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Random BSOD, Bad Faulty Drivers?, mainly ntoskrnl.exe
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I've been having a big BSOD problem. It happens about 3-4 times a day, all quite random, never doing the same thing when it occurs (watching a video on YouTube, music, browsing, gaming, typing, or just waking up from sleep mode). I've been having this problem for months, I have reformatted multiple times, thinking starting clean would help. I must either be installing a bad driver, or something is wrong with my installation CD? I originally used AVG on this most recent Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit install, but read the BSOD issues with it, so switched to MSE after using the AVG removal tool. Mainly the BSOD are caused by ntoskrnl.exe according to WhoCrashed, with various problems such as MEMORY_MANAGEMENT or IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
I've tried searching around for similar problems, but still haven't found the right solution. I've downloaded WhoCrashed to analyze my crash dumps, and the conclusion leads me to believe it is faulty drivers, not a hardware problem. Even so, I ran MemTest on each stick of RAM (currently using 2 x 2GB, which are only 2 months old) and each RAM slot module for a couple hours each time with no errors found. If there is not an obvious solution, I may try for even longer, but I don't suspect this as the RAM is new.
Believing it was a drivers issue, I downloaded a trial version of DriversMax, which I then scanned my system for and updated my drivers. Still, I have BSOD problems. I updated all the main drivers shown in DriverMax, and my nVidia GTX 260 drivers.
I have tried to use the "sfc /scannow" command twice before last week, but it leads to a BSOD.
So, how and what else should I test for? Is WhoCrashed providing me with a correct conclusion and it is a faulty driver I am not aware of? Should I provide any more info? Attached is my information with the SF Diagnostics Tool
I'll deeply appreciate all the help and hopefully we can have this problem solved! Thanks a lot in advanced!