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Yesterday, I moved. Now my primary work computer that has been highly reliable months now BSOD within 15mins after every boot (sometimes during boot, sometimes after 15mins, sometimes anywhere in between).

Cleaned in interior. I have verified a bunch of connections. I have booted into Linux and had zero problems (although issues might be hiding under the hood). I've run a partial memtest (downloading a live usb for memtest now). Literally zero software has changed since the move. I'm not sure what else to test now.

Could this be a "dirty power" issue? I have solar, but this problem happened last night (which means I'd be running off grid). The problem has occurred when literally nothing was happening (idle Windows) and when everything was happening (Linux running Unigine Superposition), so power issues are not suspect unless there is something about power I don't understand.

I'm about ready to just disassemble the damn thing and rebuild it. If it's a connection issue, re-seating everything could help? That will give me a chance the GPU's PCIE slot has held up in the move. If that doesn't tell me anything, I guess I'll start swapping out known good parts from my roommate's computer (mostly my hand-me-downs).

I should be "at work" right now, but the damn thing just isn't reliable enough to work at. I could probably button up an old computer to work on Friday if I can't get this going soon. Is there any debugging or logging anyone is aware of to better diagnose this?

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First thing I’d check is what the error message/number is on the blue screen. You can also use event viewer to get more details.

 

I’d expect a hardware issue, but with that simple check of the event details you could potentially figure out which part.

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4 hours ago, CoolJosh3k said:

First thing I’d check is what the error message/number is on the blue screen. You can also use event viewer to get more details.

 

I’d expect a hardware issue, but with that simple check of the event details you could potentially figure out which part.

Whelp, pulled power cables, memory, and GPU, then reassembled and I haven't seen a BSOD since. I found some stuff in Event Viewer, but nothing I could find that would indicate the cause of the BSOD.

If it happens again, I'll post it.

4 hours ago, AaronThomas said:

@Green FoxCan you post the system specs? Sometimes that can help with diagnostics suggestions.

5950x, b550-i Asus strix (itx b550 motherboard), 308ti evga ftw3, 64gb.

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