Random Blue Screens After Fan Hub Install

[jimayount]

My setup:


Case: Corsair Vengeance C70

Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W M12li Bronze Power Supply

Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0

Processor: AMD FX 8320 8 Core (I think, will check again)

HDD: Seagate FireCuda 2 TB SSHDD (ST2000DX002)

RAM: 2x G.Skill 8GB DDR3-2133 RipjawsX F3-2133C9D-16GXH (paired),
2x G.Skill 4GB DDR3-1600 RipjawsX F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM (paired)

Fan Hub: SilverStone 1-to-8 PWM Fan Hub (Connects to SATA-type power plug)

Fans: 3x 120mm Corsair Fan (came with case: 2 Hub attached, 1 MOBO attached),
4x 120mm Green Corsair Fan (Hub attached)
1x 120mm Rosewill Fan,
1x 120mm S-Flex Fan

Video Card: Gigabyte NVidia GTX 1080 6GB



My desktop was having temperature problems, so I got a new case, a Corsair Vengeance C70, and that has been working fine for a long while, keeping the temperatures lower, but still at a worrying level.

I ordered some Corsair green 120mm fans and a SilverStone 1-to-8 fan hub to max out the cooling.The other day, I accidentally kicked out the power plug to the pc, and decided, after starting back up and getting a clean shutdown in, to install the fans and fan hub.

After I did, I get random blue screens, sometimes on the login screen, sometimes before, sometimes a while after. They look like this:



I got this first blue screen (the first two images, hastily snapped) in normal x64 Windows 7,

this blue screen in safe mode,

and this while trying to boot to the setup disc.

I ran a chkdsk from my Windows 10 laptop using my main drive as an external drive that found no problems. I virus scanned the drive with Panda Antivirus to no avail, and am currently malware scanning it.

I have tried an sfc /scannow on the drive from a Windows 10 install on the Windows 7 install (not sure if it matters), which detected problems, but could not fix them. Here is the log file: http://www.mediafire.com/file/7f4bvs4oescftrg/CBS.log.

I thought the new fan hub might have been drawing too much power, so I went inside and removed all extraneous elements from the PSU and motherboard: big surprise, still a blue screen. My 5V rail reads at about 4.95-4.97V, my 12V at about 11.95V, and my 3.3V at 3.13V, according to my ASUS UEFI BIOS, which I might try flashing next time I make a stab at getting the PC running.

Driver Booster 4 detected and solved a driver issue in my checks, but I shortly after got the blue screen from picture 4 in safe mode. There is one outdated LAN driver that I had been holding onto because it is more stable than the new one (the new one d/c's all the time). I will replace it as soon as I can get on for more than 10 seconds, just in case it is contributing to the problem.

Here are my BSOD minidumps: https://www.mediafire.com/file/15wyswle0m4nt54/Minidump.zip

It seems that NVidia was involved in the first crash, and Ntoskrnl was involved all of them, four with the same address, a62a0. The last crash, dated 2008 instead of 2018 because my system clock was reset, was the boot to setup crash, which seemed to involve a Panda Antivirus system file.

Due to this happening over and over at the same memory address, it seems like a RAM or OS error.



I have looked a lot of places for answers, but have finally given up and decided to ask the community.



Is my PSU too weak or failing?

Is my RAM corrupted?

Does it seem to be driver-related?


What do you guys think?

 

[Guest]

Have you tried disconnecting the newly installed fans and fan hubs?

 

[jimayount]

Have you tried disconnecting the newly installed fans and fan hubs?

I will try that, after trying another chkdsk and a driver check.

I will try to rule that out, yes.


It cannot be the final solution if it does work, though, as it does not solve the other problem of heat, and defeats what I spent a lot of money and time trying to do. I need a working solution with all of the fans running or the system is still unstable.

My last sfc /scannow detected problems, but was unable to solve them.

I have recently edited the original post to include my BSOD minidumps.

It seems that NVidia was involved in the first crash, and Ntoskrnl was involved all of them, four with the same address, a62a0. The last crash, dated 2008 instead of 2018 because my system clock was reset, was the boot to setup crash, which seemed to involve a Panda Antivirus system file.

 

[jimayount]

I finished my diagnostics. Though chkdsk detects nothing, sfc /scannow detects problems it cannot fix.

Due to the new blue screens, there may be some OS damage. Would anyone recommend using the windows disc to "upgrade windows" to repair system files? I remember doing something like that in the past. I am just worried about getting a blue screen in the middle of the process.

I heavily suspect this is a RAM issue. I have been told on another forum that RAM may be my problem, and also a lot of stuff I have been reading about similar blue screens seems to suggest that it is. I will clean my RAM contacts and try to boot up, removing 1 set of paired RAM, and see if I get a blue screen again. If I do, I will try removing the other set.

I still plan to try your suggestion, OutdatedUser, but have been dreading the work necessary to re-organize my wiring system, and the inevitable temperature crashes I had finally gotten rid of with the new fans.