Multiple BSODs when gaming

[TheBali]

Hey all,

I started to have random BSODs on my homebuilt Windows 10 PC. They happen anywhere from one or two days after starting the PC or in hour following the boot. The most common one is CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT, but I have also gotten MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION and WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR. They happen mostly when playing games, so at first I guessed it had something to do with computer under load. I checked the temperatures to see if anything was wrong and currently i'm sitting at 45-50C on CPU temp, with nothing but a few chrome tabs open. When I run Dark Souls, I get in the high 70, sometimes a bit above 80. I'm thinking this is pretty high. I ran prime95 small FFTs and it immediately went to ~98-100°C, but thats meant to torture it, so I'm not too worried. I bought new thermal paste for my CPU and it helped with the high temps, but I still have BSODs.

I tried to overclock a bit, nothing too fancy, I never went past 4.0GHz (it was at 3.7Ghz before). I reverted to the original freq and it did not fix the BSODs. Increasing the voltage also doesn't fix the problem.

Besides that, what would be the cause of all this? Bad drivers? I can't find anything that's not up to date so I don't think it's the case, but I could reinstall the OS if need be (as a last resort thing)

I also noticed a crash happens immediately (or so) when I run prime95 with settings that require it to use memory (aka large FFTs or Blend tests). I tried one RAM stick at a time and both were doing it. What are other tools I can use to diagnose hardware issues?

I ran SFC and CHKDSK commands but both of them said everything was okay.

Here are two dump files from recent crashes (the clock_watchdog_one freezes the PC to seven hells and it never gets to the point where it produces a dumo) :

https://ufile.io/f0111
https://uploadfiles.io/b5814

PC Specs:

CPU : Intel I5 4670K @3.4GHz
Motherboard : Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
Storage : 2TB Seagate ST2000DM
Storage : 1TB Samsung SSD 850 EVO
Graphics card : 2GB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
RAM : 16,0 Go Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (10-10-10-27)
Wifi adapter : Qualcomm Atheros AR938x

Thanks for any help.

 

[Colif]

Clock watchdog timeout

This stop code is a result of CPU became unresponsive and remains in a deadlock situation. That is CPU is not responding to any interrupts. About 80 % of the time, this issue is caused by a faulty core inside the CPU. On some occasions a faulty device driver can also make the CPU unresponsive and lead to this BSOD

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/499856/how-to-fix-my-clock-watchdog-timeout-error/

WHEA - Windows Hardware Error Architecture
Its mostly tied to the CPU but can be BIOS and drivers

Machine Check Exception
Can be software or hardware. https://appuals.com/best-fix-machine_check_exception-on-windows-10/

All 3 are hardware errors and 2 are tied to CPU, I would run https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool and see what its got to say.

 

[TheBali]

Clock watchdog timeout

This stop code is a result of CPU became unresponsive and remains in a deadlock situation. That is CPU is not responding to any interrupts. About 80 % of the time, this issue is caused by a faulty core inside the CPU. On some occasions a faulty device driver can also make the CPU unresponsive and lead to this BSOD

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/499856/how-to-fix-my-clock-watchdog-timeout-error/

WHEA - Windows Hardware Error Architecture
Its mostly tied to the CPU but can be BIOS and drivers

Machine Check Exception
Can be software or hardware. https://appuals.com/best-fix-machine_check_exception-on-windows-10/

All 3 are hardware errors and 2 are tied to CPU, I would run https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool and see what its got to say.

This is what the Intel test had to say, everything seems fine.
http://pastebin.com/hccptqU8