Article ID: 000054802 Content Type: Maintenance & Performance Last Reviewed: 01/24/2023

System Freezing Problems with "critical process died" BSOD Error

Environment

Intel® Server Board S2600CW2; Windows® 10 ProOS disks not in RAID

Windows® 10, 64-bit*

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Summary

Diagnostics assistance around the "critical process died" BSOD error

Description

System crashes in GUI Mode (Windows*), not before.

Note
  • You could install an operating system (OS), but it's extremely slow during the installation and crashes immediately after getting to the desktop.
  • No errors in the Windows* Event Viewer after crashing, and System Event Log (SEL) Viewer Utility only shows Shutdown logs.
  • SATA ports in question are 4 and 5.
Resolution

Re-seat the SATA cables.

Contact Intel Customer Support with the complete system event logs if you need help.