Recent content by kelly.miller

Still crashing. Same error; Machine Check Exception.

Sorry for double-posting, but does anyone possibly know an effective way for me to determine if the problem is with the processor or the motherboard? I don't want to spent $Cdn500+ replacing the wrong component, unless they're both no good.

Okay, I finally went and swapped out the power supply for my old system power supply (it's a Corsair RM 1000). Same errors are occurring, and now they're happening if I set it to anything over 4.2 GHz. I'm starting to think either the CPU or the motherboard has had it...

Well, I always go and get the latest drivers whenever I install new hardware, and double that if I have to reinstall Windows (which I did, because I was running Windows 7 on the computer before that, and this one also had new hard drives to boot). I also have a Pro subscription to IOBit Driver...

Yep, tried both yesterday. No dice.

I actually toyed with the idea of swapping my old comp PSU in (it's a Corsair RM1000) and seeing if the errors continue to happen, as I found it odd that stress testing the power supply caused it to exception immediately. I'm actually waiting for an order to come early this week (mostly velcro...

I actually tried setting it to defaults after it crashed once yesterday. It won't even start with defaults; it crashes immediately with a Corrected Machine Exception.

I built this computer using the following setup: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4JLPw6 (I used the EVGA GeForce 970 SSC and the drives out of my old computer for now) Everything worked great for the first few months, with only an odd crash at 5.2 GHz. I just turned it down to 5.1 GHz and kept...