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If the computer works fine in SMWN without an issue will always be a driver or an app issue. If the system doesnt evem boot into smwn then definitely it is an issue with OS or H/W failure.
If the computer works fine in SMWN without an issue will always be a driver or an app issue. If the system doesnt evem boot into smwn then definitely it is an issue with OS or H/W failure.
Wished I could.
Pulled out my SSD and started to copy all the pertinent information to a back-up drive. Reinstalled the SSD drive and found that when booting into Windows 10, only a few icons (from 20+) appeared on my desktop and background went to default windows blue.
Force (hard) re-booted my computer, and then new messages started to pop up on the POST screen via Windows:
Diagnosing your PC
Preparing Automatic Repair
And then it would crash with the BSOD that looked all distorted on the 4k monitor. I tried a few more soft reboots and then gave up on the loops. Decided to install Windows 10 from scratch.
Placed the bootable USB Windows 10 that I've created a day earlier and then before I got a chance to enter Windows 10 key, the BSOD showed it's ugly head. I knew then it was not OS related, rather hardware.
So I've called up Intel and managed to get through to a customer service rep and started the RMA process on the i7-6700k CPU that I've purchased from March 2016. We'll see how that goes.
Thank you all for your help!