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BSOD random?
I had a BSOD problem with my machine a few months ago and it seemed to be revolving around a USB3 driver issue. The drivers were always up to date and I tried several things with no solution. I thought I tried everything to fix it and then a friend of mine made a wierd suggestion of using less memory using msconfig. I put the memory down to 4Gig (I have 16 Gig) and I actually forgot that I had did that until recently. I changed it back to 16 Gig and now the BSOD is back.
The first time it happened I noticed there was an explation point like usual in the device manager. I checked again and there was a few updates for the computer hardware (including the USB3) I installed the updates. I have gotten the BSOD a few times and checked but it does not appear to be the USB3 driver anymore. I am not sure what is causing it.
I dont know if the memory change I did actually helped or if it was just coincidence.
Any help would be greatly appreciated I try to save my work often but it is really frustrating when working on a CAD project and I forget.
I also noticed it happened to me a few times where I go to shutdown the computer. I click shut down and shut off my monitors. After a few minutes of still hearing the fans run i turn the monitors on and see the login screen. When i login I usually see the windows BSOD notification and just re-shut down.
and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
MD