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Different, Frequent, and Random BSODs
Motherboard: ASUS P5QL/EPU
RAM : 8GB DDR2-1066 GSkill PC8500
Video: nVidia GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone GDDR5 1GB
2 HDD: WD Black Cavilier 1TB and a Seagate 2TB
Windows Ultimate x64
started geting these random crashes about the same time my older HDD 120 IDE went out. Which is when the Seagate came in. I thought I had it narrowed to my ram when one chip would crash more frequently than the other, so I ran on 1 stick of 2GB 800 for a week much more stable. Only crashed twice. Untill I replaced them all with the new GSkill 8GB (4 x2GB) still crashing. I ran memtest on all the ram together and seperately and in diffrent slots, and comes out clean after several passes every time no errors. Also ran HDD scans which also came clean and checked all SATA cables and other connections. The pc will reboot and back to desktop with no problem. Only a message saying windows didnt poperly shut down.
Also sometimes it doesnt BSOD only hard freeze on whatever image happens to be there.
Typicaly crashes while looking through pictures, burning a cd, sitting idle @desktop or watching a movie. Usually does not crash while playing games though happens sometimes much less often. (Counter-Strike: Source, Dead Island, Battlefield 3, Team Fortress 2, Black Ops)