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Sudden BSOD's relating to ntoskrnl.exe and HIDCLASS.SYS
Hi,
This computer is a custom build, approx 3 years old and no issues up till now aside from perhaps 1 stray BSOD over a year ago.
This morning, I BSOD'ed out of nowhere. At the time I was using my computer for work: Thunderbird, Excel, Chrome, Firefox, Skype, Dreamweaver, among other apps were open. After the restart, I BSOD'ed again, approx 5 minutes after Windows reloaded. I was in the process of opening up the abovementioned applications to resume work. Thunderbird was the last application I opened prior to the second BSOD.
Both BSOD's were attributed to ntoskrnl.exe as per BlueScreenView.
Things I've done since:
- restarted, checked all drivers for updates. Checked and applied any available Windows updates.
- booted into safe mode, ran a malwarebytes scan. No malware. Ran Kaspersky scan, nothing.
- activated driver verifier and checked all options except Microsoft drivers.
- rebooted into normal mode. After about 1 hour of the computer being VERY sluggish (due to verifier I suppose?), I BSOD'ed the third time.
- rebooted, ran BlueScreenView which attributed the latest crash to HIDCLASS.SYS
I used to be good at these things, got spoiled by having a mostly error-free computer the past few years. Thanks in advance for taking time to help me.
Last edited by invisible777; 25 Feb 2015 at 15:51.