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Random BSODs and freezes on W10 Pro x64
I have to write this AGAIN so I'll just shorten it: had W8, W7 twice and W10, all of them with BSODs and freezes.
ZIP is here Attachment 53275 (2 months with Win 8, one year with the first w7 install and one year with the second, using w10 since day one)
BSODs used to be very frequent on W8 and my first W7 install, somewhat rare on my second W7 install and slightly more common on W10. Freezes started appearing on my second W7 install and carried on to W10 (fresh install, different HDD and install media)
The most common now is WHEA_Uncorrectable_Error, Windows doesn't even want to create a Minidump, it just says it's trying to create it but it never does, rebooting after 1 min.
Freezes are also random but present. It's jusually 1-2, maybe 3 once a week or sometimes I can go two weeks without a freeze, just like I did right now. Had 2 faulty dimms on my W8 and two W7 installs, replaced them with another (unknowingly) faulty pair, sent it back and got a new working RAM Kit. Same for PSUS (WHEA was already a thing on the W7 installs and I went through another two PSUS)
RAM: Good, ran Memtest for an entire day, no errors.
CPU: Good, ran Prime95 for another day, no errors, max temp is 58-59°C.
PSUs: Good, otherwise it'd just shut down like the previous faulty one (not the original one) did.
GPU: Good ? Never had it do anything weird
Motherboard: Uuh.. good? I have no idea honestly, BIOS is up to date and there are no faulty RAM slots.
sfc /scannow and chkdsk /r (or /f) do nothing and yes, both my HDDs are in perfect health.
I also found out that the USB key I used for W8 and W7 is a bad drive. Not sure about the W10 one.
(Installed W10 thanks to the Media Creation Tool on DAY ONE, that's probably the source of all my problems)
Everyone I know just points to a bad/broken Windows installation and I'm starting to think it's true.
P.S. all this happens both with and without overclocks.
Last edited by Xeraser; 12 Dec 2015 at 15:01.