Windows 10: Need help with recurring BSOD and inability to play most games reliably

I have been having recurring BSOD issues for over 2 months now and am unable to reliably play most of my video games due to unspecified crashing issues. IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL being a frequent error as well as memory management. It is making me want to throw my PC out the window as I have tried many different things to diagnose or fix the issue.


Things I have tried.....

• Resetting windows and deleting ALL files and attempting to run the problem programs with only the necessary software.
• Used DDU to uninstall drivers and I have attempted to use many different versions of Nvidia's drivers.
• Attempted to swap graphics cards out from my original MSI GTX1070 to a 1050Ti then to my current card which is a RTX 2080.
• I had taken my computer to a Micro Center where they had diagnosed my issue as being the RAM. They replaced the RAM and I also chose to upgrade to an SSD for my system drive as well as a new PSU for the aforementioned new graphics card I planned on getting later on.
• As I continued to have this issue I figured it couldn't hurt to replace the RAM again and I returned it and replaced it once more. Still I am having issues.
• I returned to Micro Center again and they said the issue was my graphics driver...which I knew to be at least in part false due to the fact that no matter what graphics driver I installed from scratch the issues still occurred.

And now I am at a loss. I have replaced most of the hardware in this PC other than the mother board and CPU.


Current specs are as follows.

• i5 7600k not overclocked with a Corsair H100i water cooler
• MSI RTX 2080 not overclocked
• 3 total drives...1TB Samsung EVO 860(System drive), 500GB Samsung 860 EVO and a 500GB 850 EVO
• 750W EVGA PSU
• Z270X Ultra gaming Gigabyte MOBO
• 16GB Gskill RAM @ 3200Mhz
• Peripherals include Razer Deathadder Chroma, Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2016 Edition, Corsair Arctis 5 usb headset

I can provide what .dmp files that I have but I recently reset windows again to experiment so currently I have only had one BSOD since the last reset which occurred randomly while browsing internet.

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BSOD When playing games

Hi Jackson,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

Please share the information requested below:

• Does the BSOD occur while playing a particular game?
• Is the game downloaded from Windows Store?

I suggest you to update the Graphic Card drivers by following the steps provided below and check if it helps.

• Press Windows key + X, select Device Manager.
• Expand Display Adapters.
• Right click on the driver and select Update Driver Software.
• Follow the on-screen prompts to update.

Refer the link below for more information:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/troubleshoot-blue-screen-errors

Hope this helps. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.

 

BSOD playing various games


Hello everyone, i would love to get some help whit my problem. As the title say i get different BSOD when i play games like Dragon age or Assassin creed.
Here's a link to a post in tomshardware forum, they suggested me to ask in this site: BSOD when playing games - Windows 10 - Toms Hardware
You can find some information in there, if you need more i will do anything to simplify your job.

 

Recurring BSOD playing Dota 2 Driver IRQL not less not equal ntoskrnl


Hi Guys,

I've been encountering multiple BSODs while playing dota 2. The latest set of BSODs are Driver IRQL not less not equal. I've reinstalled my graphic drivers and several hardware drivers. I don't encounter BSOD if I play other games. Moreover, I have checked using Windows Driver and Support Assistant, and Windows Update that my drivers are updated.

I hope you can help me out. Thanks in advance!






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