Is My Hard Drive Causing Blue Screens?

[DevinDerpsYT]

I've had blue screens on my PC ever since purchase. I've upgraded my PSU, CPU, GPU and CPU Cooler and still receive blue screens. I am now wondering if it is the hard drive. When I do sfc /scannow in CMD it always finds corrupted files even if its within a day of the last scan. I get blue screens randomly whenever I start a steam game or open a program or sometimes even on idle. I think it could be either my motherboard or my hard drive, both of which are components that have been in my PC since purchase. I'm starting to lean towards it being my hard drive but I want to get an opinion for people who may have more knowledge about this type of situation. I also thought it may be the RAM that I have but I did several passes in memtest 86 and found no errors.

MOST COMMON BLUE SCREEN ERRORS

MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED

PC SPECS

AMD FX 8320 CPU
XFX R9 280X DD GPU
8GB 1600Mhz RAM
EVGA 750 B2 PSU
MSI P34-760GM MOBO
1x TOSHIBA 500GB HDD (suspected to cause error because I always have had my OS on this HDD)
1x SEAGATE 500GB HDD

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... APPs Calls can cause them... and OS Calls can cause them... and hardware can cause them... We need to fix/look at them in that order first.

1) Do you have any RED or Yellow marks in your Control panel-Device manager?
2) kernel 41 errors mean the OS was not properly shut down... either by You OR the hardware.

Here is the Windows Event Viewer debug screen.

You NEED to be logged on as administrator to the OS...

let's see what the OS is reporting as the error... Right click computer-manage-System Tools-Event Viewer-Windows logs-system.... Click on the "RED" "Critical" errors, for more information... and files/drivers/Apps, comments/suggestions/information, General/Details associated with them B )

Expanding Window panes and Posting screen images from here will help me, help you faster... But copy and posting text will work too B )

 

[DevinDerpsYT]

Hello... APPs Calls can cause them... and OS Calls can cause them... and hardware can cause them... We need to fix/look at them in that order first.

1) Do you have any RED or Yellow marks in your Control panel-Device manager?
2) kernel 41 errors mean the OS was not properly shut down... either by You OR the hardware.

Here is the Windows Event Viewer debug screen.

You NEED to be logged on as administrator to the OS...

let's see what the OS is reporting as the error... Right click computer-manage-System Tools-Event Viewer-Windows logs-system.... Click on the "RED" "Critical" errors, for more information... and files/drivers/Apps, comments/suggestions/information, General/Details associated with them B )

Expanding Window panes and Posting screen images from here will help me, help you faster... But copy and posting text will work too B )

I have no yellow or red marks in my Device Manager.

The only critical error is as follows:

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

There are many errors and warnings in between that aren't critical

 

[DevinDerpsYT]

Hello... APPs Calls can cause them... and OS Calls can cause them... and hardware can cause them... We need to fix/look at them in that order first.

1) Do you have any RED or Yellow marks in your Control panel-Device manager?
2) kernel 41 errors mean the OS was not properly shut down... either by You OR the hardware.

Here is the Windows Event Viewer debug screen.

You NEED to be logged on as administrator to the OS...

let's see what the OS is reporting as the error... Right click computer-manage-System Tools-Event Viewer-Windows logs-system.... Click on the "RED" "Critical" errors, for more information... and files/drivers/Apps, comments/suggestions/information, General/Details associated with them B )

Expanding Window panes and Posting screen images from here will help me, help you faster... But copy and posting text will work too B )

It is a Kernel 41 error http://i.imgur.com/1d2svz7.png

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... Are you shutting Down the Computer, due to screen/system/BSOD freeze, with the Power Supply switch, each time? this would record the event "Kernel 41's"
If Kernel 41's are your only critical errors... Then I would look to your hardware, as a "Simple Test" of your suspect (TOSHIBA 500GB HDD)... can you un-plug it and try a "clean install" OS install on another Drive for your System?

 

[DevinDerpsYT]

Hello... Are you shutting Down the Computer, due to screen/system/BSOD freeze, with the Power Supply switch, each time? this would record the event "Kernel 41's"

No I am not. I shutdown the computer via the windows 10 shutdown feature or Windows 10 restarts for me when I have a blue scree.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... If Kernel 41's are your only "Critical Errors"... Then I would look to your hardware, as a "Simple Test" of your suspect (TOSHIBA 500GB HDD)... can you un-plug it and try a "clean install" OS install on another Drive for your System?
Check your Power and Communication Cables... switch them around to the HD... re-check your main PS connector to the MB... clean and re-insert your memory sticks... any Hardware, MB, Case and Cable connection.

 

[DevinDerpsYT]

Hello... If Kernel 41's are your only critical errors... Then I would look to your hardware, as a "Simple Test" of your suspect (TOSHIBA 500GB HDD)... can you un-plug it and try a "clean install" OS install on another Drive for your System?

Yes, I have to backup some things I will report back to you when I do it