How do I work out which driver is crashing?

GraemeW65

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Any ideas to fix BSOD on my new Skylake build?

I have an Asus ROG Z170 Maximus VIII Ranger with Intel Core i5 6600K cooled by a CoolMaster Hyper 212 Evo. Powered by Corsair CXM 600W and finally with 4x Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2400 and a Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 750.

It runs fine in safe mode and never seen any loss of power i.e. 12v. 5v and 1.2v all reading as fine. However as soon as it is not in safe mode it will bsod randomly sometimes almost instantly after login or it could be 10-15mins after.

I get the same problem on Win7 x64, Win10 and I have even tried it on Ubuntu.

I have tried the following but must be missing something:
Memtest86 - no errors found, replaced the power supply, had a replacement Motherboard (like for like) , upgraded Motherboard BIOS, downloaded and installed latest drivers...

Now because it runs ok in safe mode – it must be a driver problem?

What can I do next to get this working?

Thanks
 
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If you have swapped the motherboard and PSU, and tried different operating systems and drivers, it surely points to the video card being defective. Running in safe mode has the graphics card in VGA mode, which doesn't place much stress on it. I would try it in another system and if it fails there, RMA it.
If you have swapped the motherboard and PSU, and tried different operating systems and drivers, it surely points to the video card being defective. Running in safe mode has the graphics card in VGA mode, which doesn't place much stress on it. I would try it in another system and if it fails there, RMA it.
 
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GraemeW65

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Thanks.

Yes video came from last build and still works in that one. Also tried a lower spec video card thinking it could be that. But it still failed. I haven't even set the resolution yet after install.

Strangest problem I have ever had.

 

Ralston18

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Are you seeing any overheating problems? Safe mode, is of course, running the bare necessities - smaller load, less heat? Full mode - overheat.

Also, via safe mode, go into the Event Viewer logs and see what error messages and warnings appear. Note any that occur just before or at times of BSOD.

The logs are a bit cumbersome so explore a bit to get a sense of what is there. Look for red warnings and yellow caution icons. Note any error numbers or messages. Google them accordingly.

Should help you identify or otherwise pin down the problem.
 

GraemeW65

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Thanks. No signs of over heating. Normally running at 30C. And had sent cpu to be stress tested which was all fine.
Have run who crashed and only says ntoskrnl will look at event logs as well.