Question Upgraded PC hardware - multiple error codes resulting in BSOD

[Peetay]

Hi everyone. Over the weekend, I upgraded my PC with several new bits of hardware, including a new motherboard, CPU and RAM.

Upon initial boot, it worked fine, but after that initial boot, I have had nothing but error codes. These error codes have often been different each time, but I have had the following at one time or another:

0xc0000098
0xc0000221
0xc000021a
0xc0000428

All of them make mention of needing to repair the PC, or having missing files relating to booting.

I’m not all that well versed in this, and have tried to follow various instructions online to no avail. I have also tried a clean install of windows but this leads to 0xc0000221 errors as well.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Specs as below:

MSI MEG X570 Unify - I did not update the motherboard upon the first boot, which I suspect didn’t help
128GB RAM
1TB SSD which I previously had windows 10 on

I’ve made a USB installation media for Windows 10 and have disconnected the other hard drive which I use to store my documents on

Edit: I managed to download the chipset driver onto a USB and install these, but I’ve since had a couple of errors saying my BIOS is damaged and that I need to flash update it, which is outside of my wheelhouse. However, I have also managed a limited install of windows although my wireless adapter is not being picked up. I am going to stop trying to fix it now until further advice as the whole thing is giving me a bit of anxiousness and I don’t want to make any major errors.

 

[MagicSakura]

I think you should try to use the elimination method to identify the cause of the problem failure.

If it was working fine before you upgraded your PC.

You can try to install the original hardware back. Then install windows again to see if it will BSOD.

If it does not have any problems, install new hardware gradually, and for each hardware installed, try to boot windows and see if there is a problem until you find the faulty part.

 

[Peetay]

I think you should try to use the elimination method to identify the cause of the problem failure.

If it was working fine before you upgraded your PC.

You can try to install the original hardware back. Then install windows again to see if it will BSOD.

If it does not have any problems, install new hardware gradually, and for each hardware installed, try to boot windows and see if there is a problem until you find the faulty part.

I’m not sure it is a hardware issue - it booted perfectly the first time I turned it on. I think it may be a driver issue / boot manager issue but I’ve got a rudimentary understanding of these issues at best.

 

[MagicSakura]

I once upgraded my PC and it worked fine at first, but after I upgraded the OS, I would get random BSOD and eventually found out that it was caused by the memory.

 

[Peetay]

I once upgraded my PC and it worked fine at first, but after I upgraded the OS, I would get random BSOD and eventually found out that it was caused by the memory.

Ah ok. When I can, I will take out the RAM and try to do it again with one stick at a time.

 

[MagicSakura]

It's worth a try, the memory causes the BSOD code to always be random, as it may crash at any time.

 

[ubuysa]

Unless you reinstalled Windows, the chipset drivers for the board will be wrong, any CPU drivers will be wrong, other new hardware drivers may be wrong too. Depending on exactly what hardware you changed I would suggest a clean install of Windows if you want a stable system.