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"IRQL not less or equal" BSOD after installing new bios and gpu driver
I've been struggling with sporadic game crash issues for half a year.
Not sure if it's hardware related.
I posted here a few weeks back and got some help, but it didn't seem to fix the issue outright/thoroughly.
So installed windows 10 clean, and they went away for a long time (2 weeks, which I think is a record).
Another one just occurred though, so that's why I'm back. Hopefully someone can some insight.
(Note: I ran memtest86: for 7 hours without error, gpu and cpu temps are good
(not sure about the time at crash, but every time I check them, during stress tests even, they are normal).
I had been running the latest crimson driver 16.5.3, and had bios 1206 before it crashed. Thought one may have been the cause so updated both of them...so now I've got crimson 16.6.1 and 1805 bios (fixes stability).
This time, within a few minutes after exiting out of the game, with steam still running in the background, I got the IRQL BSOD while navigating file explorer.
I've no idea where to look to find exactly what driver is needed for each piece of hardware. I've spent literally hours scouring the forums, but most all the semi-related hits are dated and/or have different hardware.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Attachment 84213 (crimson 16.6.1 Bios 1805)
Attachment 84211 (crimson 16.5.3 Bios 1206)