Windows 10: windows freeze DELL XPS15

In the tutorial it says that I can damage my CPU if the stress test makes it get too hot, but it does not say what temp is too hot? I do not want to fry my CPU. How do I find out the max temp I should allow my CPU to achieve?...same question for my GPU (I see the tutorial says 80C for the GPU as a max temp, but how do I know my particular GPU will be safe at that temp?

Thanks

 

Please post an updated zip:
BSOD - Posting Instructions - Windows 10 Forums

Check google for maximum temperatures for each:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300HQ CPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

 

DESKTOP-MBCUAVH-Sat_10_28_2017_151111_44.zip

 

...so i should just stare at HWMonitor for 180min while Prime95 runs? Is that what people typically do when they run a test like this?

 

There are some people that have let Prime95 run overnight.
The amount of monitoring is up to the test user.
It is important to monitor the computer to be able to abort testing if there are any problems with temperatures.

1) In the left lower corner search type system > open system control panel > on the left pane click advanced system settings > on the advanced tab click settings in startup and recovery > post an image into the thread.

2) Open device manager > click view > show hidden devices > expand all rows > look for any yellow triangles with black exclamation marks > post images into the thread for any that display this icon. If none are found please comment in the thread.

 

see post #48...settings are the same as in the image posted there...except auto restart is unchecked now.

i saw no yellow triangles.

 

Which type of test in Prime95 do you recommend I run?

 

There are no mini dump files in the zip.
On an earlier date you had created a test dump using Whocrashed.
Using file explorer please find the memory dump file and post it into the thread using a one drive or drop box share link:
memory dump file: %SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP or C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP

For Prime95 there should be a choice: Just Stress Testing or automatic method.
See section: use for stress testing: Prime95 - Wikipedia

 

When I launch Prime95 it asks me which "torture test" to run: "small FFTs", "in-place large FFTs", "blend" or "Custom". Which is the one I should run?

dump file created today:
MEMORY.DMP - Google Drive

 

Please run the blend.
The link that was posted earlier had information about test duration.
The longer the test duration the better the testing as there is more opportunity to find problems over time.
In general we use 3 hours or more as sufficient time. If you want to run the testing longer you can and again it requires the end user to monitor the computer.


In the left lower corner search type: clean > open disk cleanup > click ok > for the files to delete section use the scroll bar and post images into the thread.

 

I ran Prime95 for 4 hours. During that time the computer did not malfunction or freeze.