[SOLVED] Windows constantly blue screens. I've tried multiple things to no avail.

[sycomania134]

So after 1 month of working perfectly fine, out of nowhere my PC has begun to aggresively blue screen like 2 minutes after I turn it on. Everytime there is a different error message, and I can't even keep the thing on long enough to try and troubleshoot it. At first I thought I was the RAM. All the error messages were pointing towards the RAM. So I went out and bought some new sticks, and lo and behold, it's still blue screening. I've tried resetting the CMOS battery, and when I tried to reinstall windows, it blue screened during the setup. Finally, I decided to go out and buy a new motherboard. Again, blue screened while installing windows. This is ridiculous, and I have no idea what the issue could possibly be. Even the repair shop dude told me it's the RAM. The only other thing I could think of is that my Graphics card is defective but I honestly have no idea at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can post dump files if anyone wants.

Specs are as follows:
RTX 2070 STRIX
RYZEN 5 2600X
16GB 3200MHZ HYPERX FURY (TRIED REPLACING WITH 16GB 3000MHZ CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX)
AORUS B450 PRO MOTHERBOARD (TRIED REPLACING WITH MSI PRO SERIES B450-A PRO)
GIGABYTE P650B POWER SUPPLY
500GB WD NVME

 

[sycomania134]

As I said its plausable but I wouldn't put it as the number 1. CPUs are very rarely faulty and hard to kill, lots of protections and tons of Q/A go into them.

Oof ok I just tried out a new PSU and it didn't work. I just got a shitty am4 CPU with onboard graphics so I can determine for sure now what it is...

 

[Ketchup79]

What USB port are you using? Is it one on the case, or one directly connected to the motherboard?

 

[sycomania134]

As I said its plausable but I wouldn't put it as the number 1. CPUs are very rarely faulty and hard to kill, lots of protections and tons of Q/A go into them.

What's the opposite of winning the lottery because I'm pretty sure I just got it.

I threw in an athlon 200ge, and I think everything is working. I'm still using my 2070 (HDMI plugged into 2070), but replaced CPU. Does its mean it was the CPU all along?

 

[jimmysmitty]

What's the opposite of winning the lottery because I'm pretty sure I just got it.

I threw in an athlon 200ge, and I think everything is working. I'm still using my 2070 (HDMI plugged into 2070), but replaced CPU. Does its mean it was the CPU all along?

If you swap a part and are able to install the OS and run it where before you were not then yes I would say you have a possible faulty CPU. Its pretty rare.

I would say to contact AMD as that CPU should have a warranty still, per AMDs website Processor in Box should be 3 years and that CPU is at most 1.5 years old so it should still be under warranty.

 

[sycomania134]

If you swap a part and are able to install the OS and run it where before you were not then yes I would say you have a possible faulty CPU. Its pretty rare.

I would say to contact AMD as that CPU should have a warranty still, per AMDs website Processor in Box should be 3 years and that CPU is at most 1.5 years old so it should still be under warranty.

Yep gonna try to RMA it. Funny enough this processor is only 3 weeks old. Sigh. Anyways, thanks for the help.

 

[gamerk316]

Yeah, CPU failures are so rare these days that most of us discount them automatically. You "won" the numbers lottery.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

I didn’t discount it. It’s not that rare. I’ve seen at least a half a dozen CPUs fail in my time

 

[jimmysmitty]

I didn’t discount it. It’s not that rare. I’ve seen at least a half a dozen CPUs fail in my time

Compared to say memory or HDD/SSDs though the failure rate of CPUs is astronomically lower. Its why I always put CPU at the bottom of a list of potential failures. Plus I would rather it be something other than the CPU failing.