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Keeps saying ntoskrnl
OK
10 month old system been very stable until last few weeks.
I am running Norton Internet security and I did isolate it as a culprit a few months ago after a forced update by NIS. this is different. before I go and abandon Norton again I wanted to post this.
frequent BSOD lately. Blue Screen viewer always includes ntoskrnl but it not always the only culprit. I have read that it is not always accurate and I can't find a way to repair it anyway.
I did run verifier but did it incorrectly and chose ONLY the ntoskrnl and it did a BSOD about 2 mins after I did a restart until I was able to quickly diable the verifier.
Current nvidia driver set did not work, so I DL'd the 266.77 set from a driver site. used driver sweeper to reinstall the newest drivers and no better.
current BIOS 1.F current on all drivers from MSI.
no overclocking. only adjustments to BIOS is recommended mods to have memory run at 1600.
I have not run memtest but again working system for 10mos. BSOD usually happens when clicking but will occasionally occur at random/idle.
I'd appreciate any help you guys can give me.
haven't removed NIS again yet but since I only have 30 days left in my year I will
be willing to look elsewhere but I'm not convinced that is the issue this time.
• CPU:
Manufacturer: AuthenticAMD
Description: AMD64 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2
Name: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
Speed: 3200
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• Installed RAM: 8190 MB
OCZ Obsidian 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3OB1600LV4GK
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• PC Info.:
MSI 790FX-GD70 AM3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard
PC or motherboard model: MS-7577
System name: OFFICE-PC
System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
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• Graphics:
Description:XFX NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
RAM: MB
Driver Date: 20110120000000.000000-000
Driver Version: 8.17.12.6677
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• CD/DVD drives:
Description: CD-ROM Drive
Caption: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223Q ATA Device
Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Description: CD-ROM Drive
Caption: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50 ATA Device
Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)