BSOD errors after upgrading CPU and RAM?

Anonymous
2023-03-16T16:40:03+00:00

So I upgraded my CPU and RAM last month, and after a week or so I started getting random bluescreens. It started with one random bsod when shutting down my pc (though it happened too quick for me to note the error codes, on Feb 20th), then my pc was fine for a while. About 1 week later, my pc would randomly shut down and give the 'paged fault in nonpaged area' bsod - once while idly on desktop, and once while playing Apex Legends (both on March 1st, and once more on the 2nd). I googled and ran WMDT which flagged a hardware error, so I replaced all my ram (4x8gb), which seemed to fix the WMDT errors and everything was fine for the past two weeks. Last night however, I had the familiar blue screen when I went to shutdown, idk if its the same error as that first time, but I did note down the code this time:

FAST_ERESOURCE_PRECONDITION_VIOLATION

My hope is that its just a software error, but I'm naturally quite worried it could be a CPU or motherboard issue, and the CPU is dangerously close to the end of the refund window...

The only changes I made for my new components was to update the bios to latest version, turned on XMP for the ram, and updated chipset drivers.

I managed to find the .dmp files for each of the crashes, though the info given by WinDbg is completely alien to me, so I have no idea what I'm looking at.

This link has all of the .dmp files for the BSOD crashes I've had, only the most recent one (031523-15546-01.dmp) is from after RAM replacement: 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zlowieh6anh4m5z/CRASHES%20-%20Copy.zip?dl=0

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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  1. DaveM121 935.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-03-18T11:12:03+00:00

    Hi Emma,

    Do you still have your bootable USB, if you do, perform an in-place repair with it.?

    If this does not solve the problems, then most likely, you do have a hardware issue.

    Please follow the steps, this is then just an update and your files and applications will remain untouched.

    Click this link:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

    to download the Media Creation Tool (Click on Download Tool Now), with that you can download the latest Windows 10 ISO (Select Create Installation Media for Another PC), then choose ISO, not USB

    When the ISO file completes downloading

    Disconnect from the Internet

    Disconnect all external devices with the exception of a mouse or keyboard.

    Temporarily disable any 3rd party Anti-virus you may have installed

    Then, in Windows File Explorer, double click the ISO and then run Setup.exe and select the upgrade option.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-18T11:09:32+00:00

    Alright, in that case how might I go about ensuring windows is installed correctly/fix the corruption? I'm not currently seeing any issues so I could try adding more programs again and see if the issue shows up?

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  3. DaveM121 935.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-03-18T11:05:06+00:00

    Hi Emma,

    Thank you for the screenshot, I do not see any indication of a hardware issue.

    it is possible there is a hardware problem, but your description of the latest problems just indicate Windows is corrupt or not installed correctly.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-18T10:58:02+00:00

    Hi Dave,

    Sure here's the screenshot

    Just fyi, in my stress last night I also decided to reinstall windows again, from the 'reset this pc' menu with the wipe all data option, and I have installed google chrome, GPU/motherboard drivers before leaving it last night.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-03-18T10:54:51+00:00

    Thankfully the CPU is within the return window so Amazon can fully refund it, I'm just biting the bullet and ordering a new one in the meantime. At the very least its cheaper now than when I paid for it, and if there's still issues with the new one then I can at least cross it off as the cause... I'll try the other hardware suggestions tomorrow, thank you.

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