Solved PC Crashes with Kernel Mode Heap Corruption Error Disk Recovery

[Solved] PC Crashes with Kernel Mode Heap Corruption Error [Disk Recovery]

Have you encountered Kernel Mode Heap Corruption Error on your PC? If so, you can read this post, in which MiniTool offers you 8 methods to solve this error. Please read on to get them.

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Some users reported that they had encountered Kernel Mode Heap Corruption BSOD when they were using their computers normally or performing some CPU or GPU intensive activity.

The causes for the KERNEL_MODE_HEAP-CORRUPTION error are various, including outdated graphics drivers, corrupt system files, conflicts with unstable software, and hardware issues. Then, how to solve Kernel Mode Heap Corruption BSOD? Please read the following content.

Back up or Rescue Data Before Repairing BSOD

If you are facing Kernel Mode Heap Corruption Windows 10, you can take solutions mentioned below to repair your computer. However, before you performing these solutions, I recommend you to back up or rescue data first, in case important data experiences secondary damage during the repairing process.

If your computer can boot into Windows normally after this BSOD, you can transfer your important data to a safe place, or back up them through Copy Partition Wizard feature of MiniTool Partition Wizard.

If your computer can’t boot up when encountering this error, you should rescue your important data via a USB flash drive. To do that, I recommend you to use Data Recovery feature of MiniTool Partition Wizard. As for detailed data recovery steps, please refer to this post: A Step-by-Step Tutorial on How to Use a Flash Drive on PC.

Fix 1. Check Event Viewer

When you encounter any error on Windows, the first thing you should do is checking Event Viewer. Event Viewer is a component built into the Microsoft Windows NT operating system that allows you to view all events of your computer as a system administrator. This helps solve computer problems.

However, this method can only be used when the computer can boot into Windows or Safe Mode. If your computer can’t enter Windows normally, please follow the steps below to enter Safe Mode first:

After booting into Windows or Safe Mode, please refer to the following steps to check Event Viewer:

Step 1: Press «Windows + R» keys simultaneously and then type «eventvwr» into the Run box. Then, hit Enter key to open Event Viewer.

Step 2: Navigate to Windows Logs > System to find the log about Kernel Mode Heap Corruption BSOD.

Step 3: After finding the log, you should pay attention to the log description because it may indicate the cause of the problem. Additionally, you should also note Source and Event ID information, which may also help you to solve this problem.

After checking Windows log, you can solve the problem accordingly. However, it’s possible that you still don’t know how to solve this problem because the description doesn’t tell you what you should do. If so, you can try the following methods.

Fix 2. Update, Roll Back, or Reinstall the Graphics Card Driver

If you encounter KERNEL_MODE_HEAP-CORRUPTION error while starting the game or any graphic intensive application, the culprit usually should be the outdated or corrupt graphics card driver. For example, some users report that their Crash Dump Analysis files indicate it is nvlddmkm. sys (a graphics card driver) that causes the Kernel Mode Heap Corruption BSOD.

Therefore, you should try updating the graphics card driver. If this method fails, you can then try rolling back it. If this method still fails, you should try reinstalling a new graphics card driver.

Similarly, the above methods can only be used when your computer can enter Windows or Safe Mode. As for how to perform them, please refer to the following steps:

Step 1: Press «Windows + X» keys and then select Device Manager in the pop-up menu.

Step 2: Expand the Display adapters and right-click on the graphics card driver listed under it. Then, follow ways below to update, roll back, or reinstall the graphics card driver:

Fix 3. Run Driver Verifier Manager

If the above method fails to solve Kernel Mode Heap Corruption Windows 10, you can run Driver Verifier to see whether there are other problematic drivers, because it’s also possible that this BSOD is caused by other problematic drivers.

The Driver Verifier is a tool included with Microsoft Windows, which can monitor and highlight illegal function calls or actions that may cause system corruption due to the driver. With it, you can identify problematic drivers.

Similarly, this method is only available when your computer can enter Windows or Safe Mode. As for how to run it, please refer to the following steps:

Step 1: Open Driver Verifier Manager through the following two ways:

Step 2: Check Create standard settings and click Next button. Then, check Automatically select all drivers installed on this computer and click Finish button. After that, Windows will scan for the errors in the drivers and reboot your computer.

Step 3: After the reboot, Windows will display the drivers that have errors. Then, you need to follow Fix 2 to update, roll back, or reinstall them.

Fix 4. Check for Incompatible Software

If you get the error after installing a new app or when you’re trying to launch a certain program, such as a video game, it’s very possible that the Kernel Mode Heap Corruption BSOD is caused by a software conflict. If your computer can enter Windows or Safe Mode, here are two ways to get rid of the software conflict.

If the software conflict occurs because it’s too old and just compatible with Windows 7/8, you can solve the BSOD by running the program in compatibility mode through the following steps:

If the software conflict is caused by other factors, you should uninstall the incompatible program through the following steps:

Want to Fix Windows 10 Blue Screen of Death Error? Here are step-by-step tutorials. Just choose most proper one and try them out.

Fix 5. Check RAM

Memory problem is another reason behind this stop error. To solve this issue, you should identify and fix RAM problems on your PC through Memory Diagnostic. Similarly, this method is only available when your computer can enter Windows or Safe Mode. Please follow the steps below to check RAM:

Step 1: Type «memory diagnostic» in the Windows search box. Then, double-click the best-matched icon for Windows Memory Diagnostic.

Step 2: Choose Restart now and check for problems.

Step 3: Your computer will restart and diagnose the memory. Once the diagnosis process is completed, the computer will boot up automatically. Then, you need to view the diagnosis report in Event Viewer through the following steps:

If the diagnosis is not passed, you should take measures according to the diagnosis result description.

This article explains what high memory usage is and how to check it. It also gives 11 methods to fix Windows 10 high memory usage caused by most common reasons.

Fix 6. Run SFC or DISM

When the Kernel Mode Heap Corruption BSOD occurs, you should run SFC or DISM to check whether it is corrupt system files that cause the BSOD problem.

System File Checker is a tool built in Windows to replace damaged, lost, or changed system files with good system files. In addition, it can be used even if the computer can’t boot into Windows or Safe Mode. Please follow the steps below to run it:

Step 1: Open Command Prompt through the following two ways:

Step 2: Type «sfc /scannow» and press the Enter key. Then, wait until the procedure ends.

How to fix the issue SFC scannow not working? Here, this article focuses on two cases of SFC error. Try to use the following methods.

DISM is a better tool that can restore corrupt system files. Usually, if SFC fails to repair system files, you can run DISM. However, it is only available when your computer can boot into Windows or Safe Mode. Please follow the steps below to run it:

Step 1: Boot into Windows or Safe Mode and then run Command Prompt as administrator.

Step 2: Type the following commands one by one and hit Enter.

Fix 7. Check Slots of the Graphics Card and the Memory

Another cause for the KERNEL_MODE_HEAP-CORRUPTION error is that you have inserted the graphics card or the memory bank into a wrong slot. If so, you should check your motherboard manual and insert it back into the correct lane.

Fix 8. Perform System Restore

If all the above methods don’t work for you, you can try performing System Restore to revert your computer’s state to that of a good point in time. As for how to do that, please refer to the following post:

How to restore computer to earlier date in Windows 10? Here are 2 useful ways to easily do system restore to let PC return to its previous state.

Bottom Line

Kernel Mode Heap Corruption FAQ

Kernel mode is one of operation modes computer, which allows the computer to have full access to all hardware and make the machine run its any instructions.

Heap corruption occurs when a program damages the allocator’s view of the heap. This error may cause a memory leak where some memory isn’t returned to the heap and is inaccessible to the program afterward, or it may cause a memory fault, usually within the allocator itself.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Author Linda has been working as an editor at MiniTool for 1 year. As a fresh man in IT field, she is curious about computer knowledge and learns it crazily. Maybe due to this point, her articles are simple and easy to understand. Even people who do not understand computer can gain something.

By the way, her special focuses are data recovery, partition management, disk clone, and OS migration.

Solutions for Kernel Mode Heap Corruption Windows 10

Another popular Windows Error we’ll talk about today is the Kernel mode heap corruption windows 10. This error occurs mostly when your CPU is overload or I can say is overworking. It’s a blue screen of death error that’s common in almost all Windows operating systems, though it’s more popular in Windows 10.

It’s a BSOD error code and this isn’t necessary a critical error when compared to other BSOD errors because there are simple fixes that can help you get rid of the problem. The error can be shown when you encountered blue screen.

What Are The Causes?

In most cases the error is caused by driver problems, graphics card in particular is the main cause of this Kernel error message. Other causes include software conflicts and hardware malfunctions.

When Does The Error Shows Up

It can show up in different scenarios, some users report to receive the error during Windows 10 Startup while some are receiving it while launching video games or other apps on their PC.

Let’s share how to fix the error on your Windows 10 PC.

Kernel Mode Heap Corruption Windows 10

How To Fix Kernel Mode Heap Corruption On Windows 10

Fix No.1: Check graphics card for problems

As we’ve mentioned earlier the leading cause are drivers, and graphics card is among the drivers that cause this error. So we need to first identify if there are problems with your display drivers before proceeding with any other troubleshoot. Here are the steps to follow in order to confirm that:

Fix No.2: Roll back driver updates

In the first fix above we mentioned updating your graphics card driver, if you however start receiving the “kernel mode heap corruption windows 10″ after installing updates, you need to remove those updates, when such happens there is a strong chance that the new updates are causing the error.

Here is how to remove the updates:

Fix No.3: Run driver verifier manager

Display drivers are more popular in causing the “kernel mode heap corruption windows 10’”error, but still we need to check on other drivers as well to ensure they’re not causing any problem as well. Here is how to execute this fix.

Driver Verifier Manager

Fix No.4: Scan your system with system file checker and DISM

If you haven’t get rid of the ‘kernel mode heap corruption windows 10’ you should now check for corrupt system files and fix them automatically by using SFC (System File Checker) or DISM tool. here is how to execute the steps:

Running system file checker

check for corrupt system files

Run DISM

The DISM tool (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) also perform in-depth search on your PC, errors that couldn’t be detected by SFC scan, can be detected with DISM.

Fix No.5: Resolve Conflicting Software

As mentioned in the causes, conflicting software can lead to kernel mode heap corruption. The best way to fix this is to close all applications and then you start launching your applications one by one, until you identify the app that’s causing problem for your PC.

Read also Other Errors Relating to Blue Screen:

Some users for example have reported to receive the kernel mode heap corruption error by launching video games. In such cases it means that your PC doesn’t has enough requirements to run the game, that’s why in this case your CPU is overworking and then lead to system crash. Once you find the program or app causing problem, it’s better to remove such apps from your Pc, because they can cause more problems to your Pc that you’re not aware of.

Fix No.6: Resolve hardware problems

Hardware problem can also be the cause of ‘kernel mode heap corruption’ error, you need to check for hardware problems using Windows Memory Diagnostic tool. You should also check other issues like overheating and so on. Here is how to do that:

Running Windows Diagnostic tool

This tool will check for RAM errors, follow these steps:

Fix No.7: Check event viewer

The even viewer is a component of Microsoft Windows NT that can help Windows users solve different problems. If you can’t even access desktop you need to run your PC in safe mode and then proceed with the following steps:

Check event viewer

Fix No.8: System Restore

By now if you can’t get rid of the kernel mode heap corruption error, you should consider restoring your Pc to an earlier version. It’s possible that some important changes have been made to your PC that’s causing the problem. Just type system restore in Windows search and open the system restore feature, it’s self-explanatory. Choose the restore points available. And your Pc settings will be restored from that date, your new files will not be deleted, but any important change made to your PC will revert back original settings on the restore point.

Conclusion

If system restore still isn’t working for you, you now have to reset your PC, the reset feature allows you to get back Windows settings just like it’s a brand new installation. There are two resets: first reset is like a fresh windows installation, because everything will be deleted. While the second reset, your files won’t be deleted, but all settings are restored. So choose the one suit you best. At this point your pc will be back to normal.