BSOD after clean install Windows 10 Anniversary

azkaban3000 · 05 Aug 2016

Hi,

After updating to Windows 10 Anniversary, my PC got this issue: every programs including Start Menu, Taskbar, Windows Explorer, etc freeze after I log in. I couldn't even log off, turn on task manager using Ctrl+Alt+Del or Ctrl+Shift+ESC. I searched and tried many methods but non has worked unless I roll back to previous build. Then I decided to format the drive and try a clean install to fix the issue.

The clean installation ran smoothly, however after that it always shows the BSOD error with ks.sys message whenever I log in. I haven't install any software or driver yet, except the Nvidia display driver I installed in safe mode.

Felling hopeless now. Please help guys.

philc43 · 06 Aug 2016

Hello azkaban3000 :)

It looks to me like you have overclocked your system or something is not right with the settings:

Code:

CPUID:        "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU         750  @ 2.67GHz"
MaxSpeed:     2670
CurrentSpeed: 3200

Please remove all overclocking settings in the BIOS, load optimised defaults and retest. Overclocking a system will frequently result in BSOD errors.

azkaban3000 · 06 Aug 2016

philc43 said:

Hello azkaban3000 :)

It looks to me like you have overclocked your system or something is not right with the settings:

Code:

CPUID:        "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU         750  @ 2.67GHz"
MaxSpeed:     2670
CurrentSpeed: 3200

Please remove all overclocking settings in the BIOS, load optimised defaults and retest. Overclocking a system will frequently result in BSOD errors.

Hi philc43,

Thanks for you reply. Yes I have overclocked my PC and been using that setting for 5 years, it worked perfectly with Windows 7 and previous Windows 10 build. I already tried the optimized default setting but the ks.sys BSOD still appear so I'm sure that overclocking is not the reason in this case.

For more information, I still keep my old Windows 10 build 1511 on other hard drive and it still works perfectly. Therefore the BOSD issue only show up with Win 10 anniversary build.

philc43 · 06 Aug 2016

Does it also do this in safe mode? There must be a driver updated for the W10 AU that is triggering a problem in your system. If safe mode is OK, you should then try a clean boot (disable all start-up items and any non-Microsoft services) and if still OK gradually add items back in until you find the one that causes the problem.

azkaban3000 · 07 Aug 2016

No the problem only occurs in normal boot, safe mode still fine. I tried clean boot but it stucks in a loading screen with orange background prior to the normal login screen.

I've been back to my old Windows on the old hard drive for a few times and switched back to the new one, suddenly all works perfectly. How strange....