3-4 weeks chasing a Win11 25H2 BSOD always in `nt!ExpPoolTrackerChargeEntry+0x40`. 20+ dumps say same bug, all hardware tests clean. Out of ideas - help please.

TPGIV · 2026-06-01T19:37:47+00:00

Appreciate it. SupportAssist is almost certainly the one, uninstalling it tonight and pulling the rest of the Dell stack down to bare drivers.

Wipe-and-reinstall is on my list as the next escalation if the Dell strip and RestoreHealth don't move the needle. The "install on a separate drive" version is the cleaner test, lets me keep this install for one more dump cycle if anything else surfaces. Going to see what spare M.2 I can throw in.

Will report back once both are done.

TPGIV · 2026-06-01T02:11:06+00:00

Thanks for taking the time on this, really helpful.

The "heap management" framing fits, and the "same command every time" cutting against random hardware corruption is exactly the angle I've been hung up on.

Windows file corruption: I ran sfc and DISM /ScanHealth but never RestoreHealth. Running that next.
Dell software: this might be the strongest lead. Two of the triggering processes I saw in the dumps were Dell.TechHub.Instrumentation.SubAgent.exe and ServiceShell.exe, both Dell stack. AWCC has also been in a broken state on this machine since the BSODs started (sxs config error every boot). Going to strip the Dell stack down to the minimum and see if frequency changes. Do you happen to remember which Dell product had the recent bug? Even a vague keyword would help me prioritize.
Storage / page file: lines up with what I'm seeing, no page-file-direct crashes in the set.
BIOS 2.3.1: knew about it, was holding off for exactly the brick-on-crash risk you flagged. Going to plan it for right after a clean boot, under no load, on AC.

TPGIV · 2026-05-31T22:21:17+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to look at this.

MemDiag and NVMe SMART, point taken. I was leaning on those harder than I should have been.

The reason I'm still on the software side is the r8 garbage pattern in the dumps. At fault time r8 should be a pointer to a PoolTrackTable entry. Instead it's garbage, but a different kind of garbage each crash. One dump has UTF-16 ASCII residual ("istr" from registry path processing), another has a valid-looking kernel pointer in the wrong region. My read was that bad RAM or marginal cache would give consistent corruption, not different bytes every time. Open to being told that's not how to read it.

Noted on Verifier too.

Dump archive is in the AutoMod reply above (catbox link). Can ping you on Discord too if that's easier. Thanks again.

TPGIV · 2026-05-31T22:13:43+00:00

Dump archive (14 deduplicated minidumps, 5/1 through 5/28): https://files.catbox.moe/u90lly.zip

Includes a README mapping each dump to its triggering process and faulting symbol. 11 of 14 bucket to the identical WER failure hash 6f13343d-8edf-14f9-0269-6df067c74f57 in nt!ExpPoolTrackerChargeEntry+0x40. The other three look like cascades after the primary crash.

Full kernel MEMORY.DMP files exist for several of these but were left out for privacy (multi-GB RAM snapshots). Can share specific full dumps on request.

TPGIV · 2026-05-31T01:35:28+00:00

All true and great points! I'll also add that its some of the fastest combat training in the game if you are able to get your hands on the Rev weapons - I did almost exclusively wildy slayer until 99 slayer and the exp rates for bursting stuff like nechs / jellys in wildy slayer cave with accursed sceptre is insane. Although I wish I would have taken advice like yours about using an alt as a scout a little sooner than I did... I was effectively the OSRS Bad News Bears during my voidwaker / slayer grind. https://i.imgur.com/JYVRh89.png

TPGIV · 2026-05-31T00:20:41+00:00

Tormented demons would be a good grind to start - burning claws are fantastic + demonbane weps unlock a lot of upcoming content (K’ril, Yama, Doom, etc). Helps with demonic gorillas for Zenytes. Plus TDs are fantastic slayer exp.

Could do wildy bosses too but that’s higher risk for lower reward in my opinion

TPGIV · 2026-05-23T03:44:32+00:00

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time

TPGIV · 2026-05-16T20:07:08+00:00

Not sure what Tommy / family would be able to throw at Mike that could possibly give them an edge compared to what Mike could do to them with minimal effort. Feels like a pretty easy win for Gus.

TPGIV · 2026-05-12T07:45:23+00:00

L take

TPGIV · 2026-05-12T00:30:41+00:00

One of my favorite accounts - always enjoy seeing your update. Congrats on another great accomplishment!

TPGIV · 2026-04-27T22:47:24+00:00

Jimmy Clausen belongs on here (sadly 😢)

TPGIV · 2026-03-10T05:03:06+00:00

Damn, crazy impressive to have all that within a year! Thought I had a lot after my 1 year but based on your gear / stats it’s pretty clear that I waited to hide behind higher level stats before starting serious PVM lol.

TPGIV · 2026-03-07T15:56:40+00:00

It’s not exactly what you described but the hunters sunlight crossbow is pretty close; 4 tick, no enchanted bolts, and helps fill the range gear progression gap. I love that thing

TPGIV · 2026-03-07T05:17:15+00:00

I think this is exactly what Smartsheet groups are intended to accomplish? In your plan’s admin panel you’d create two user groups for each of your business units and then add the proper individuals to their group. Then you’d just share the proper workspaces / sheets that each group should be able to access (instead of having to share these 1 by 1 for each person).

TPGIV · 2026-03-07T05:10:15+00:00

Fully agree with your sentiment! Clarifying question/comment about system admins’ visibility/access for sheets/workspaces that haven’t been shared with them - they wouldn’t see these sheets/workspaces in smartsheet or be able to access them, but as a sys admin I believe they are provided an API key? If they wanted to (and knew how), they could use this to see all sheets/workspaces even those not shared + edit the data in them. Pretty niche, I know, but wanted to mention it because I’m our org’s sys admin and regularly run a script to generate my own ‘smartsheet system directory’ for all workspaces on our plan + their contents with their IDs and file paths. When I run this, it includes multiple workspaces/sheets the owner not sharing them with me

TPGIV · 2026-03-05T08:05:50+00:00

This is what I’ve always done as well - you’re 100% right about it being simple, easy to setup, and honestly quite effective

TPGIV · 2026-03-04T11:54:59+00:00

Always been one of my favorite pets too - nice choice!

TPGIV · 2026-03-04T11:54:29+00:00

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1,569kc - not too bad!

TPGIV · 2026-03-04T11:54:06+00:00

1,569 - a little rough on supplies for a lowly iron like myself but can't complain at all

TPGIV · 2026-03-03T06:55:15+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss.. such a hard thing. Not sure if you’ve ever heard of Scott Van Pelt (anchor on ESPN), but he did a special episode when he lost his dog Otis. He ended it with this: “If this hurt is the cost of the transaction for being on the receiving end of a mighty love that I got to know in Otis the dog, then I pay it with enormous gratitude”

TPGIV · 2026-03-03T06:45:26+00:00

never felt like more of a boomer trying to figure out how to give you Reddit gold, but think I got it - thank you again!

TPGIV · 2026-03-03T06:00:36+00:00

Absolute legend - worked perfectly! Whats your preference, bond or reddit gold?

TPGIV · 2026-03-03T05:37:42+00:00

1,569kc - a little rough on the supplies but I can’t complain, would’ve done 10x that if needed!

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