Windows 10: Random BSODs/Windows 10 Freezing for months - Can't get to the bottom of it

Since building my PC back in February, I have been getting random BSODs which for the life of me I can't figure out why are they happening nor when. They seem totally random and I can't reproduce them on demand. They can occur daily, weekly, or even bi-weekly. Sometimes they produce a mini/full dump, sometimes (quite often) they do not. Driver Verifier seems to not make any difference nor did it help with my diagnostics.



Some of the BSODs I've seen are:
* SYNTHETIC_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT
* IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL



I've tried all the usual stuff (upgrade firmware, drivers, memtests, fresh Windows installs, you name it) but still can't get to the bottom of it. I even had my RAM replaced (as I thought that was the issue) but BSODs still happen with my new RAM. Some drivers at this point in time might not be up-to-date (as indicated in the mini/full dumps), but no changelog indicated fixes for BSODs, so I doubt that'll help. Nevertheless, I'm in the process of updating everything (again) and will update with new BSOD dumps. Also, please note this is a custom waterloop build, so it's quite hard removing/replacing components.




I will include a number of diagnostic files, mini-dumps and dumps below (Google Drive Links) but if you need any more information, please let me know and I will provide them ASAP. You might notice a few 'big' gaps between the dates - that's because I was away and PC was turned off completely.



Full System Specification
System Information (.nfo)



Date | V2 Collector File | Mini-Dump | Full Memory Dump | Comments
28-Apr-2019 | N/A | link | N/A |
01-May-2019 | N/A| link | N/A |
02-May-2019 | N/A| link | N/A |
03-May-2019 | N/A| link | N/A |
04-May-2019 | N/A | link | N/A |
06-May-2019 | N/A | link | N/A|
27-May-2019 | N/A | link | N/A|
30-May-2019 | N/A | link | N/A|
18-Jun-2019 | N/A | link | N/A|
20-Jun-2019 | link | N/A | N/A | No dump was generated
24-Jun-2019| link | N/A | N/A | No dump was generated
30-Jun-2019 | link | N/A | N/A | No dump was generated
01-Jul-2019 | link | N/A | N/A | No dump was generated
01-Jul-2019 | link | N/A | N/A | No dump was generated
01-Jul-2019 | link | N/A | N/A | No dump was generated
02-Jul-2019 | link | link | N/A |
03-Jul-2019 | link | N/A | N/A |
03-Jul-2019 | link | N/A | N/A |
03-Jul-2019 | link | N/A | N/A |
16-Jul-2019 | N/A | link | N/A |
21-Jul-2019 | link| N/A | link and link |
04-Aug-2019 | link | link | link |
11-Aug-2019 | link | link | link |
03-Sep-2019 | link | N/A | N/A|
16-Sep-2019 | link | link | N/A|
20-Sep-2019 | N/A | link | N/A|
06-Oct-2019 | link | N/A | N/A| No dump generated. Got stuck at 0% on BSOD Screen at "Collecting Further Information"

06-Oct-2019 **NEW** | link | link | link | Driver Verifier ON - BSOD on Windows start-up screen



A folder with every diagnostic data I have accumulated can be found here



All help is appreciated. I'm clutching at straws here and getting really frustrated with the whole ordeal.

:)

 

Random freezes or BSODs (In windows drivers)


Basically you need to go back to the step described in my post #121

As the freeze happens when you leave the system idle for a while it is most likely a driver associated with a background process that starts up when the system is idle for while. You might be able to search the event information logs to check which services started around the exact time of the freeze.

 

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 freezes and BSODs


BSoD after random freeze - Windows 10 Forums