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Spontaneous BSODs, varied errors, real toughie
Well, folks. I swear to God I have had more trouble with this computer, and I've come here as a last resort. It's an expensive custom build; I have a huge history of attempting to solve these problems, getting new hardware to the fix crashes, updating drivers, etc. I could state everything I've done, but that would be like a 5-page essay, so instead I will put what I believe to be the essentials.
Ok, so. I get BSODs at random times. Sometimes it will be when my computer is comepletely idle (even for hours), others when I'm using it. It doesn't seem to be something specific, like I can play games, or be browsing the internet, or any old thing, and it will crash. I.e., isn't necessarily anything CPU-intensive, GPU-intensive, or RAM-intensive. The types of errors it gives are varied, but the most common is "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT," though others include "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA," "BAD_POOL_HEADER," and several more. In fact, just as I came on this site, IE crashed (which is relatively common) and when I click on whatever I did to get rid of it, I got a BSOD (one of the few examples where I actually did take an action that could potentially give it a reason to crash). Had to redo the diagnostic info retrieval tool for the attatchment.
Anyway, I've done everything I can think of, updating drivers and the bios, detailed overnight memory diagnostics, removing any overclock-type setting that could potentially cause a problem (though, truthfully, I am not completely familiar with overclocking), and more. No dice. I am hesitant to say this because I don't want to create preconception (and additionally, this would be the most undesirable consequence), but I think it's a hardware problem. Rather, the worst of all, God have mercy--my $250 (each) dual SLI graphics cards. But. I don't know what the error report things mean, so I don't want to make any conclusions until those have been reviewed by someone who knows stuff. And speaking with objectivity, while I'm not stupid, I don't know stuff. So, it would be appreciated if I didn't get any answers on the sarcastic level of "did you try restarting your computer?" I know that, thank you. I've come seeking the wisdom of the wise--the wise who know what funky error messages on a scary blue screen mean.
So whatever. I mean, seriously, if someone thinks they can help me, I swear with the blinding radiance of the Soviet Union's entire nuclear arsenal that you have my purest gratitude. Again, I've done this because all else has failed. Vielen Dank.