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BSOD while doing nothing and while browsing webcomic
The computer this is on, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit a custom build tower desktop. Antec 1200 case, motherboard Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0), intel core i7 950 @3.07GHz 3.06GHz, 24 gig ram, nvidia GeForce gtx 560 Ti, 5 SATA II hard drives, and Microsoft Security Essentials for virus scanner.
A few days ago, my friend started having random BSODs, even while he was away from the computer. He remembered that he let Microsoft update his video drivers and it added the 3d stuff he doesn't need, so he downloaded the newest drivers, did custom install so he could tell it clean install and only the stuff he needs. No 3d. Still had BSODs. Before I was able to get a screenshot he decided to just go ahead and format and reinstall.
So after backing up what he needed to so, we put the Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit OEM disk in and did a clean install. He reinstalled the motherboard drivers and the rest of his programs and a few hours later, BSOD again. He even tried uninstalling the newest video drivers he had installed and installing a version that was 2 versions ago in the hopes that an older version might be more stable. It seemed to be the fix, but just for a couple hours. No viruses showed up in Microsoft Security Essentials or Vipre rescue disk in safe mode. This time I did get him to use his camera to take a screenshot:
http://www.chuckcm.com/bsod.jpg
Any idea what I can do to fix the problem?
::edit::
I don't know if this has anything to do with the BSODs, but I checked the event viewer this morning and found 3 of this error:
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk5\DR8.
Also 3 of DR5, 3 of DR6, and 3 of DR7
Only for today from 7:15am to 10: 32am. I had checked the event viewer before formatting, and didn't see anything like this. Matt told me he gave the computer a very through dusting, so I shut down and opened the case. All looked fine, but I pressed in on all the sata and power cables to make sure they weren't loose because the drive bays slide out. Took the memory out and put it back in too. During the time of the errors, I didn't get any BSODs. Is it possible we didn't get all the motherboard drivers installed? We didn't have the Gigabyte dvd anymore, so we had to download them off the website. We didn't install all of them though because some were for raid and something else we don't use.
::edit 2::
Never mind about "the driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk5" errors. That was my usb flashdrive as I was moving files between his desktop and my laptop. I got to thinking that in disk managment, the hard drive numbering starts with 0, so it should not have a Harddisk5. I plugged my flashdrive in and yes, it is listed as drive 5.
Last edited by chuckcm; 29 Sep 2013 at 12:27. Reason: more info