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BSOD, All pointing to memory issues, 0x000000de
Hello, for the past couple of weeks, I've been having BSOD crashes at least once every week. Sometimes while using my computer, sometimes while it's idle. The latest one happened a few minutes ago, which is why I'm here. I downloaded a program called Blue Screen View, and EACH AND EVERY BSOD point to a file called ntoskrnl.exe.
The two main errors I've been getting are "IRQL not less or equal" and "memory management". However, the one a few minutes ago stated "Pool Corruption in File Area", once again pointing to ntoskrnl.exe as the cause in BlueScreenView.exe.
Now, I'm beginning to suspect this is my RAM going bad. I say this because I remember when I upgraded to my RAM to 8 GB this past August, I had bought Patriot brand RAM sticks, but I should've read the reviews BEFORE buying it because lots of people were complaining of Patriot RAM failing. Can anyone offer any help to determine what I need to do? I know I need run memtest, and I will hopefully get a chance to do so soon.
I'm running on 8 GB RAM, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, Intel Core 2 Duo on a Dell Studio 540 desktop. Windows Vista was originally installed on this system, but I bought and installed Windows 7 over it in January '11. In August '11, I reinstalled as 64 bit when I upgraded my RAM. The system was purchased from Dell in December 2008.
Attached in one file are two DMP files from the two latest BSODs.