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I noticed that you had reinstalled Windows. Have you had any BSOD events since then? If not then you may already have fixed the problem. If you get any more BSOD crashes please post a new zip file.
I noticed that you had reinstalled Windows. Have you had any BSOD events since then? If not then you may already have fixed the problem. If you get any more BSOD crashes please post a new zip file.
Yeh, I've still been getting BSODs, I've had quite a few today alone. I'll try the other methods of memtest later on today.
Still not able to run Memtest, turns out when I try to enter my BIOS nothing seems to happen either, just a black screen. I've left it for 10 minutes and nothing still seems to happen. I also very thoroughly cleaned the insides of my computer to see if that was the cause for some reason.
How are you trying to enter the BIOS? I believe for your motherboard you need to press the delete key during the power on stage. Try restarting and repeatedly pressing the delete key as it restarts. Hopefully you will reach the bios screens and you can then change the boot order to get the memtest86+ USB stick to boot.
I also notice that your last crash dump indicates that driver verifier is enabled. Please turn this off if you have not already done so.
Please update your progress with each step in post #8.
Since I cleaned my computer 3 days ago I haven't got a BSOD once, so I assume this is the reason why I was getting BSODs in the first place. I only really found a fair amount of dust in my CPU heatsink and GPU fan, didn't think that alone would be able to cause BSODs.
Thanks for the help though, appreciate it!
The build-up of dust usually causes the heatsink and fans to lose their efficiency and this causes the CPU or GPU to overheat. Overheating is a common cause of BSOD so the explanation is plausible.
Let us know if you do get any more BSOD events and we can look into it. Make sure you have a system backup and a recovery disk in case you get further problems. I can recommend Macrium Reflect and encourage you to read the tutorials on using it.