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BSOD on Startup ntoskrnl.exe or rthdmivs.sys Realtek HD Drivers issues
Hello and thanks for this forum. I have learned a lot from browsing this site.
I bought my computer early October just for gaming. A week in I got my first BSOD, was disappointed but thought components just breaking in. Then found it happening every time I logged on when I went to click onto my user icon to get into windows computer just would power down and couldn't get it to start. Put the Windows 7 disk in tried the repair stuff, but didn't seem to work so did a fresh format and reinstall.
Did this like 4 times in 2-3 days because it kept happening. Tried Memory test and everything was fine. I got a program to review the dumps and it indicated it was caused at ntoskrnl.exe and that it is probably a 3rd party driver rthdmivx.sys. Looked that up and it was a driver from Realtek HD Audio, so I saw that it was old, so I updated it to the latest one and still BSOD. It only happens when I am logging on, once I am able to log in to windows then it doesn't occur during playing games or on the internet, only at startup.
Hoping someone can help. Thanks