Whatever the cause of my previous issues, the new mobo seems to have solved it, so let's consider it solved!

Thanks again to all who helped along the way.

Could be - what leads you to think it was a power delivery issue?

I haven't tested the PSU directly, although I am using the same one again with the MSI board.

kio33/jmatt:

So far things have been stable, no BSODs yet. I've left it running just about 24/7 (a small eco crime, I know) to let it update.

I have hooked up all the peripherals one at a...

Made it overnight. 11h25m uptime.

Guess I'll leaving it running while I'm at work. If it's still running this evening I'll start adding peripherals back into the mix.

Update: Came home and...

50 min so far. Figured I'd see if it can idle overnight.

Welp.... bit the bullet and bought a lovely new MSI mobo. Posting this with

-New MSI B550 A PRO
-Same SSD system drive
-Same GPU
-Same PSU
-Same CPU/Cooler
-Same case
-Same RAM

Seems like we've been down most of these paths, or at least all that seem feasible to me.

-Malware checks
-Fresh install/windows updates
-Hardware removal
-Safe mode
-Drivers

I set the...

I was out of ideas long ago, so I appreciate your help and time showing me additional ways to troubleshoot.

I'm leaning towards a mobo issue at this point, specifically to do with the onboard NIC....

Switched drive policy to quick removal per the youtube dude's suggestion. Let's see if that helps.

UPDATE: It didn't.

That MS post seems to be way over my head. Not sure where to run those...

BSOD'ed again

Been out this eve, but it's still running. 28 hours in safe mode w/ network without cable plugged in.

Haven't tried another cable. Need to find one long enough to try swapping it.

How great...

22 hours of uptime in safe mode w/ networking with no cable plugged in....

Idled overnight in safe mode with networking with the cable unplugged.

However, I noticed this morning that I had the network interface disabled, so maybe that's why it worked.

I've re-enabled...

Hi Rick, thanks for slogging through all that to weigh in. JMatt's kept me going, probably would have given up by now without his input.

Your take about the PCI bus makes sense to me, especially...

I'll try and borrow a card from my buddy. If I have to order one, I'ma go with a north american seller, heheh

Coincidentally, the only place I can find a PCB I want for a different project is in...

I'm down to experiment further, just don't have the components on hand to do that right away.



Safe mode with no networking stopped the BSODs. Stable idle with screensaver overnight, haven't...

It is set to Auto

I can try and borrow one, but would be a few days at the soonest. Would a different wifi adapter be suitable? Not sure exactly what this experiment is seeking to prove or disprove.

Not sure...

I already tried disabling integrated NIC and connecting to interwebz with a usb wifi dongle. Still crashed.

Would ethernet card make a difference?

Snail says:

327368

Network adapter is integrated into the mobo. Asrock B550 Steel Legend.

Prior to the clean install, I did try letting snail update the drivers. At that point, it had...

Restarted into safe mode with networking and had a near immediate BSOD

Let's try it without networking

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It idled at desktop with a screensaver overnight in safe mode...

Calling it a night, but will pick up form there in the morning.

Thanks again for the help.

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I got the 11-6-20 drivers to install. Others I tried along the way crashed...

Still crashin'

Ok, turned off Fast Startup. Also switched back to high performance power plan. It looks like my attempt to install AMD drivers did manage to install AMD power plans.

Still crashes

It's logs!
It's logs!
They're big, they're heavy!
They're wood!

I see a lot of slui.exe License Activation events. That's an aggressive nag technique.

Removed the firewire card, still...