I'm just getting around to doing this now because I just returned from a long vacation. A few days prior to leaving, my computer started blue screening at the login screen before I could finish entering my password. In the past, I've had many instances of the screen freezing, the sound freezing completely for a few seconds and then going silent, and becoming completely unresponsive. It wasn't fixed without a restart, and it was only a matter of time before it would happen again, be it minutes or days. The problems I've had with this rig are always unpredictable. AMD everything... obviously a bad choice.
Something I think is important to mention is that I have SoftXpand 2011 installed on my computer, which makes it automatically boot into a multi-workstation mode the first time you turn it on. You can disable and make the computer a single workstation as usual by logging in, disabling it, and restarting. This could be the problem, I guess. I also cannot access my external drive while in dual workstation mode. It always says access denied or something.
I don't know what else I should include in this... hopefully I provided enough information for someone to help me out here! Thanks.
EDIT: the attachment was created in safe mode when I turned the computer on for the first time in 2 weeks, then restarted it into normal mode, and then got the blue screen again with "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"
my specs are on my profile
Something I think is important to mention is that I have SoftXpand 2011 installed on my computer, which makes it automatically boot into a multi-workstation mode the first time you turn it on. You can disable and make the computer a single workstation as usual by logging in, disabling it, and restarting. This could be the problem, I guess. I also cannot access my external drive while in dual workstation mode. It always says access denied or something.
I don't know what else I should include in this... hopefully I provided enough information for someone to help me out here! Thanks.
EDIT: the attachment was created in safe mode when I turned the computer on for the first time in 2 weeks, then restarted it into normal mode, and then got the blue screen again with "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"
my specs are on my profile
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My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitAMD FX-6200Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1600MHzSapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 FleX Edition
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- custom build
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
- CPU
- AMD FX-6200
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1600MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 FleX Edition
- Hard Drives
- Kingston 120 or 128GB SSD (boot/programs)
Seagate 2TB External HDD
- PSU
- Antec 620C
- Case
- Corsair Carbide 500R
- Antivirus
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Webroot, Windows Defender
- Browser
- Firefox
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