PSU is LINE-EX 450WI thought you had tried another hdd installed on another pc in it, or was it same hdd each time?
Have you run https://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/downloads/seatools/seatools-win-master/ on the hdd?
did you end up running prime 95?
I know you tried both sets of ram and get errors but did you ever actually test them to see if they okay? no point using bad ram, its not going to help
Try running memtest86 on each of your ram sticks, one stick at a time, up to 4 passes. Only error count you want is 0, any higher could be cause of the BSOD. Remove/replace ram sticks with errors.
Memtest is created as a bootable USB so that you don’t need windows to run it
what PSU is it?
what about doing this again, install win 10 on hdd in another pc, and put it in current PC.Then I took my 1TB HDD to another PC and installed and booted windows 10 successfully and without any error of BSOD. I then come back and plug the HDD with the newly installed win 10 and everything freezes and then I get a BSOD the first couple of seconds after the OS boots.
PSU is about 2-3 years old.what about doing this again, install win 10 on hdd in another pc, and put it in current PC.
Boot from installer and on screen after language choices, click repair this PC
choose troubleshoot
choose reset this PC
choose wipe everything and let it restart and see if it can get any further.
Otherwise it has to be something in your PC that isn't working properly and is causing errors.
How old is PSU?
resets just wipe C partition, if there are other partitions on the drive they will be ignored. If there are other drives in PC, they will be ignored. Windows won't know what is on them afterwards though.Does the "Reset this PC" wipe absolutely everything from the HDD?
I know the PSU is off-brand but I has worked up until now without any problems. If the windows reset doesn't do the trick should I test the PSU. Maybe check that the SATA power connectors give enough juice to the HDD with a multimeter.resets just wipe C partition, if there are other partitions on the drive they will be ignored. If there are other drives in PC, they will be ignored. Windows won't know what is on them afterwards though.
its not a very well known PSU so it could be a power issue. I would buy one from a more known company like EVGA, Corsair or Seasonic as they will supply the power they say they do.
Changing PSU solved nothing - I still get the BSOD when I try to install Windows 10 with the same stop code as before (DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION). I have no idea.that is a little hot
the tolerances are only .5% so
3.3vdc should be max of 3.465, not 5
5VDC should be max of 5.25, not 7
12VDC should be max of 12.6, not 17
thats one way to fry parts. Everything was getting too much.
But then you know that