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Occasional BSODs during everyday use
Custom built my desktop during June-July 2013. I have been experiencing occasional BSODs during regular use such as web browsing or word processing, though only the latest 4 logs seem to have been saved. I did not observe any pattern to the BSODs or any correlation to a specific activity.
I initially suspected faulty memory sticks to be the culprit after investigating the earliest of the 3 logs available. The memory sticks in use were Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Profile Intel Desktop Memory, which came free in a bundle with the case I bought. I have since replaced them with Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit, but a BSOD occured on that very same night after replacing the sticks. However, note that the BSOD dump now refers to a generic hardware fault (0x124) as opposed to specifically mentioning a memory fault. Have I now replaced the initial problem with another? Or is the same inherent issue, whatever it may be, still to blame?
The BSODs do not occur frequently enough to be a major problem, but they remain an annoyance as I lose work when they occur without warning. Any help is appreciated.
*Edit: I have already run sfc /scannow and memory tests. Neither reported any issues. All drivers and BIOS are updated to latest versions as far as I am aware.
*Edit2:Nothing is overclocked.The GPU comes factory overclocked, as noted below.
Last edited by smiles86; 29 Dec 2013 at 13:29. Reason: Additional info