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BSOD while on internet, in Word, error 0x000000F4
I recently (August) purchased a XPS 8500 Windows 7 x64 desktop from Dell.
About twice a week now (for the past month, but getting more frequent), I get a BSOD while on the internet or working in Word. The computer freezes for about a minute and then the BSOD just randomly pops up. No USB drives are connected or CD's are in the drive. I don't play any games or work the system all that hard.
However, a dump file is NEVER created by Windows and the error code is always STOP: 0x000000F4. This error code refers to a hardware issue, I believe.
I've even tried multiple times to get the dump file created (unsuccessfully) following this thread and others it links to: Dump Files - Configure Windows to Create on BSOD
The Event Viewer log is not helpful. All it tells me is that the "last shutdown was unexpected" with no other critical errors to be found.
Here is what I've done so far:
run full checkdisk (no errors or bad sectors found)
updated all drivers from Dell (including the BIOS, chipset, network, bluetooth, etc.) and run all Windows updates
updated NVIDIA graphics drivers and any other driver that I can find to update
done error recovery tool using Win 7 bootdisk that was shipped with the computer
run the System File Checker (no errors/problems found)
run the Dell diagnostics at boot (no errors/problems found)
run the FULL Dell PC Diagnostics on the Dell website (no errors found)
run memtest86+ with over 10 passes (about 17 hours) with no errors found
I do not overclock and have made no hardware modifications to the system since it arrived. This is a general purpose machine.
I have tried to swap video cards with one I know works fine in another PC, but the BSOD still happens.
The BSOD typically appears after the computer has been on for several hours and is random.
The XPS is known to have power supply issues, so that is a potential source of the problem. If I can't get anywhere here, I'll fight with Dell customer service.
Thanks for your help.