BSOD when I'm NOT using my computer, driver or memory problem?

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  1. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    BSOD when I'm NOT using my computer, driver or memory problem?


    Right, so Seven Forums has helped me fix a BSOD in the past so I trust it can help me now!

    On to business, The BSODs are random, but they usually happen when I am at school during the day or gone for the weekend. (I'll come back to find a "Windows has recovered from an unexpected shut down" when I click more info it will say type: Blue Screen) I have ran Memtestx86 overnight (12+ hours), and windows memory diagnostic (again 12+ hours) and neither has found any issues. I have tried reseating RAM, tested all 4 slots, switched them around, and still it didn't help. I used Bluescreenview to find that virtually all of the Blue screens were caused by the drivers "ntoskrnl.exe" "nvlddmkm.sys" & "Ntfs.sys" I have tried updating all the drivers I could think of, and still no dice. Also when I play Left 4 Dead 2 or Planetside 2 I will experience game crashes related to lack of memory. So far all my issues seem to come from poor memory management, yet I have 16 gigabytes of RAM and a 1 Terrabyte hard drive... leading me to think I have some driver issues, but I can't seem to find any, but then again I don't exactly know where to look.

    Thanks in advance, any assistance is greatly appreciated!
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  2.    #2

    Code:
    BugCheck 101, {31, 0, fffff880031d7180, 3}
    
    Probably caused by : Unknown_Image ( ANALYSIS_INCONCLUSIVE )
    Code:
    Usual causes:  Device driver, BIOS bug, hardware defect

       Note
    Please Read: With the Stop 0x101 bugchecks you will configure a Kernel Memory dump, and then upload this file to DropBox or SkyDrive, and then post the link to the file in your next post.


    This troubleshooting guide may give you some points to consider.

    Reduce the number of programs at startup, to avoid any driver or program conflicts:
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  3. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I ran the driver verifier first stated in the linked post, and it forced some BSODs about five seconds after my computer was completely booted up (at the desktop with apps beginning to run, e.g. Steam checking for updates)

    All 4 blue screens caused by verifier identified "GameKB.sys" with code "STOP: 0x000000c4"
    I tried researching gamekb.sys but came up with absolutely nothing
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  4. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Continued running driver verifier, found two sources of BSODs, one was a Sharkoon keyboard driver, the other was an Asus Bluetooth driver. I updated both and have been running verifier with no blue screens for about an hour now, I will continue running it for the recommended 36 hours to see if anything else causes an issue. Will update again at that time!
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  5.    #5

    I will be looking forward to your results, thanks for the update.
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  6. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Right,so i ran verifier for 36 hours, and it gave me no further blue screens, however today when I got home to check on my pc, it was completely frozen and needed a hard reboot. Also my games continue to crash every now and then. Since the freeze didn't give me a .dmp to post for analysis, are there any tests I can run to see the cause(s)?
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  7.    #7

    Have you disabled Driver Verifier? It can cause freezes.
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  8. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Yep. I turned it off, but since then I have had a few more BSODs, all 0x101s.

    Here's the logs.
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  9.    #9

    Code:
    0: kd> lmvm tmcomm
    start             end                 module name
    fffff880`01849000 fffff880`01877000   tmcomm   T (no symbols)           
        Loaded symbol image file: tmcomm.sys
        Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\tmcomm.sys
        Image name: tmcomm.sys
        Timestamp:        Thu Jul 12 11:28:08 2012 (4FFEA6B8)
        CheckSum:         00033C38
        ImageSize:        0002E000
        Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
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  10. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #10

    I read the recommended security system thread & downloaded the full setup, then did full system scans with updated malwarebytes and superantispyware, and both turned up empty besides a couple cookies.Now with Trend Micro gone I'll continue regular use and see if it continues blue screening or not and post back the results.

    PS. Thanks for bringing up that thread on free security, I was gonna need to renew trend micro titanium in a couple months, so this will save me a few hundred bucks!!
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