12-24-2025, 10:11 AM
I've been getting intermittent blue screen errors on my custom-built desktop, primarily when under heavy gaming load, with stop codes like IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION that point in different directions. I've updated all my drivers, run memory diagnostics that came back clean, and monitored temperatures which seem normal, but the crashes are unpredictable and I'm worried about hardware failure. For experienced builders, what's your systematic blue screen troubleshooting process after the basics are covered? How do you effectively parse the minidump files to isolate the culprit between a faulty driver, unstable overclock, or a failing component like the RAM or PSU that passed a quick test?