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Random BSoDs driving me Crazy!
Error codes are usually
Page_Fault_in_non_paged_area
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
Occasionally I will also have the failing system file shown to be atikmdag.sys or atipmdag.sys, related to my graphics card, however I removed my gpu and its drivers and ran on integrated but the other error codes continued to persist.
Sometime sit is also NTFS.SYS (I know it is not the HDD as I have tried with 2 different ones)
Hardware wise, I have eliminated everything apart from the CPU (and I do mean everything)
In terms of software I have tried with different OSes, (XP, Vista, 7, Ubuntu, Fedora)
Now I have heard that CPU failure is very uncommon, and that if my CPU really went it would not even boot up normally.
memtest shows me errors on my RAM which I know for sure is good (3 different ram sticks can't all be bad) I have heard that problems with CPU cache can cause memtest to show errors with RAM.
BSODs will happen randomly, but more frequenbtly running a heavy app like a game.
Any ideas? apart from buying a new CPU?
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16 GHz ( never OCed)
ASROCK G31M-S mobo (brand new)