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'Random' BSOD, Freezes and resets. Suddenly started.
System:
64-bit Athlon processor
1GB of DDR400 RAM x2
Graphics card: NVidia of some type.
PSU: 500W
Windows 7 and Windows XP on different partitions.
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I've tried running perfmon /report, but it says 'An error occured while attempting to generate the report.'
BSOD Dump & System File Collection app results are attached.
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I'm getting somewhat random BSOD, freezes and resets. Most often BSOD, which usually but not always says driver_irql_not_less_or_equal - it disappears quickly so I couldn't remember the whole thing. No .sys file is mentioned.
The reason I say somewhat random, is this; Windows 7 originally seemed to have one of the errors frequently, anywhere between every 2 to 20 minutes. I'm not doing anything in particular at the time, sometimes it's just after start up, sometimes while I'm browsing the Internet, sometimes when I'm away from the computer. I've since formatted that partition and reinstalled 7 and it seems less frequent - it just lasted about an hour or an hour and a half. XP seems to last quite a long time too. Windows 7 safe mode lasted about 6 hours and then I had to discontinue the test to turn the PC off. Due to safe mode working (and originally thinking XP was working due to not having a BSOD/Freeze/Reset during the first test) I thought it was a Windows or Software problem. It seems this isn't the case though.
I did recently use Partition Manager to increase the size of my Windows 7 Partition and decrease that of my Windows XP partition which made me think it may be something to do with the partition - but I thought a quick format when reinstalling Windows would've taken care of that.
I've run RAM checking tools (Can't remember software and since lost in format) and hard drive checking tools (SeaTools).
Any ideas what this problem may be and how I'd fix it?
Last edited by Kewne; 01 Feb 2012 at 17:15.