Hello,
I have been struggling with getting blue screens on my computer for a few months now, and while it used to be once or twice a week, it has now developed into upwards of 4 or 5 times each day. As in the title, the blue screen error code is usually IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, however I have also gotten SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED, DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION, KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (caused by ndis.sys?), CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT, KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE, DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER, EXCEPTION_ON_INVALID_STACK, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (caused by vgk.sys?), ATTEMPTED_EXECUTE_OF_NOEXECUTE_MEMORY, RESOURCE_NOT_OWNED, as well as possibly others that I don't recall/have pictures of. In each of these blue screens, using BlueScreenView, it is determined that ntoskrnl.exe is what fails, however for certain blue screens other things have failed on top of just ntoskrnl.exe. I tried solving this on my own, but I am at a loss for what to try next, so here's what all I've done so far (that I remember doing):
- First and foremost, I updated all of my drivers, and continue check for updates.
- Updated windows (Currently using windows 11, blue screens have been around since Windows 10), keep checking for updates
- Updated bios to latest non-beta build
- Ran SFC, DISM, and chkdsk scans on both my hard drive and ssd
- Ran windows memory diagnostic test on my RAM (Also tried an advanced search)
- Ran MemTest86 on my RAM, one stick at a time
- Tried using the Driver Verifier, however while it was active, I just got stuck in a boot loop and got stuck on a blue screen with SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
- I cleaned the inside of my case, checked the ram, motherboard, and connections for any physical damage.
- Nothing is overclocked. My RAM is rated for 3200, so at one point I manually set it to that instead of the default 2133. This was long before my blue screens, but I did also try turning it back down to 2133 with no luck.
- I’ve tried switching keyboards, and got a different pair of headphones. Have not yet tried exchanging other peripherals like my mouse or microphone, so I suppose I could try unplugging my mic and switching the mouse.
- Virus scans on Malwarebytes free, uninstalled after. Virus scans on bitdefender free, uninstalled after. Virus scans on windows defender. Nothing found on any of them.
At this point, I just got an external hard drive to back up important data (certain documents, pictures, videos, save data on certain games), and the only things I have seen left to try are updating the firmware on my ssd (I’ll note that the ssd is my main boot drive), and possibly a full system reset. Is there anything else I can do before resetting the system, since that’s really my last resort? I unfortunately do not have any good restore points to go back to.