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Random BSOD on laptop, can't find a pattern
Hi,
This is the laptop that I have:
ASUS - Notebooks- ASUS U46E
I have the i5 version, with a 750GB hard drive that I now put in an optical bay caddy (2nd HDD / SSD Caddy, Asus U41sv, U43jc, U46e, U47a, U50vg, U56e [OBHD9-SATA-SATA-BU9] - $44.75 : NewmodeUS, Hard Drive Caddys for Notebooks) as a storage drivea nd I use a Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB SSD as my OS drive:
Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3/90G 2.5" 90GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-Alone Drive)
The installation went fine, and things were just nice and dandy. But the problem of my USB 3.0 hub persist, even today. I posted before about how USB 3.0 drives can't seem to really connect to my laptop. Transfers over 1GB will disconnect before the transfer completes. I thought that maybe a fresh install of Windows 7 on a new drive would help, and it kind of did. When I'm successful, the transfers to my SSD are blazing fast. But as of late, it's very hit and miss. I'm certain something is wrong with my USB 3.0 port. Sometimes when I connect a USB 3.0 hard drive, the hard drive will not show up in My Computer and when I check Device Manager, my USB 3.0 driver will have encountered an error. From there, I have to reinstall the driver and sometimes I get lucky and I can connect my drive again. Sometimes I'm not.
This may all seem irrelevant, but it was during this process that my most recent BSOD happened. I was trying to reinstall the driver (I'll attach it) and all of a sudden my screen went blank and the computer restarted. If anyone could help with this, I'd really appreciate it. If anyone can help with my USB 3.0 issue (the device in Device Manager is Fresco Logic xHCI (USB3) Controller FL1000 Series) that would be awesome too, but I think the only thing I can do is try to get someone to replace the port.