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Random BSOD 0x0000007a
Hey guys, I've been having some random blue screens, 3 in the past 5 days, and I'd really like some help since I don't know what to do anymore.
This all started in the 19th when I decided to download and install some updates from Windows Update before going to sleep and got a BSOD while installing them, at the time I didn't pay much attention and let it slide. The next day the computer had no problems so I didn't bother checking anything, then on the 21th I got another BSOD. This time the computer was completely idle, no programs or browser running, I was watching TV at the time. I downloaded Bluescreen Viewer and noticed it pointed to ataport.sys as the culprit for both instances. I did some research and found some "fixes" which I tried:
sfc/ scannow - came out clean
chkdsk - showed some errors
chkdsk /f /r
chkdsk - apparently some errors still remained
cleaned the windows paging file
The computer was "ok" for a few days, until today. Again the computer wasn't doing anything when it happened, it only had the browser open, as I wasn't on the computer at the time.
I've tried some more stuff before posting this thread, but since I can't be sure if the problem is solved or not I decided to come here and ask for your help. This is what I tried today:
memory check, using windows memory check - I wasn't looking at the monitor when it finished the test and it rebooted afterwards, so not entirely sure of the result, although it didn't come up with any errors while testing the first ram.
F8, booted with the repair mode and used the following commands:
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
I've been playing and using this computer daily since the first BSOD and so far had no problem when playing.
I'm not sure if there's anything else I can say to help you guys.