Windows 7 BSOD constant and seemingly random

sballarino · 15 Jun 2015

I have an Intel NUC with an internal SSD which I use as a HTPC. It's been relatively stable, but if it was left alone and went into sleep mode it would sometimes wake up with a BSOD, but this would never happen if I shutdown the computer properly after I was done with it. Over the last week that all seemed to change. I hadn't performed any updates or hardware changes, but I'm suddenly getting BSOD's all of the time. Sometimes it's while watching videos, sometimes it's while I'm trying to run Windows Update, sometimes it happens when no programs are open on the computer. I ran the "Who Crashed" program but it didn't specify any specific drivers as being the culprit. Can anyone here make any sense of my crash files?

Thanks in advance for your help!

sballarino · 16 Jun 2015

Does it perhaps look like my SSD could be the problem? It is a few years old, but I didn't think it was old enough for it to start failing enough to cause these problems.

Boozad · 16 Jun 2015

It could possibly be your counterfeit install, an ASUS OEM PID on an Intel machine means your Windows installation is illegal.

Code:

Host Name:                 SIMOSSA_HTPC
OS Name:                   Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 
OS Version:                6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
OS Manufacturer:           Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration:          Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type:             Multiprocessor Free
Registered Owner:          admin
Registered Organization:   
Product ID:                00426-OEM-8992662-00173 ---> ASUS PID
Original Install Date:     20/02/2015, 6:41:25 PM
System Boot Time:          15/06/2015, 11:05:41 PM
System Manufacturer:       INTEL_
System Model:              D34010WY
System Type:               x64-based PC
Processor(s):              1 Processor(s) Installed.
                           [01]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 69 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~1696 Mhz
BIOS Version:              Intel Corp. WYLPT10H.86A.0032.2014.1119.1552, 19/11/2014

Counterfeit installations such as yours can contain heavily modified code that can cause the installation to behave it unexpected ways. Analysing BSODs and determining their causes on these sorts of installations is completely unreliable, and for this reason most analysts won't attempt it.

My recommendation is to install a genuine copy of Windows 7. This will minimise the problems you are experiencing and make subsequent diagnosis of BSODs far more reliable. Once you are running a genuine Windows 7 installation and are still experiencing BSODs, upload your new logs we will be happy to help you solve them.

sballarino · 17 Jun 2015

Thanks for the heads up. I formatted the system drive and installed a clean version of Windows 8.1 over top of it, and so far no problems. Fingers crossed. :)