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Prime95 isn't a memory test, though. I would run Memtest at a bare minimum of 8 hours, and maybe even let it go overnight.
That's certainly possible. Misconfigured memmory can cause hundreds of thousands of different issues.
Sure you did. Why else would you think changing the OS would solve the issue? We've seen that line of thinking on just about every forum board around. Problem? Must be Windows' fault. I don't mean to sound like an ass, or that I'm trying to be a *****...it just gets way to frustrating to see way too many people blame the OS and want to swap it out, rather than find the true cause of an issue. If you have misconfigured memory, for example, you'll have issues on any OS. So swapping them would just prolong the issue.
If they were truly identical, they'd work the same. You either have a setting configured differently between then two computers, or the unstable one has a hardware issue. Whoever told you that about drivers doesn't really have a clue on how to troubleshoot an issue. If the same driver works on one computer, but not on another identical one...something else is the issue, such as a misconfigured setting in the BIOS, hardware error, etc.