Swapped i5 for i7, could it be faulty?

[Phil87]

I think illI get the hard drive changed first, if that doesn't work I'll reinstall Windows (didn't do that after CPU change), next thing after that might be chipset drivers.

 

[Phil87]

I've changed the secondary hard drive to a 4TB Seagate, but got another blue screen just now. Here is all the info from BluescreenView:

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Dump File : 021019-6656-01.dmp
Crash Time : 10/02/2019 12:42:39 PM
Bug Check String : ATTEMPTED_EXECUTE_OF_NOEXECUTE_MEMORY
Bug Check Code : 0x000000fc
Parameter 1 : ffff800f`861cc4f0
Parameter 2 : 8a000001`466008e3
Parameter 3 : ffffc908`696bc4f0
Parameter 4 : 00000000`00000003
Caused By Driver : tcpip.sys
Caused By Address : tcpip.sys+6bf10
File Description :
Product Name :
Company :
File Version :
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+1b3440
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\021019-6656-01.dmp
Processors Count : 8
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 17763
Dump File Size : 679,716
Dump File Time : 10/02/2019 12:44:37 PM
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I'm not sure if I've seen this one before, but a quick search online showed that it could be related to corrupt Windows files or drivers among other things. Would this be a good point to try a fresh install of Windows?

 

[Phil87]

I think the problem had been solved with a reinstall of Windows - no problems for over a week now. So it seems there were two problems, the first was that the system was unstable with XMP enabled or when setting memory settings manually based on the XMP profile. I think the 2nd problem was driver related, something to do with the network drivers for my VPN probably.

So if anyone else has similar problems with random freezing and blue screens I can recommend a few things (in no particular order):

- Check stability with Memtest86, Prime95 etc
- Reset BIOS settings to default
- Reinstall Windows