Blue Screen of Death. Why me.

[Forko]

Last night I was streaming Life is Strange and my computer had no issues whatsoever. A windows update was scheduled for 3am and when I woke up this morning I was greeted by a "blue screen of death" with a frozen 50% and the error message of "Machine check exeption" 

 

i restarted my computer and i was able to use it for about a minute with no problems but after that minute, it blue screened again. 

 

In that minute i have been able to check the drivers for my gpu and my Hdd and my SSd and they look fine. Ive never done any overclocking but i checked my Bios too and it seems that i can stay in my Bios menu for as long as I want without crashing. My cpu temp seems fine staying around 32°C. I dont know what to do. If you can help, thank you very much, i want to get back to streaming as soon as possible. 

 

PC specs. 

Evga gtx 1070 8gb founders edition

i7 6600k cpu

maximus 8 gene motherboard

corsair 750 wat powersupply 

2×8gb sticks of hyperx fury ram

seagate baracuda 1TB hdd

kingston 128gb ssd

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

any overclock also don't change font colors next time 

[Alesek]

if you have automatic backup, you can restore your windows from the latest working point

[Master Disaster]

16 minutes ago, Forko said:

Last night I was streaming Life is Strange and my computer had no issues whatsoever. A windows update was scheduled for 3am and when I woke up this morning I was greeted by a "blue screen of death" with a frozen 50% and the error message of "Machine check exeption" 

 

i restarted my computer and i was able to use it for about a minute with no problems but after that minute, it blue screened again. 

 

In that minute i have been able to check the drivers for my gpu and my Hdd and my SSd and they look fine. Ive never done any overclocking but i checked my Bios too and it seems that i can stay in my Bios menu for as long as I want without crashing. My cpu temp seems fine staying around 32°C. I dont know what to do. If you can help, thank you very much, i want to get back to streaming as soon as possible. 

 

PC specs. 

Evga gtx 1070 8gb founders edition

i7 6600k cpu

maximus 8 gene motherboard

corsair 750 wat powersupply 

2×8gb sticks of hyperx fury ram

seagate baracuda 1TB hdd

kingston 128gb ssd

Machine Check Exception is a difficult one, it basically means there was a hardware fault.

[Anghammarad]

Could be the SSD.

[kelvinhall05]

Remove each component one by one, see if it works with a certain combination of parts. That can help you narrow down the problem.

[Forko]

4 hours ago, Alaradia said:

any overclock also don't change font colors next time 

I dont think i did change any font colors. But no i have never overclocked mt machine. 

[Forko]

3 hours ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Remove each component one by one, see if it works with a certain combination of parts. That can help you narrow down the problem.

Ill try that

[Forko]

4 hours ago, Anghammarad said:

Could be the SSD.

I dont know if it is, if it was the ssd why would it let me boot windows for that full minute before freezing?

[Forko]

4 hours ago, Alesek said:

if you have automatic backup, you can restore your windows from the latest working point

I know im a bad pc owner because i dont have one of those. 

[Forko]

4 hours ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Remove each component one by one, see if it works with a certain combination of parts. That can help you narrow down the problem.

So it looks like im looking at a bad ssd. I disconnected my hard drive and i disconnected my GPU. And nothing changed. So i can only assue that my ssd is what is causing this issue also due to the fact that it is my boot drive with my os on it, the computer will post but no os. 

[Forko]

4 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Machine Check Exception is a difficult one, it basically means there was a hardware fault.

So it looks like im looking at a bad ssd. I disconnected my hard drive and i disconnected my GPU. And nothing changed. So i can only assue that my ssd is what is causing this issue also due to the fact that it is my boot drive with my os on it, the computer will post but no os. 

[Forko]

Problem not fixed. It looks like the problem isnt my hard drive, my ssd, or my graphics card. While installing windows on my brand new SSD i got this message. 

[Master Disaster]

7 minutes ago, Forko said:

Problem not fixed. It looks like the problem isnt my hard drive, my ssd, or my graphics card. While installing windows on my brand new SSD i got this message. 

Again, that's a generic 'hardware failure' message, doesn't tell you anything useful. In my experience that message usually means you've got a bad overclock, have you ever OCed? Have you manually set any bios settings in relation to your hardware?

[Forko]

22 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Again, that's a generic 'hardware failure' message, doesn't tell you anything useful. In my experience that message usually means you've got a bad overclock, have you ever OCed? Have you manually set any bios settings in relation to your hardware?

I have never overclocked a single part of my computer. At this point the only things that could be damaged are my power supply, cpu, or motherboard. I have not made any changes to how my hardwear would run in bios. The only things that i have changed there are initiating fast boot and changing my boot drives. Thats it. I even reset my bios to default in case that was the issue. 

[Ace McPlane]

oh man that sucks..

if it is your SSD though... check out massdrop

they have a 500 gb samsung evo on for like half the usual price!

I'm crying right now because I'm too broke to buy

[Ace McPlane]

Oh, nm I see you've already got a new one.. missed that.. hmmm.... so still getting the error after a new windows install eh? does sound like it's hardware related... If you truly ruled out your GPU, SSD, and hard drive... I'm wondering if it's your mobo...

I wish bluescreen errors gave you more info. You can look up info on it in event viewer but I don't usually find it helps that much.

[Forko]

1 minute ago, stateofpsychosis said:

Oh, nm I see you've already got a new one.. missed that.. hmmm.... so still getting the error after a new windows install eh? does sound like it's hardware related... If you truly ruled out your GPU, SSD, and hard drive... I'm wondering if it's your mobo...

I wish bluescreen errors gave you more info. You can look up info on it in event viewer but I don't usually find it helps that much.

I ruled out each part by completely disconnecting it from the computer turning it back and and waiting for the error message. 

[Ace McPlane]

yea, and you can't disconnect your CPU or mobo so that's what it's down to I guess. I really hope it's something less annoying but hey if you reinstalled windows and disconnected everything else I can't think of much else it could be..

 

hey your windows copy isn't like a scratched up disc is it? You don't want to be reinstalling windows from damaged media. It'll give you corrupted files.. Maybe it's that? wishful thinking.

 

Anyways, I'm having blue screen issues lately too so I feel your pain..

I think I solved them though. Going to have to play the waiting game to see if they come back at this point.

[Forko]

5 minutes ago, stateofpsychosis said:

Oh, nm I see you've already got a new one.. missed that.. hmmm.... so still getting the error after a new windows install eh? does sound like it's hardware related... If you truly ruled out your GPU, SSD, and hard drive... I'm wondering if it's your mobo...

I wish bluescreen errors gave you more info. You can look up info on it in event viewer but I don't usually find it helps that much.

And no not after the instal, during. 

[Ace McPlane]

before buying any new hardware...

redownload the windows tool from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10

use that tool to create a USB stick to install windows with..

and try installing with that

use a new USB if you already tried this..

make sure it's not a bad windows copy.

[Ace McPlane]

That's what my issue turned out to be (as long as it doesn't come back) so a good thing to try anyways.

[Forko]

Just now, stateofpsychosis said:

before buying any new hardware...

redownload the windows tool from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10

use that tool to create a USB stick to install windows with..

and try installing with that

use a new USB if you already tried this..

make sure it's not a bad windows copy.

Its not a bad windows copy its the original stick from when. I boight windows. 

[Ace McPlane]

you're probably right but USB's can fail too

so it's worth trying 

especially since it doesn't cost you anything to download.

You only have to pay for the license now which you already have.

[Forko]

Im at the end of my rope. Ive bought a new powersupply thinking that was the issue. I also bought a new motherboard thinking that was the issue. I also bought a new ssd because I thought the old one was the issue. Ive tried the ram sticks in all four channels one at a time and even both, thinking that was the issue. I unplugged my cpu fan and started it up thinking that was the issue. The "Machine_check_exception" still haunts me. Im at the end of my rope and I dont know what to do. Do I just need to replace the cpu now? Because it pretty much the inly think i have not tried.