Windows 10: Windows 10 rebooting randomly, sometimes displaying BSOD

Over the last several weeks, Windows 10 has -- seemingly without warning -- been rebooting randomly. Sometimes I'm in the middle of a task, sometimes it's copying files, and sometimes the computer is just sitting essentially doing nothing. Sometimes it displays a blue screen of death before restarting and sometimes it doesn't. And when it does display a BSOD, it rarely seems to repeat the same message twice. I've gotten...IRQ NOT LESS OR EQUALSYSTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION - What failed: dxgkrnl.sysSYSTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION - without any note about what failedPAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA - What fa

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BSOD randomly

friend keeps getting BSOD
any suggestions?

 

Windows 10 randomly goes to BSOD/crashing

Hi Mitchell,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

As you are facing the BSOD error while playing games, please share the information:

• Is the issue particular to a game or all games?
• Are the games downloaded from Windows Store?
• Do you get any error message?

I suggest you to update the Graphic card driver by following the steps provided below:

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

Also, refer the link provided below:

Troubleshoot blue screen errors

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

 

PC reboots (no BSOD) on CPU stress

Hi fellow TPU members,

not too long ago, the box my gf's PC was transported in gave way on the stairs. Yes, you got it right, that sent a PC tumbling down a flight of steps alright.

Stuff broke. Also, stuff remained intact somehow.

I bought her a new case, new CPU cooler and we removed the floppy drive, so far so good. But the PC started crashing for no apparent reason, without a BSOD.

I tested:

• Memtest86+, left overnight, 0 errors
• Scanned the HDD for errors, nothing there
• Left FurMark burning up the GFX card and drawing some power, no problems there
• Ran Ubuntu from a Live CD doing nothing special, didn't crash
• Ran OCCT, Linpack, Prime95, all 3 caused reboots within minutes
• Oh, and I disabled "Restart on error" so I'm sure it's not a BSOD.

Now, I can still try and test something CPU intensive on Ubuntu, but my guess is the CPU didn't survive.
Before I do anything drastic like whippin' out the magic wallet and get her a new AMD quad, is there anything I didn't see?
I'm guessing the motherboard could be borkered as well, but can I check that other than replacing the CPU with a working one?
Any suggestions on which proggies I can use from an Ubuntu Live CD to stress the CPU?