Windows 10: Random BSODs even after clean install

Hello all!

I am facing a serious issue with my main desktop computer at the moment.

About 4 hours ago, I tried to run a new updated game, but it was unable to start. I then proceeded to update my graphics drivers NVIDIA Dedicated GPU, and I got presented with a BSOD.


I do not remember the exact naming of the failure, however, even when I tried to uninstall the drivers and reinstall them, I kept getting Blue Screens, with a different message each time, that could be connected to a driver issue KMODE Exception, Critical Process Died, Driver Overran Stack Buffer, System Service Exception, IRQL Not Less or Equal, and many more.


I assumed it was the graphics driver, but the issue persisted even after I did a clean uninstall and had not reinstalled it.


I ran the checknow command, I ran the memory startup tests, even the Driver Verifier, and everything except the Verifier came back good. The checknow command did find some corrupt files, but it repaired them or so it said. Windows also ran the checkdisk and repair during startup, but nothing was found.


The only option after a couple of hours was to do a clean install of Windows 10 again, and after a quick backup of user files, I did the whole process. I only installed the network drivers and started the Microsoft Update program as the installation I had was 1511 if I remember correctly.


But even now, with only minimal driver installs, the problem persisted, with the same error messages, on top of which there was a failure of AMDPPM.sys, a new instance of the issue. I have since uninstalled the official driver of the WiFi adapter and installed the generic one through Device Manager, which seemed to fix the problem. Until it happened again. So now I am just trying to download the updates on windows with the computer crashing every 10 minutes.


It seems more stable now, but as soon as I try to do something more complicated like installing a program or opening lots of programs, there are higher chances of this happening.


I should also mention that I have just formatted my main C drive an M.2 512GB drive. The secondary HDD in which I keep my videos, photos, and games was left untouched, as it had no components of the Windows installation inside it. Hopefully it is not the problem.


From what I have gathered, there seems to be a deeper issue with the AMD drivers, either chipset or something else. But these drivers are not even installed on the system currently.


https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgpC9Lf7ul-csnNoRxKLTWdYcRe8?e=pR5R8O Here is the link to the minidump files after I did the clean install. Hopefully you can check it and you can tell me if you see something worth noting!


Thank you very much for your time, I really appreciate it.


SYSTEM SPECS:

AMD Ryzen 2600X

Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB @2133MHz

MSI NVIDIA RTX 2060 6GB

WIndows 10 Home, build 1511

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Random BSOD while browsing internet


BitDefender is nothing special. mwac.sys causes BSODs anywhere.
A tiny documentation can be found here: Solved Random BSODs - Windows 10 Forums
In that very thread, the suggested action apparently worked.

The storage and network filters of any third party antivirus can cause BSODs. Neither MBAM nor BitDefender is any special. For a regular antivirus, it may be shifted to an alternative; but MBAM has no alternative. So a clean install of the said program is the most feasible first step.
As far as the first step is not failing, it is better to not think for the second step. Because the BSODs are not universal, failure at the first step is not universal; and success at the second step is also not universal.
That is why I posted that my suggestion may work, or may not. Let us see where it goes.

 

Random BSOD while browsing internet

Sorry, Bitdefender is a problem: BSOD BAD_POOL_HEADER - mwac.sys - Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Help - Malwarebytes Forums

 

Clean Install Workaround for Vista

You may remember this news story on techPowerUp! a couple of days ago relating to the lack of clean installs when using the Upgrade Editions of Vista, which required an old OS to be installed. However, Paul Thurrott has managed to find a workaround for this issue, which ironically lets users do a clean install Vista without any previous version of Windows, albeit a little tedious. Here are the steps:

• Boot from the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD as normal
• When prompted for a product code, leave this blank
• Select the version of Vista you have purchased and let Vista install
• When you boot to your desktop for the first time, run the Vista setup from Windows
• This time enter your product key
• When asked whether you want to do an Upgrade of Custom install, select custom and choose a clean install
• Windows will now install for a second time and you should be able to activate it

Remember, these steps are only advised for use in order to achieve a clean install of Vista, it is only legal to use the upgrade editions if you have previously purchased the appropriate version of Windows.

Source: DailyTech