Reboot Issue since latest Windows Update - SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED

[swisspatrick]

First of all, I have a DELL computer, one of the latest models and always kept drivers and updates to the latest level. Anti-Virus etc. everything first class, as a stable system means $$$ to me.

Reading the news about the Spectre issue, I installed the updates first after a long vacation absence. Very soon thereafter I had the first BSOD, followed by a reboot and more BSOD, all kind of error messages that made no sense, as previously I used the system daily for years without a single BSOD. It got so bad, that I already got a BSOD before reaching the Windows login. Then I decided to reinstall Windows from a USB stick. Again, BSOD each time.

So I thought I may have gotten a virus or some hardware defect with the hard disk. Therefore I removed my hard disk and installed a spare one from Western Digital. It is a completely empty one and just to make sure, I formatted it through BIOS. Then I tried to install Windows again, but shortly after the installation files were loaded, I got a BSOD again, mostly by "SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED"

I ran a memory test already, everything without any error. All fine, just as expected. I do not write about my system details, as the PROBLEM consists of having only the command prompt, which leaves me few options to solve it.

I have no idea how to fix this, as most "solutions" require a Windows login. I have no idea how to identify the issue either. Is it some code from the update which has updated my CPU and now is nested deep in the hardware? Right now, my hardware is so dead, which is highly frustrating.

Any proposal of a solution is welcomed - right now it seems that I would have to buy a complete new computer/hardware, which is not my first choice, but time is money too...

 

[GhislainG]

It's one of the latest models, but it no longer is under warranty? To make sure it really is caused by a Windows update, did you uninstall them? Did you update the BIOS?

 

[swisspatrick]

the warranty has just expired by a month! :-//
The problem is I cannot uninstall or do anything in the Windows domain anymore, the system receives a BSOD already upon startup. Crashes when I try to enter safe mode as well. Crashes, when I use an empty/new hard disk. All of this only happened after I installed the updates mid-January. I assume the update has modified something on processor level which I don't know if it can be "uninstalled". I haven't updated the BIOS other than the normal windows updates. I assume the BIOS (2 years old) to be "up to date". Would you consider flashing/updating the BIOS to be of any help?

 

[GhislainG]

Explain what you mean by "Crashes, when I use an empty/new hard disk." It crashes if you install a new HDD and then try to install the OS?

 

[The Original Ralph]

MICROSOFT HAS ALREADY ISSUED A NEW UPDATE to dis-able it's Spectre V2 patch, because it was "causing more reboots / BSODs than expected" (i love that description)

there's a link in the below story to the microsoft dis-abling patch

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-disables-spectre-v2-patch,36416.html