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How do i fix this BSOD with various dump messages
This post can be long so maybe I just give some details in bullet points. Have been dealing with BSOD and just about had enough, so before I go and spend more money I found this site so I thought I'd post here for some advice and debugging possibilities
*Computer box bought in Dec 2010
Initial Components
- Intel Core I3-540 with LGA1156 socket
- Gigabyte GA-H55M-USB3
- DDR3-1333 2X2GB
- Seagate 500GB
- LG Sata 22x DVD burner
- Win7 Pro 64 Bit
So after a few months of nice computing I had my first BSOD in March 2011. I am not into any games per se to put any strain on this computer nor do I know much about computing such as overclocking etc – just normal usage of surfing etc. I had McAfee Anti Virus Plus as I could get it for cheap from work via their home user program, have used mostly Mozilla firefox for browsing and we use Skype quite often.
At the beginning I thought nothing of the BSOD and continued using but it was more and less giving a BSOD about once a month for the next 4-5 months.
Coming close to November 2011 and the 1 year warranty expiry I took it back to where it was bought from saying I am getting BSOD and for him to check the minidump files. He did some tests, did not check the minidumps because apparently it is difficult to understand and send me home saying to come back if it happens.
So in the next months till about a week or so ago on average I had about 5-6 BSOD a month until two Saturdays ago I could not switch on the computer. The box lights were flickering but nothing was happening
Back to visit the place I bought the computer on Sat morning. He starts checking, does about 10% of memtest86, removes the memory etc, puts it back etc and decides that I need to change the motherboard.
But apparently the new motherboards (the one he installed is ASUS P8 B75-MLX) now don't work with socket LGA1156 so he also had to replace the processor with Intel I3-3220 with LGA1155, so after spending $200 I thought maybe I am back to normal computing but low and behold on my return home and over the next days, I have now encountered 5-6 BSODs on a daily basis
So yesterday I took it back, again he checked 15% of memtest86, did a scan of malware for any virus or trojan, put a new hard drive temporarily and tested with 3DMark and came to the conclusion that apparently I have software interlocking problem and he cannot solve it himself.
Now I am not sure if every computer repairer works the same way but this guy did not charge me any labour as I had bought computer from his shop and comes with 1 year parts and 3 year labour warranty but I am not sure what to do next. I keep on getting the BSOD.... I have a new motherboard and processor already, do I just buy the rest and have myself a new computer or do I try to find another repairer and spend good money for nothing... starting maybe with the PSU
But before I bite the bullet maybe the good lads of seven forums can help me if I link in my over 50 or so dump files here as per forum instructions
Thank you
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