System_Thread_Exception_Not_Handled Windows 10 boot loop

[King Mustard]

2009/2010 Acer Aspire 5738DZG
Intel Pentium T4400
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
15.6" screen
Windows 10 x64

When the laptop is turned on, a BSOD appears with SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED.

It automatically restarts after around 5 seconds.

F8 does nothing.

I have booted with a Windows 10 USB flash drive and it shows Preparing automatic repair before showing the BSOD again.

Any ideas?

 

[tomtalk24]

Sounds like CPU or RAM problems. Try...
resetting your BIOS to default, if no boot...
removing 1 stick of ram if you have 2 dims in your laptop

If you can boot into a Linux Live CD (SD) then you can run some stress tests on your CPU to see if that's starting to die.

[strike]Might be worth turning off HyperThreading if that on in your BIOS.[/strike] Don't worry, CPU doesn't have it.

SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED tends to mean a command wasn't completed so nothing else can be processed, bit like dropping a ball when juggling.

EDIT:
Quick read up on the problem (I only get one with a bad overclock) it could be heat related. You can buy some compressed air in a can and clear out your CPU fan/heat sink. Not a dig but Acer tend to spend a little on things like cooling, it likely its an aluminium sink. Could use a vacuume but don't break the fan motor.