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Old September 7th 20, 09:23 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Arlen Holder
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Default Windows 10 BSOD indicates a hardware problem - but what hardware is the problem?

UPDATE:
Resetting the BIOS to default plus the settings below, is what I just did.

1. I replaced the CR2032 CMOS battery today, even though it didn't
indicate it was bad, but it reset the BIOS to August 2009 defaults.
(I cabled the two drives to the MB SATA0 & SATA1, respectively.)
o https://i.postimg.cc/0Qnvy8t4/bsod-bios01.jpg

2. With the new CMOS battery, the SATA Controller Mode defaulted to RAID
which I changed to IDE (I don't even know what AHCI is).
o https://i.postimg.cc/QMpsvgch/bsod-bios02.jpg

3. Long ago I pulled the Nvidia graphics card. The BIOS defaulted to
Primary Video Adapter = PCE-E x16, which I changed to "Onboard".
o https://i.postimg.cc/4NSJcxJk/bsod-bios03.jpg

4. There is a "After AC Power Failure" option, which I set to "Stay Off".
o https://i.postimg.cc/hvCKpSTm/bsod-bios04.jpg

Like a Covid vaccine, I don't expect these settings to do much,
but perhaps they won't hurt.

In summary, I get the BSOD every couple of days, where sometimes I have to
repair the boot with a Win10 DVD and sometimes I don't have to repair it.

It's not the memory - but some other hardware, as yet unknown to me.
Resetting the BIOS to default plus the settings above, is what I just did.
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