Brand new Build. BSod CLock_Watchdog_Timeout and Freezes.

much thanks to you and @axe0 for all the help

just installed a brand new MSI board.

booted up, opened chrome. it froze!

gahhhhhhhh

nosamk said:

just installed a brand new MSI board.

booted up, opened chrome. it froze!

gahhhhhhhh

Getting late here but. This is unbelievable. I take it it's a new clean install Keith.

no. I reckon I need to just reinstall windows

Just tried to install drivers and got the error: machine_check_exception

nosamk said:

no. I reckon I need to just reinstall windows

Just tried to install drivers and got the error: machine_check_exception

Do a quick clean install. If that doesn't cure it I'd be looking at RMAing the CPU + PSU. Memory, I'd buy one stick of the cheapest Crucial stuff if need be. Can't really see 4 sticks being bad. What a pisser.

weird stuff happening.

I have the nic on the new machine plugged into my router. after a few mins with it plugged in my existing machine shows an error with the internet and I cannot get online. As soon as I unplug the new one the error goes away and I can access the internet again

also:
I tried to reformat and reinstall on the 500gb ssd
I deleted all the partitions on that drive, formatted, and tried to reinstall.
I got an error that 'we cant install windows in the location you chose. please check media drive. heres more info: 0x80300024

nosamk said:

weird stuff happening.

I have the nic on the new machine plugged into my router. after a few mins with it plugged in my existing machine shows an error with the internet and I cannot get online. As soon as I unplug the new one the error goes away and I can access the internet again

also:
I tried to reformat and reinstall on the 500gb ssd
I deleted all the partitions on that drive, formatted, and tried to reinstall.
I got an error that 'we cant install windows in the location you chose. please check media drive. heres more info: 0x80300024

Unplug all drives except the 500gb ? Probably that

unplugged all other drives
rebooted
installed windows on the crucial 500gb drive
install went fine
first boot
added u/n, pass, express settings

clicked ok to finish - proceed to win 10

BSoD Clock_Watchdog_timeout - frozen at 20% complete

Can you swap out the PSU for another one Keith and try and get that out of the equation. ?

I dont have another PSU.

DO you think thats the higher likelihood than the CPU?