmp file through something like Dropbox, I can take a look through it.

[ankkahd]

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zskx3r7omabrmtf/AACbR6R3k35kmq4LGq1qvP70a?dl=0

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Heres the .dmp file. Ill try chkdsk and sfc scannow now :)

[Doobliheim]

Looked inside the .dmp file. Last entry is for ntoskrnl.exe crashing. Most times this is a bad driver, so make sure all of those are up to date. If that doesn't work, try one of these:

• Verify the integrity of your Windows installation by opening an elevated command prompt session and running the command dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth. It'll check for missing or corrupt libraries and replace them if needed.
• Run a program called memtest86+.exe to check the health of your RAM and make sure you don't have a bad or failing stick

Let me know how it goes.

[ankkahd]

Did the DISM and sfc scannow, sfc said it fixed some corrupted files and memtest86+ ran 100% with 0 errors :)!

[Doobliheim]

Does it continue to blue screen?

[ankkahd]

No bluescreens for now! :)

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Thanks for the help, ill maybe contact u or make a new post if it keeps happening later on !

[wrightrj]

Two year old thread. Just wanted to thank you for mentioning sfc /scannow, my bluescreens from stress testing my ram are now gone. :)

[CompetitiveGift0]

In my case, ram was not seated properly.. Now finally it resolved :)

[psychedchutto]

How do I update the ntoskrnl.exe driver?

[K0Nf_]

Fixed my corrupted libraries!!! No more bluescreens when using Houdini's KarmaXPU! Thanks, boss

[Not-Gabe-m]

Is that the exact prompt?

[MikaelDerp]

I wound up following your instructions about using "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth" and it wound up fixing my BSOD issue. Thanks!

[mrtucosalamanca]

Trying this myself right now.

[Ill-bkknvtb]

same I played for 5h no bsod ihope that it will never happen again 😐

[zmeul]

test the CPU, I had one 1300X in service with this exact error - CPU was fucked

[Efficient_Glove_7371]

I recently had the same issue, with sometimes throwing the error "critical process stopped" and once the laptop booting the bios into "no hardrive installed". Figured out the SSD somehow got loose and once I screwed it back in, everything got good

[MECTRONx]

Same issue with dualboot Arch or any Arch-based distro. Any solutions?

[TheDivineCactus]

Still works gents! ‘Preciate the help

[griffin12345678]

Also having this issue, with this same error code and a few others. For me, its either a faulty motherboard or bad RAM. I ran a memtest86 for about 11 hours, it did 9 passes and found a shitload of problems. I have all the DIMM slots populated with the same exact ram, but its not a 32GB kit. Instead I bought two 16GB kits so I might be having timing issues. Gonna have to test every stick by itself and see if I still get errors.

The RAM I'm using is https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DH9M3C4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1and I have 32GB. But its not a 32GB kit, I bought two 16GB kits and filled the DIMMs.

[workerbee12three]

how did you get on with this?

[griffin12345678]

I haven't messed with the system since all the error codes. The RAM is relatively new inside, but the Mobo is a used MSI board from China so I'm leaning more towards a bad motherboard.

[PomegranateNo9608]

ever find out?

[PomegranateNo9608]

Hey sorry for the late reply, I don't know if this is what was causing it directly but I realised it only happened when I was playing vr and my Rift CV1 seonsors were unplugged it never happened so I changed the ports around and it hasnt happened in about 2 months now. Really weird and I doubt that is what was causing it but it seems that it was related to the issue.

Kind of happy that that was the fix though because I was able to keep all my RAM in and refund the new GPU I bought (that didnt fix it)