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BSOD on Skylake build - During startup / Installation of Windows 10
Specs
Motherboard: ASUS Z170 Pro-Gaming
CPU: I5-6600K
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz (CMK16GX4M2A2666C16R)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC GAMING ACX 2.0+
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
My system is about 5 months old and its was running perfectly fine for a few months at stock speeds (No overclock) with fresh Window 10 install (Not upgraded from Window 7/8). A few months ago, I began experiencing BSODs on startup that leaves the system stuck in a boot loop.
BSOD messages I received include:
IRQL not less or equal
System service exception
I was able to boot into safe mode on several occasions and thinking that this was a software/driver issue and not a hardware problem, I decided to reinstall Windows 10. However, when reinstalling, my system will BSOD as it starts to boot from my USB installation media. The same BSOD happens even when I took out non-essential cards such as GPU and my wireless adapter.
During troubleshooting, I also ran Memtest86+ overnight for over 10 passes and ended up with no errors.
Recently, I managed to install Windows when I configure the CPU (via UEFI BIOS) to use only one of its cores. In fact, everything seems ok whether I use 1/2 or 3 cores. It is only when I use all 4 cores that the startup BSOD loop appears.
I have attached the crash dumps from BSODs that I get when all 4 cores are active so hopefully someone can enlighten me on what’s wrong with my rig. Although my rig is technically “working” right now, I still want to identify the root cause of this and utilize all 4 cores on my CPU. XD
Any help would be much appreciated.