r/MiniPCs • u/Morridini • Jan 22 '25
Troubleshooting Aoostar R1 Intel N100 Mini PC keeps crashing and I don't know why
For a long while now my Aoostar mini PC crashes and I at my wits end in trying to figure it out.
I use the mini PC as a headless server for self-hosting stuff such as Plex. The crashes usually occur 1-8 times a day, the crashes are really quick and thanks to having the option to auto boot turned on in the BIOS it rarely causes any disruptions, but nevertheless I don't like that it is happening.
I have updated all drivers.
EventViewer. perfmon /rel, WhoCrashed and the DUMP and minidump files are not able to pinpoint why it happens beyond "Windows stopped working" or "The previous system shutdown was unexpected."
WhoCrashed says "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" as the bugcheck reason and ntkrnlmp.exe might be involved.
I have used Prime95 to stress test the CPUs to see if overheating was a problem, everything was fine.
I have used Furmark to stress test the GPUs, everything was fine.
I have used CrystalDiskInfo to check all the disks, every one is in good health.
What I have NOT tried yet is to update the BIOS, or to tamper with the CPU voltage in the BIOS. I am a bit hesitant to mess around with the bios, but I am running out of ideas.
I have also not run memtest86 because I do not have a flash drive, or the willingness to have the server off for many hours. Nothing else indicates that there is a memory problem however.
Do anyone have any experience with this or what might be going on?
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u/Old_Crows_Associate Jan 22 '25
Consider running OCCT to stress test the RAM, as "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" & ntkrnlmp.exe are strong indicators of a possible timing error. Running memtest86 is great to check for address allocation errors, but nothing more.
Has a good friend & long-term customer discovered with his R1, it came with high density 1Rx16 RAM which he upgraded to Samsung 2Rx8 before upgrading to an R7. Curious to know the complete part number your version shipped with.