Frequent BSOD While Gaming - 0x0000003b

Still nothing new. It can run endlessly as long as I don't try to watch any sort of video for too long or play games.

I have been browsing the web for several hours now without a BSOD.

Do you have any suggestions as to what the cause is most likely to be? Perhaps the RAM? I could try to remove one stick at a time and see if this helps.

Or perhaps it is a driver based issue. I did try to update all of my drivers on the HP website yesterday, however I am not very familiar with the process and simply downloaded them and double clicked them to run the setup, perhaps this was not done correctly as you mentioned that a clean install should be performed.

However i'd be shocked to find that it is a driver issue as the laptop is fresh from a factory reset.

Please advise.

Will give both a try and get back to you soon!

Ok,

after 40 minutes of video the temperatures tend to hover around 57-61C

Whilst gaming they tend to be 75-80C.

Am restarting my computer now to see if the new drivers have had any effect

I'm using the HW Monitor, hopefully this is okay.

Attached is a screenshot of temperatures after gaming for only about 10 minutes. This is also running on one of my power plans that has my CPU capped at 75%.

Okay, I think I might have solved the problem. I removed one of my sticks of RAM and have been playing without a BSOD for almost 1 hour now (normally it would BSOD in 10-20 minutes of play).

I will keep playing and see if it blue screens again.

However I have been monitoring my temperature as well and have noticed that at the moment the computer is running extremely hot (95-100C). I'm not an expert on comp temperatures but this seems dangerously hot to me. What are your thoughts?