Windows 7: Seemingly Random BSOD's, 2 or 3 in a day

Hey,



So I bought my Lenovo Ideapad Y580 back in December 2012. It was fine for the first month but around mid
January I started to get these random BSODs, they would happen when I played Civilization V, and also on start-up right before the Windows loading screen would appear.

I initially thought the new Nvidia 310.90 drivers were the cause, but after rolling them back, I still got the BSODs, again at startup. I have re-installed windows through Lenovo's one key recovery and I still receive the BSOD's, the most recent one occurred on February 1, 2013 at around 3:30 while I was watching YouTube videos on.

I'm not too sure what it is and I would very much like to know; I'm beginning to think it is a hardware issue.

Thanks for any replies

Welcome to SevenForums.

If you are overclocking any hardware, STOP. Reset any changed values back to default.

Please uninstall Avg for troubleshooting purposes:

• AVG | Download tools and utilities

Microsoft Security Essentials.

Recommended from a strict BSOD perspective, compatibility & stability compared to other antiviruses/internet security software. It is free and lightweight:-

• Microsoft Security Essentials - Free Antivirus for Windows
  • Malwarebytes : Malwarebytes Anti-Malware removes malware including viruses, spyware, worms and trojans, plus it protects your computer
    • Good and Free system security combination.
    • How to Scan Your Computer With Multiple Antivirus Programs - How-To Geek

Run a full scan with both (separately) once downloaded, installed and updated.

Perform a System File Check:

1. Click on the start
2. Type CMD on Search
3. Left click and Run as Administrator
4. Type SFC /scannow

Full tutorial here:

• SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

Disk Check on your hard drive for file system errors and bad sectors on it:

• Disk Check

Reduce items at start-up. Nothing except anti-virus is required plus improves the time for logging in windows.

• Startup Programs - Change
• Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup

Daemon Tools:
Please uninstall DAEMON Tools. It uses a driver called sptd.sys which is known to cause BSODs in Windows 7. Uninstall the software using Add/Remove Programs. Reboot the system. Once the program is uninstalled, run sptd.sys uninstaller to remove the driver from your system.

As an alternative, many people recommend the use of Total Mounter or Magic ISO.

Click on the Start ► Control Panel ► Programs ► Uninstall a program ► Uninstall everything related to "NVIDIA" and reboot the system. Delete remnants of its drivers/older drivers using Driver Sweeper.

Tutorial here:

Drivers - Clean Left over Files after Uninstalling

Now install the drivers linked on this filehippo link:

• Download NVIDIA Forceware 306.97 WHQL Vista 64 - FileHippo.com

Video Card - Stress Test with Furmark

• Video Card - Stress Test with Furmark

Monitor your temps with Speccy during this test

• Speccy - System Information - Free Download

Video memory test (for 20 passes)

• |MG| Video Memory Stress Test 1.7.116 Download

Clean up some factory bloatware:

• Clean Up Factory Bloatware

If doing the above does not bring stability test RAM.

Take memtest. Run for 8 passes and test each stick in a know good slot for an additional 6 passes.

• RAM - Test with Memtest86+

If Memtest86+ does not find any errors with ram run Windows Memory Diagnostics for 7-8 passes following its tutorial: Memory Diagnostics Tool

Let us know the results.

Hey koolkat77

I will run these tests over the weekend and post the results,
thanks for the reply

Take your time, good luck.