Trying to upgrade to Win 10, keeps BSODing

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#1 rogueace127
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So I've been trying to upgrade from Windows 7 to 10 and it just keeps crashing. First off, here are my specs:

CPU: Intel 3570k
GPU: GTX670
Mobo: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (which Asrock's site claims IS Win 10 compatible!)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB

I've downloaded all the Windows updates, updated my GPU drivers, CPU drivers, Mobo drivers, BIOS, everything. The Windows 10 thing even says my PC is compatible. But in the middle of the upgrade, it will BSOD with an error saying SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED. Then it'll reboot, run into ANOTHER BSOD, this time saying IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL. Then it would reboot again, and give me the option of reverting back to Win 7.

Then I try doing a clean install of Win 7, format my OS drive (which is on a SSD) and reinstall Win 7. I update everything and try the Win 10 upgrade again. This time, Windows 10 works! Hooray! For about 2 minutes at least, then it BSODs with the System thread exception error again. It gets stuck in a blue screen loop for a bit, then lets me go back to Win 7, which I do.

At this point, I am all out of ideas. I've tried Google, but couldn't find anything with my problem. Any ideas, guys?

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#2  Edited By FelipeInside
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@rogueace127 said:

So I've been trying to upgrade from Windows 7 to 10 and it just keeps crashing. First off, here are my specs:

CPU: Intel 3570k

GPU: GTX670

Mobo: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (which Asrock's site claims IS Win 10 compatible!)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB

I've downloaded all the Windows updates, updated my GPU drivers, CPU drivers, Mobo drivers, BIOS, everything. The Windows 10 thing even says my PC is compatible. But in the middle of the upgrade, it will BSOD with an error saying SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED. Then it'll reboot, run into ANOTHER BSOD, this time saying IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL. Then it would reboot again, and give me the option of reverting back to Win 7.

Then I try doing a clean install of Win 7, format my OS drive (which is on a SSD) and reinstall Win 7. I update everything and try the Win 10 upgrade again. This time, Windows 10 works! Hooray! For about 2 minutes at least, then it BSODs with the System thread exception error again. It gets stuck in a blue screen loop for a bit, then lets me go back to Win 7, which I do.

At this point, I am all out of ideas. I've tried Google, but couldn't find anything with my problem. Any ideas, guys?

Try CLEAN install of Windows 10 with NOTHING connected except the keyboard and mouse and see what happens. (don't upgrade from Win7)

Could be a device causing the BSOD.

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#3 Yams1980
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I had this happen also when I was doing a windows 10 upgrade. I ended up just doing a fresh install and I didn't see bluescreens after that.

You could try to do the upgrade with the most minimal amount of hardware you can.... unplug every usb device you can, also take all all your pci-e cards. If you have onboard videocard, you could try to use that and install your video card again after the upgrade works. You could also take out all your ram except 1 stick.

I think a full fresh install is better than an upgrade anyways and less likely you will get a bluescreen doing it that way.

Anyways, I don't use windows 10 anymore, i hated the OS with its excessive updates and only installed it to test it out on my desktop pc.... but still have it installed on some tablets which are only able to run windows 10 unfortunately.

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#4  Edited By FelipeInside
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@Yams1980 said:

i hated the OS with its excessive updates

Just update once a month then like I do.