- Nov 15, 2013
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I recently built a new PC, and I've been experiencing frequent and seemingly random BSODs, usually happening between 30 minutes and 2 hours of uptime. I'm running Windows 8.1 with all updates installed, and I believe I've updated all my hardware drivers. The stop codes have been pretty random, the most recent one being IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
I've run various stress tests on my hardware, and all of them have passed except hard drive tests. I'm running an SSD and an HDD, and both hard drives have encountered data verify failures--it seems like they each encounter one error for approximately every 45 minutes of testing.
I had been using the SSD on my old computer for about six months with no problems, so it seems unlikely that both the SSD and the new HDD are now failing at the same time on my new system.
I'm pretty sure at this point that my problem is a hardware issue, but I'm not sure what parts I should RMA. I would guess that the problem might have to do with the motherboard. I could also try sending in my hard drives, but I'd like to avoid that if the problem is clearly a different issue.
If anyone would like me to upload my minidump files I'd be glad to.
My Specs
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OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
Motherboard: MB GIGABYTE|GA-B85M-D3H RT
PSU: RAIDMAX RX-535AP 535W RT
CPU: INTEL CORE I5 4670K 3.4G 6M R
RAM: 4Gx2 GSKILL F3-1600C9D-8GAO R
SSD: 120GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 SERIES
HDD: 1T WD WD10EZEX SATA6G
GPU: AMD RADEON HD 6900 SERIES
SOUND CARD ASUS XONAR DG RT
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Thanks in advance for your time.
I've run various stress tests on my hardware, and all of them have passed except hard drive tests. I'm running an SSD and an HDD, and both hard drives have encountered data verify failures--it seems like they each encounter one error for approximately every 45 minutes of testing.
I had been using the SSD on my old computer for about six months with no problems, so it seems unlikely that both the SSD and the new HDD are now failing at the same time on my new system.
I'm pretty sure at this point that my problem is a hardware issue, but I'm not sure what parts I should RMA. I would guess that the problem might have to do with the motherboard. I could also try sending in my hard drives, but I'd like to avoid that if the problem is clearly a different issue.
If anyone would like me to upload my minidump files I'd be glad to.
My Specs
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OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
Motherboard: MB GIGABYTE|GA-B85M-D3H RT
PSU: RAIDMAX RX-535AP 535W RT
CPU: INTEL CORE I5 4670K 3.4G 6M R
RAM: 4Gx2 GSKILL F3-1600C9D-8GAO R
SSD: 120GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 SERIES
HDD: 1T WD WD10EZEX SATA6G
GPU: AMD RADEON HD 6900 SERIES
SOUND CARD ASUS XONAR DG RT
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Thanks in advance for your time.
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