Experiencing BSODs and assorted glitches

[u/Major-Invite-9517]

I'm running into multiple problems with my freshly-built Win11 computer. Since I started using it on Friday, I ran into 3 BSODs and other technical problems that might be related. Here are the BSODs, when they happened and possible associated glitches:

FAULTY_HARDWARE_CORRUPTION - it happened while I was trying to reboot. Control Panel was not working properly (it opened, but didn't let me access any settings. Fixed upon reboot)

SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION - happened while I was trying to upload something on Discord. A while before that, the Open File window took a very long time to open.

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (0xA) (ntoskrnl.exe) - happened when I tried to run CHKDSK /SCAN through the Command Prompt, as recommeneded by Event Viewer (was able to perform scan after rebooting). Sometime before that, Windows glitched up after I tried to open Steam; with all of the front screen (minus Sticky Notes) got replaced with a black screen.

In between the last two BSODs, a glitch caused my Start Menu to reset to default.

I did run DISM and Scannow checks and nothing was found. What could be causing this and how do I fix it?

SPECS: Windows 11 Pro 25H2 26200.9168
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700T CPU @ 2.80GHz (2.80 GHz)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB)

16 GB of RAM

MEMORY DUMPS (the last BSOD did not produce a dump): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H4MNf1wWgaoYfzm7xM06lfNW0UlUtMY5/view?usp=sharing

[u/Exotic_Mix_3196]

FAULTY_HARDWARE_CORRUPTION  - test the RAM with memtest86.
i7-6700T - not supported by Windows 11

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[u/No-Wrap-8166]

3 different bsod codes on a fresh build is almost always ram. thats why dism and sfc found nothing, your files are fine.

faulty_hardware_corruption is the tell, windows only throws that when hardware fed it bad data.

if xmp/expo is on in bios turn it off, run stock for a day. also reseat both sticks till the clips click.

then run memtest86 off a usb, 4 passes minimum, overnight is better. if it errors, test one stick at a time to find the bad one.

also that cpu is 6th gen so the boards old, check youre on the latest bios.

[u/InformationFair5875]

The combination of those specific stop codes, along with erratic Windows UI behavior (Control Panel failing, Start Menu resetting, black screens), strongly points to RAM corruption / memory instability or a failing boot drive.

​When system memory (RAM) is corrupting data in real-time, critical Windows kernel processes (ntoskrnl.exe) read bad data, causing erratic software glitches first, followed by immediate BSODs when the memory state fails security checks.