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Inconsistent but frequent BSOD errors.
I wonder if someone might be able to help me with BSOD errors that I've been getting for the last 2 months. I've tried pretty much everything I can think of, and I'm having no luck figuring out what problem is.
The crashes are pretty random, constant, and the error codes (dump file attached), are inconsistent. Occasionally the comptuer will just freeze rather than BSOD, but that's not too frequent. I often get numerous crashes right when turning on the computer, but after 3-5 attempts, I can usually get it to fully boot, and stay on long enough to work on. But then it'll BSOD later.
The only thing I've noticed with the BlueScreenView results is that under the "caused by driver" category, I see ntoskrnl.exe more often than anything else. I've googled this, but haven't yet found any solution.
The Bug Check Strings are all over the place... nothing jumps out as being seen too often.
Sofar here is what I've tried.
Thoroughly scanned my computer for possible viruses or malaware - no issues found
Cleaned the dust out of my computer and fans - no improvement
Scanned my HD for bad sectors - no issues found
Installed all relevant windows updates - no improvement
Removed new USB 3.0 PCIe Expansion Card (this was the ony new hardware I added in the last
several months) - removing the card made no improvements
updated my video card driver - no improvement
updated my motherboard drivers - no improvement
ran memory tests - on the 2nd run it found 1 issue, but after that, I let it run the entire night, and it didn't find one more. Not sure if that 1 issue could be the problem, or just a fluke.
I went into MSConfig and disabled all services and startup programs that are not Microsoft. (though some McAfee services always seems to turn back on)
Ran Hot CPU tester, no issues found
Ran Windows Registry repair - many issues found, but there was no improvement when I fixed these issues.
I'm VERY close to wiping the system, but I'm not yet confident it'll help, and I don't want to hassle with that unless I need to.
I'm sure there are more things that I've done, but since this has been going on for over 2 months, I can't remember all of the steps I've taken.
I tried creating a System Health Report to add to this post, but I kept receiving time out errors, and after trying to fix that problem for a couple hours, I gave up.
System Specs
Self BUilt Desktop - built in January 2010, with mostly new components
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor, 3210 Mhz, 4 Cores
ASUS Crosshair III Formula AM3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard
G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 1280)
Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.
ATI High Definition Audio Device - built into motherboard
dual displays, dell 19 inch, and Asus 24 inch
resolution - 1280 x 1024 x 60 hertz
Hard Drives
C: Size 811.57 GB
Free Space 590.31 GB
F: Size 104.01 GB
Free Space 37.93 GB
G: Size 481.68 GB
Free Space 202.14 GB
If I've forgotten anything, or if I can provide any additional info, please let me know.
Thanks!!!!