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BSOD While Playing Games, 15 Minutes After Boot, and Completely Random
Hello all,
As my username describes, I'm kind of sick of this BSOD problem I'm having. I will try not to talk too much.
My PC is close to 2 years old and has been going well up until now. You can see in the logs the specifics but it's an Alienware gaming Desktop PC. I've had to take it to a "retail" shop once already. We switched out the video card and now it has a brand new one in it. I still BSOD, so maybe it's not that. I've played some graphic-intensive games on it, such as Watch Dogs and GTA: V. I've also reinstalled the OS and updated most of my drivers (or at least believe I have through a driver updater program).
It does not matter if I'm playing a game, browsing the Internet, chatting in Steam, or just idling. For some reason or another, my Pc BSODs with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION, PFN_LIST_CORRUPT, or some other BSOD error. I used to get a lot of TDR STOP ERRORs but these have ceased since the video card was changed. Lastly, my friends say it may be my RAM, but I'm not the kind of person to just pry open my PC and start exploring.
What I've tried to fix it:
-Taking it to a retailer
-Reinstalling the OS
-Updating the drivers
-Disabling McAfee (or at least trying to) (I have Avast too)
-Playing less hours (in case overheating is problem; my PC is an X51; it's very small)
-Cleaning the registry
-Defragging
-SFC /SCANNOW
-CHKDSK
What I haven't tried:
-Running a FULL Memtest (I did a few passes with no errors)
-Opening up the PC case
-"Playing" with RAM sticks
-Deleting McAfee from PC completely
Notable Behaviors:
-CPU pretty high (50-60C)
-After crash, Alienware's AlienFX process crashes and goes into Disabled Mode
-Screen freezes, followed by Blue Screen
-Playing a game in Unity Engine will cause immediate Blue Screen
-More than 4 IRQLs are mapped to the same # for hardware
-During crash, PC has a hard time making crash dumps
I hope you forum users can help me. I'm kind of at "wit's end". I'm considering making another trip back to the retailer or shipping it back to Dell/Alienware after buying an extended warranty (current one expired). The strangest thing is I'm able to play certain games, like APB: Reloaded and Depth, no problem but anything else will cause a crash.
NOTE #1: It says "OWNER" because I had my OS reinstalled while it was at the retailer.
NOTE #2: There may be a dump file that dates back to September. That is a remnant of the old BSOD problems before I took my PC to a retailer. During October, my PC was serviced at the retailer, so the other dump files record the BSOD problems AFTER it was serviced.