[becpc]

Hi,

Recently, I got a new computer but I have been getting the blue screen of death (BSOD) almost since I got it. I thought that maybe it was related to a driver of one of the PCI cards connected to the computer but recently I removed all non-essential components (4 PCI cards and two extra HDD), and it was still happening. I ran memtest86 to test the RAM sticks and they gave some errors so I replaced them, but I'm still getting BSOD although not as frequent as before (new ones didn't show any errors on Memtest after 4 runs). At this point, I'm not sure what else to test and I have attempted to figure out the issues through the generated dump files but without success.

PC specs:
GIGABYTE GA-P85-D3 LGA 1150
Intel i7 4790
GSKill Ripjaws X 16 GB
Samsung 840 Evo 120 GB SSD
Corsair CX430M Power supply

OS
Windows 8.1 Pro (64x)

Attempted solutions
OS installation from scratch (x2)
Windows has lastest updates
All drivers are up to date

Tests (in order):
Windows memory test -> no errors detected
Memtest86 -> no errors on current RAM sticks
sfc /scannow -> no issues were detected
Ran Prime85 -> not immediately but computer gave BSOD
Stress computer by running several programs, and playing many videos -> not immediately but computer gave BSOD

Thank you,
BEC

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Hello becpc   ,

 

• Did you recently install any new software(probably drivers) or hardware?
• If yes then do a system restore to previous point when it is installed.
• Do a virus scan in your pc!
• Do a Disk clean up

 

Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr) (Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8):

 

1. Click the Start button.
2. Type "command" in the search box... DO NOT hit ENTER yet!
3. While holding CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, hit ENTER.
4. You will be prompted with a permission dialog box.
5. Click Yes.
6. A black box will open with a blinking cursor.
7. Type "cleanmgr" and hit ENTER.
8. Disk Cleanup will begin calculating how much occupied disk space you can reclaim.
9. The Disk Cleanup dialog box will appear with series of checkboxes you can select. In most cases, the "Temporary Files" category will occupy the most disk space.
10. Check the boxes of the categories you want to clean and click OK.

 

Run chkdsk 

 

1. How to run “chkdsk” (Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8):
2. Click the Start button.
3. Type "command" in the search box... DO NOT hit ENTER yet!
4. While holding CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, hit ENTER.
5. You will be prompted with a permission dialog box.
6. Click Yes.
7. A black box will open with a blinking cursor.
8. Type "chkdsk /f" and hit ENTER.
9. "chkdsk" will begin scanning for hard disk corruption that could be causing 0xC1 STOP errors.
10. Follow the on-screen commands.

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Hello becpc   ,

 

• Did you recently install any new software(probably drivers) or hardware?
• If yes then do a system restore to previous point when it is installed.
• Do a virus scan in your pc!
• Do a Disk clean up

 

Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr) (Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8):

 

1. Click the Start button.
2. Type "command" in the search box... DO NOT hit ENTER yet!
3. While holding CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, hit ENTER.
4. You will be prompted with a permission dialog box.
5. Click Yes.
6. A black box will open with a blinking cursor.
7. Type "cleanmgr" and hit ENTER.
8. Disk Cleanup will begin calculating how much occupied disk space you can reclaim.
9. The Disk Cleanup dialog box will appear with series of checkboxes you can select. In most cases, the "Temporary Files" category will occupy the most disk space.
10. Check the boxes of the categories you want to clean and click OK.

 

Run chkdsk 

 

1. How to run “chkdsk” (Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8):
2. Click the Start button.
3. Type "command" in the search box... DO NOT hit ENTER yet!
4. While holding CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, hit ENTER.
5. You will be prompted with a permission dialog box.
6. Click Yes.
7. A black box will open with a blinking cursor.
8. Type "chkdsk /f" and hit ENTER.
9. "chkdsk" will begin scanning for hard disk corruption that could be causing 0xC1 STOP errors.
10. Follow the on-screen commands.