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Occassional Boot Loop

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mikey_rules

Limp Gawd
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Last night my computer gave me a BSOD. Stop code: KMODE Exception not handled; What failed: Ntfs.sys.

I turn on the computer after that and I get a boot loop and after 3 times, it rolls back to backup BIOS and the computer boots fine. No problems. I restart the computer and everything's fine. I restart a few more times and it does a Windows 10 boot loop and finally boots and runs fine. My system is 6 years old, with the exception of my video card (4 months old) and my SSD (3 years old). Any ideas where I should start for trouble shooting? Thanks, as always.
 
first bing result says to try disabling "fast startup" in the power options. there is also that thread in the news section about a kb causing issue, look into that too.
 
In dunno man, you running that Core i5 at 4.5 GHz on a motherboard intended to overclock the Pentium Anniversary Edition might have something to do with it?

I'm astounded it lasted you 6 years!

https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...670k-to-4ghz-with-a-gigabyte-b85-hd3.2012021/

I had my Intel entry-level P67 motherboard die on me after the same amount of time (overclock 2500k to 4.2 ghz with Throttlestop running full time). They didn't unlock overclocking on every Haswell board so you cold max-out a quad-core on any POS board!
 
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Update: was running smoothly until last night. Wouldn't post and only CPU fan and SYS_1 fan would turn. Did tons of troubleshooting: GPU swap, used 2nd PCIE, flipped VBIOS switch, CPU swap, unplugged SSD/HDDs, swapped PSU. The culprit? DIMM Slot 4. I suspected the RAM, but it's the slot, as the RAM works fine in any other slot. Weird. I've put everything back to stock, so no OC. Is this a sign my Mobo is dying?
 
Another update: it's not the DIMM slot. Shut down and came back a few hours later and same problem. Even went to backup BIOS on the mobo and backup VBIOS on the GPU. Nope, nothing doing. I'm at a loss, except for the fact that it is likely the motherboard. Any other thoughts?

Hijacking my own post. Looking upgrade and I've been eyeing the AMD 3600 CPU. Any recommendations for a Mobo to pair it with?
 
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