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Constant Blue Screen with Error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (Win 10)

eidairaman1 said:
3+1 phase is strained for a 8350
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Was just commenting on the VRM cooling, tho I feel it should at least be stable at stock, even the OP said it started happening all of a sudden.
 
According to specs and reviews its 4+2 (at least for rev. 2.0) and has a heatsink.
FX-8350 is in the supported CPU list, so at least from the spec perspective VRM is more than capable of driving 125W CPU without OC.

To the OP:
The main problem though, is the board quality. Judging by my previous experience there were lots of 970-based boards that died within 4 years due to chipset failure (mostly MSI and AsRock, but my personal stats may be skewed due to popularity of this brand). AMD was going through rough times at that period, so it's no surprise that they've had some issues with low and mid range chipsets.
I'd start with checking RAM, but from what it looks like you may actually need to replace the motherboard. Maybe you'll be able to get a decent deal on 990fx.
 
eidairaman1 said:
60 mm fans or chipset fans
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or just ghetto mod a 120mm/90mm W/e you have over the VRM area, chipset specific fan not really neccesary, they cost too much for what they are and don't really perform great either imo.

@avrona did you reset bios defaults and check your chipset, gpu, lan drivers etc were all up to date and check for Windows update and AV as suggested previously?
 
NdMk2o1o said:
or just ghetto mod a 120mm/90mm W/e you have over the VRM area, chipset specific fan not really neccesary, they cost too much for what they are and don't really perform great either imo.

@avrona did you reset bios defaults and check your chipset, gpu, lan drivers etc were all up to date and check for Windows update and AV as suggested previously?
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I did upgrade the graphics card drivers, and the issue hasn't happened since, but I want to give it some more time to see if that solved it or if something will happen again. Since I didn't really check what I was doing when it happened, I don't really know how to properly test it, so I'll probably just throw a variety of tasks at it to be sure.
 
avrona said:
I did upgrade the graphics card drivers, and the issue hasn't happened since, but I want to give it some more time to see if that solved it
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THis would have been good to know up front. Let us know if that stops it... until then........peace! :)

silentbogo said:
I'd start with checking RAM, but from what it looks like you may actually need to replace the motherboard. Maybe you'll be able to get a decent deal on 990fx.
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If he has to do that....... he should just scrape together his cash for the new system he had us put together because he was buying 'soon' and make it happen.
 
silentbogo said:
According to specs and reviews its 4+2 (at least for rev. 2.0) and has a heatsink.
FX-8350 is in the supported CPU list, so at least from the spec perspective VRM is more than capable of driving 125W CPU without OC.

To the OP:
The main problem though, is the board quality. Judging by my previous experience there were lots of 970-based boards that died within 4 years due to chipset failure (mostly MSI and AsRock, but my personal stats may be skewed due to popularity of this brand). AMD was going through rough times at that period, so it's no surprise that they've had some issues with low and mid range chipsets.
I'd start with checking RAM, but from what it looks like you may actually need to replace the motherboard. Maybe you'll be able to get a decent deal on 990fx.
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Got a Asrock 970 Extreme 4 here
 
EarthDog said:
If he has to do that....... he should just scrape together his cash for the new system he had us put together because he was buying 'soon' and make it happen.
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It depends on a deal. 990FX boards are getting cheaper by the day. Just last week I went with my friend to pick up nearly perfect and shiny Sabertooth for around $80 in UAH equivalent, and that's a friggin' top of the line for that platform, and that's with original box and full set of accessories.:eek:
 
To each their own. I wouldnt put $80 into that platform unless I had no choice though. :)
 
EarthDog said:
THis would have been good to know up front. Let us know if that stops it... until then........peace! :)

If he has to do that....... he should just scrape together his cash for the new system he had us put together because he was buying 'soon' and make it happen.
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And sadly it didn't. It went without crashing for several hours, the longest today, and then it did while playing some Apex Legends. This time, the BSOD was super low-res and instead of just being stuck at 100% like before, the computer shut down when it hit 100%.
 
So it's under load...it seems..all during games?

Try running a CPU only stress test like aida64(default) or p95 (blend). If it doesnt shutdown overnight, loop unigine heaven for several hours at highest settings (or a similar benchmark that can loop - no furmark...) and see if that fails. If they both dont... do both at the same time and see if that fails...

...that that end, I wonder about the psu. Xfx had some solid units back in the day...how old is it? Do you have another psu you can use in your PC? That will tell you if it's the psu.
 
EarthDog said:
So it's under load...it seems..all during games?

Try running a CPU only stress test like aida64(default) or p95 (blend). If it doesnt shutdown overnight, loop unigine heaven for several hours at highest settings (or a similar benchmark that can loop - no furmark...) and see if that fails. If they both dont... do both at the same time and see if that fails...

...that that end, I wonder about the psu. Xfx had some solid units back in the day...how old is it? Do you have another psu you can use in your PC? That will tell you if it's the psu.
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It just did it again, also in Apex, so I guess you are right it's something to do with load. The PSU is from 2014. I'll run some stress tests now.
 
And it still hasn't been fixed with manually installing drivers or using an MSI mode utility.
 
Board/ram/psu at this point.

Time to build fresh.
 
eidairaman1 said:
Board/ram/psu at this point.

Time to build fresh.
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Well is there is anything else I could try as I don't have the money for any new parts.
 
Fresh OS install.. SErase any SSD and start from scratch.

Try a different psu just in case....
 
avrona said:
Well is there is anything else I could try as I don't have the money for any new parts.
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Save is all we can do at this point.

Another note, get a dump of your event viewer and post it here.
 
If you want to know look for it on the net.
 
avrona said:
It just did it again, also in Apex, so I guess you are right it's something to do with load. The PSU is from 2014. I'll run some stress tests now.
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550W Bronze rated PSU running a 1080Ti and that Processor?
Get a better Power Supply.
You could pull the Graphics card out and stress test the CPU to confirm the PSU is under too much load, if it's RAM, which I doubt it will still BSOD.
 
Caring1 said:
550W Bronze rated PSU running a 1080Ti and that Processor?
Get a better Power Supply.
You could pull the Graphics card out and stress test the CPU to confirm the PSU is under too much load, if it's RAM, which I doubt it will still BSOD.
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He wouldn't have a display then. No IGP on a FX CPU...
 
Caring1 said:
550W Bronze rated PSU running a 1080Ti and that Processor?
Get a better Power Supply.
You could pull the Graphics card out and stress test the CPU to confirm the PSU is under too much load, if it's RAM, which I doubt it will still BSOD.
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Bronze doesn't mean a thing, really... just an efficiency rating. Everything is at stock so there isn't any worries IF the unit was putting out what it was supposed to.

His CPU does not have a iGPU so that is pretty tough as is.
 
How long have you had the M5A97? Is it the original or the more popular EVO? I had an Asus P67 LE that would not quit throwing BSODs (it was so long ago, I can't remember what the error was ), and after exhaustively testing every part including CPU and RAM I ended up just tossing it. It seems it was just at the end of its life. Coincidentally, both boards from Asus - P67 and 970 - are verging on 8 years old at this point.

Are you using a stock cooler? How is the airflow in the case?

The M5A97's 4+2 can handle the 8350 just fine at stock speeds like OP has kept his at. OP says there are heatsinks so it's not the LE. That RAM does make me raise an eyebrow, though, 1600 CAS11 is old and slow and the high latencies and lack of manufacturer in CPU-Z suggest that it's an OEM part.

The XFX TS/Core Edition is a great little power supply, based on Seasonic S12II. It's just fine on quality, for the group-regulated unit it is. I wouldn't count it out as being defective, though.
 
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tabascosauz said:
How long have you had the M5A97? Is it the original or the more popular EVO? I had an Asus P67 LE that would not quit throwing BSODs (it was so long ago, I can't remember what the error was ), and after exhaustively testing every part including CPU and RAM I ended up just tossing it. It seems it was just at the end of its life. Coincidentally, both boards from Asus - P67 and 970 - are verging on 8 years old at this point.

Are you using a stock cooler? How is the airflow in the case?

The M5A97's 4+2 can handle the 8350 just fine at stock speeds like OP has kept his at. OP says there are heatsinks so it's not the LE. That RAM does make me raise an eyebrow, though, 1600 CAS11 is old and slow and the high latencies and lack of manufacturer in CPU-Z suggest that it's an OEM part.

The XFX TS/Core Edition is a great little power supply, based on Seasonic S12II. It's just fine on quality, for the group-regulated unit it is. I wouldn't count it out as being defective, though.
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Too many variables, could be an OS address screw up too.

Im gonna post 2 vids on how to make W10 not auto restart along with how to make bsods more detailed like W7 and older were.

Follow this link for the video and help links.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...without-any-errors.252957/page-2#post-4001337
 
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