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Ok, I looked at one of your crash dump files, and it looks like its an issue related to your memory possibly being corrupted. You should run one of those memory testing tools like the ones linked below. I never used one before because I never had to, but these are the tools people commonly use with memory related issues.
memtest86+
Driver Verifier
Thanks for the suggestions. I've already ran Memtest and it passed for 8 tests so I'm assuming it's good on that front. I'll run a proper Driver Verifier test tomorrow and get back with the results
What I'm focusing on now as the possible culprit are corrupted Nvidia drivers, due to this part of your crash dump file:
MODULE_NAME: nvlddmkm
IMAGE_NAME: nvlddmkm.sys
I may have incorrectly assumed it was your memory, because the 'nvlddmkm.sys' error is related to your GPU. It stands for
"Nvidia Windows Longhorn Display Driver Model Kernel Mode Driver"
. The first thing I would try right now is doing a clean install of your Nvidia graphics drivers. Once you install them, restart your computer before trying to play a game again.
yea the nvlddmkm.sys is what I see as well when I looked at the logs. I did try doing a DDU uninstall but that didn't end up working.
The weird part is, when I actually reinstall the physical GPU itself (i.e., taking out the GPU, inserting another one then taking that one out and inserting the original GPU) and reinstalling the drivers, it works perfectly fine for that initial boot, but as soon as I shutdown the PC and reboot it again (i.e., the 2nd boot since doing that physical GPU reinstall) then everything goes back to not working
The link below gives some few extra steps you can try. Not sure it will work at all, and you do this at your risk, because nvlddmkm.sys is a pretty critical file. If I were having this issue, my mindset would be 'why not, I bought this PC primarily for gaming, and it ain't working so I don't have that much more to lose anyway.'
Fix NVIDIA nvlddmkm.sys Blue Screen Error
Thanks again. I might actually go with the 2nd step (renaming the file and so on). I remember having issues with the intelppm.sys file a while ago, and doing the renaming trick with that ended up working so this might as well
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“This system has been experiencing issues since a fresh installation. It repeatedly froze during setup, requiring frequent manual reboots. I'm hesitant to reinstall Windows 10 due to the potential hassle involved. I want to explore other troubleshooting steps first, as a complete reinstall is a significant undertaking.”