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New computer, multiple BSODs
Hi all, first post here.
I bought a new computer a pair of days ago, and started installing Windows 7 (x64, full retail). The first day I just partitioned the hard disk (reserving some space for Linux, not yet installed), installed Windows 7 and some of its updates, GPU and motherboard drivers and didn't have any trouble.
Yesterday I copied the data from my previous computer and started installing my most used software (mostly the newest versions downloaded from the web), updated the GPU drivers and tested some old software. I got several random BSODs, and in one of them I had to make a boot recovery (that uninstalled some of the programs I had installed).
Today as I came back from work the computer had hanged. I installed some more updates from Windows updates (including the SP1) and when it got finally installed and I got another crash, I started checking some forums to investigate the issues, read something about enabling the verifier, which I did, and after the next BSOD it became totally impossible to log in the system, no matter how many boot recoveries were attempted (sometimes the computer hanged while doing the recovery). Doing the boot recovery from the Windows disc did complete and the details showed no problem had been found, and checking the memory didn't give an error either. I finally could enter the system with F8 and safe mode, disabled the verifier (now I can log in), uninstalled Daemon Tools and reinstalled the GPU drivers that came with the computer. None of it seems to have helped. I keep getting multiple BSODs of varied nature, some right after login, and some after many minutes. Sometimes after doing an action, and sometimes just browsing while listening to music. Even just using the plain text editor seems to be too dangerous, so I'm writing this post from my netbook.
The BSODs themselves are very varied, so far I've seen:
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
BAD_POOL_HEADER
BAD_POOL_CALLER
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER
files affected also vary: afd.sys, acpi.sys, win32k.sys...
I wonder if there's a way to fix this mess, or I should try to go back to Windows XP (I'm not even sure if it can handle all the hardware). From my experience, even Windows 98 is a million times more stable than this.
Right now I'm executing Memtest86 and no errors have been found (over 1 hour, 1 pass completed).
Anyway, the basic info:
x64, original OS, full retail, system 2 days old, OS installation 2 days old. (More system data in my profile). I hope someone can help me, I think this forum is my last hope.