My computer repeatedly and quickly gives me a blue screen

I installed that game shortly after I got it (the computer) home. I've been playing it on and off for several months now with no issues until now. The only thing that comes to mind that might have played a part in this is that discussion we had about Moonbase Alpha about four or so months ago, but I still doubt that the computer restarting was due to overheating due to the game's poor graphic details and very little action going on and still think it was just a regular 'ol random glitch because I've not had an issue like that since. It might have just been one of those random updates for Avast! that tell you the system needs to restart and automatically does so. I had it set not to pester me when I'm playing a game so it doesn't minimize my screen mid-game. I know it's a long-shot but with all the fans you helped me install I doubt that it simply over-heated.

Arc said:

Hi. :)

The oldest crash dump points to some issues with Avast, but not very strongly.

All the others are indicating to memory corruption; which may be either the physical memory failure or any driver passing a bad information to the memory.

Test your RAM modules for possible errors.
How to Test and Diagnose RAM Issues with Memtest86+
Run memtest for at least 8 passes, preferably overnight.

If it start showing errors/red lines, stop testing. A single error is enough to determine that something is going bad there.
If it does not show any error, enable Driver Verifier to monitor the drivers.
Driver Verifier - Enable and Disable
Run Driver Verifier for 24 hours or the occurrence of the next crash, whichever is earlier.

   Information

Why Driver Verifier:
It puts a stress on the drivers, ans so it makes the unstable drivers crash. Hopefully the driver that crashes is recorded in the memory dump.

How Can we know that DV is enabled:
It will make the system bit of slow, laggy.

   Warning

Before enabling DV, make it sure that you have earlier System restore points made in your computer. You can check it easily by using CCleaner looking at Tools > System Restore.

If there is no points, make a System Restore Point manually before enabling DV.

   Tip

• If you fail to get on the Desktop because of DV, Boot into Advanced Boot Options > Safe mode. Disable DV there. Now boot normally again, and try following the instruction of enabling DV again.
• If you cannot boot in Safe mode too, do a System Restore to a point you made earlier.

Let us know the results, with the subsequent crash dumps, if any. But, this time post the entire data generated by the tool, not the crash dumps only.

I'll be doing as you suggest (in order) in just a moment, but I have a question: When I go to the screen that allows me to boot my computer in safe mode, one of the options that comes up says 'Repair Computer'. Would that option be of any benefit to me, or is it about as helpful as 'Windows Help'.

Arc said:

WorldWalker128 said:

When I go to the screen that allows me to boot my computer in safe mode, one of the options that comes up says 'Repair Computer'. Would that option be of any benefit to me, or is it about as helpful as 'Windows Help'.

This one?

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This is very helpful in some cases; specially when a computer is not booting up properly. But in your case this option will not be of any help. :)

In your case, it is to determine what is causing the memory problem, and to take the proper action to rectify it.

Thank you.
To getting the USB RAM test to run, I'm a little stuck. While I've managed to bring the BIOS screen up (as the page instructed) I'm not sure which option is the correct one as several of them have USB as part of the name. Some of them I think are irrelevant as they seem to be talking about CDs that are also somehow USB (which makes no sense to me). I've narrowed it down to 3 I think it might be:
1. UEFI USB Hard Disk (I'm assuming that's Hard drive and is not the correct option)
2. USB Hard Disk (Might be an external Hard Drive)
3. UEFI USB key

None of them simply say USB on them, and I have no idea what UEFI stands for.

also, also- after getting another blue screen after misunderstanding the instructions and going to regular boot the computer informed me that Windows Explorer had stopped working and a minute and a half later I caught before the computer restarted again that the error was caused by Memory_Management. Does that help any?

Andrew, I would suggest him to test the RAM again in a different DIMM slot as there is always a slight chance that the DIMM slot is faulty and not the RAM.
It is most likely the RAM but I always find it better to be safe than sorry :)