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BSOD Random but Linked to NTOSKRNL Failure
Greetings,
...and thanks in advance for the support.
My PC is custom and I built it up a few years ago; it's been like a rock until a few months ago. I started to get a few BSODs, so I tried rolling back Windows - that didn't help. I tracked things to some memory issues, so I ran Memtest86+ and found one stick with a few errors on Test #8. Rather than take a chance I just replaced the memory with 4 new 2GB Corsair sticks - I tested each of the new sticks with Memtest before installing and they all passed. I thought I had the problem licked until I got another BSOD. Using BlueScreenView the fault is either a '0A' or a '50' almost always traced to ntoskrnl.exe. I tried to search for typical causes and did things like turn off Firewire in BIOS, remove some software people suggested were problematic, etc. - no change. The BSODs seem to occur when the PC has been running awhile. If I leave the PC running all night about 1/2 the time I'll wake up to a BSOD. Finally I bit the bullet and reloaded Windows 7 Pro 64 and all my software for a fresh start- a major pain, but I was getting desperate. A few days later and another BSOD. I'm getting nervous that this is a hardware problem. This PC is not overclocked and runs cool, and I can't find any evidence of a board problem. Power supply checks out perfectly. So I'm about out of ideas and could use a hand.
I've attached a snippet from BlueScreenView and the ZIP file from the diagnostic tool.
Cheers,
TY