Windows 10: BSOD on Windows 10 even from USB drive - I'm at wit's end

Discus and support BSOD on Windows 10 even from USB drive - I'm at wit's end in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Hello everyone ! This is going to be a doozy so please bare with me! First of all, here is my build : Motherboard : AsRock X570 Taichi CPU : AMD... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Ezyriel, Jan 23, 2021.

  1. BSOD on Windows 10 even from USB drive - I'm at wit's end


    Hello everyone !

    This is going to be a doozy so please bare with me!

    First of all, here is my build :

    Motherboard : AsRock X570 Taichi CPU : AMD Ryzen 3800X CPU Cooler : be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 SSD : Samsung Pro 970 NVME M.2 RAM : GSkill Trident Z RGB 16GB 3600 MHZ CL 16 PSU : EVGA Supernova G3 750W 80 Gold+ GPU : Radeon 5700XT Powercolor Red Devil

    Alright so I'll do my best to write everything I know about my case.

    Around 10 days ago I decided to do my first PC build which happened without an issue. Followed a couple of tutorials, was very careful, everything was fine. Decided to boot Windows 10 taken from the official Microsoft website from a USB drive and installed it, no worries here too. My system ran fine for I'd say 5/6 days when all of a sudden, while I was watching Youtube, my PC shuts down with the BSOD : "System Service Exception"

    I didn't pay much mind to it but silly was I to think that it was the end... From that point onward, I wouldn't be able to boot normally. Following this first BSOD, I'd try to boot normally and sometimes I'd reach the desktop before the BSOD appears, sometimes it'd happen during the boot itself after the Windows logo appears and it even happened during while I was navigating the options to run into Safe Mode.

    Here is an exhaustive list of all the BSOD I encountered :

    • SYSTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION
    • System Thread Exception Not Handled
    • System Thread Exception Not Handled (NETIO.SYS)
    • driver irql not less or equal
    • KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
    • kernel security check failure -SYSTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION wpprecorder.sys

    It got worse and worse up to the point now where I just can't do anything and I'm stuck on a boot-loop with the BSOD : System Thread Exception Not Handled

    Naturally I searched online to find a solution to my problem but most of them advised steps I cannot perform. Kindly refer below to the troubleshooting list I did :

    1. Tried RAMS one after the other with MEMTEST = Returned 0 errors
    2. Tried to override the Windows installation with a fresh install from a USB drive correctly formatted = BSOD System Thread Exception Not Handled when I try to boot from the USB stick.
    3. Updated my AsRock BIOS to its latest version 3.80 from the official AsRock website = Same result
    4. Tried various combinations of settings within the BIOS (CSM/Secure Boot disabled/enabled, trying with CSM enabled but with Legacy settings only, disabling integrated Wi-Fi, changing RAM Mhz, RAM voltage) = Same issue remains
    5. Put Ubuntu on the USB drive to check if Windows was the issue and Ubuntu booted without a problem. Tried the command sudo os-prober = Returned nothing at all after punching Enter, just went to the next line with nothing happening whatsoever which I believe means that Windows cannot be found / is corrupted.
    6. Did a Secure Erase of the NVME and seeing that it didn't change anything, did a sanitization of it = Nothing changed, still BSOD (same message)
    7. Went on tb.rg-adguard.net to grab an old version of Windows, thinking that the older drivers would be more peaceful with my PC (since at that time I thought that my PC crashed while downloading drivers in the background) = Same blue screen
    8. Tried to use Hiren's Boot CD to access a lite/safe environment of Windows to try and repair something = Same problem.
    9. Did one last clear CMOS so now all the motherboard values are at default, no overclocking applied.

    Now whenever I try to boot any Windows version (be it an old one or the most recent from Microsoft), I'm facing = SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED.

    I'd like to precise one thing that may be of importance : While my build was running, I played some games (mainly Sekiro : Shadows Die Twice) on Ultra crystal clear, no problem happened. During the check of my hardware, I realised that one of the 4 pins connectors to my CPU wasn't plugged in so my CPU was powered only by a 4+4 pin. Plugging the additional 4 pins connectors didn't solve the issue either. Maybe it was a huge mistake on my end but since my system never showed any symptoms from not being fully powered, I'm doubting that it'd be the cause of what's happening since the problem happened while I was demanding far less power from the system.

    Throughout my researches, I've encountered some threads where the issue was hardware related ; replacing the CPU or the motherboard did the trick which I'm reluctant to do (but that I'd do if that's what must be done) Here are the threads links : https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...hen-booting-from-usb.3198357/page-2?view=date AND : https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...d/909e99b9-1163-480f-a42f-23e1f5352f86?page=2

    As the title mentions, I'm at wit's end... I've been at it for 4 days now and I'm still not sure if it's hardware related or if I could somehow overwrite Windows with a fresh installation through some magic trick. Maybe Windows is buried so far deep into my system that changing the hardware is inevitable, I don't know...

    I'm open to any suggestions that I may not have thought about, anything to help me, I'll gladly take it!

    Thank you for your time and I hope my post was detailed enough without making you snore in the middle! BSOD on Windows 10 even from USB drive - I'm at wit's end :) May you have a good day or night!

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    /u/Ezyriel, Jan 23, 2021
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  2. Delta6326 Win User
    Delta6326, Jan 23, 2021
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  3. Windows 10 USB boot

    Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

    System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

    Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

    So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
    If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

    There is three options:
    Windows 10
    Windows 10 Home
    Windows 10 N

    Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

    System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

    Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
    That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks
     
    TRUELOVE95, Jan 23, 2021
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  4. thraxed Win User

    BSOD on Windows 10 even from USB drive - I'm at wit's end

    Installing windows off of a USB stick

    Step By Step from vista:
    From admin cmd prompt

    1. diskpart
    1a. list disk
    2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
    3. clean
    4. create partition primary
    5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
    6. active
    7. format fs=fat32
    8. assign
    9. exit

    Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

    xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

    And that's it, boot off your usb disk
     
    thraxed, Jan 23, 2021
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