Most of the time it has been CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED, but the install crashes have been Phase 1 Initialization failed and sometimes I'm also getting some 0x0000... code that i cant decipher cuz the display is weird and glitchy on the bottom half. idk the exact conditions for the last one anymore
by install crashes i mean when the windows install failed, which i have luckily found a way around (delete everything INCLUDING reserved and recovery partitions, then install win10 and upgrade it)
The only time I encountered BSOD crashes while installing Windows was with a damaged motherboard... I'm not sure what you could do... Try unplugging everything other than keyboard and mouse?
the only way how my mb could be damaged is static electricity (which i heard wasnt actually that problematic so i thought not wearing any of those fabrics and working on wood floor was enough) and me somehow breaking my processor (which i have recently worked on but there is 0 other evidence)
Oh, it's definitely likely to be something you did to your CPU like a smidge of thermal paste on the underside. I was ruling that out since I assumed you hadn't messed with it but I'd give it a soft brushing with isopropyl alcohol if you can't figure out what else it might be!
The only things I ever did to my CPU were checking if a repaste is necessary during a clean like two weeks ago (only to see the attached image 💀) and a repaste on Saturday. I would accuse that and my janky remounting of the cooler of being the issue, but the BSODs had already started at that point.
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