'BSOD'... What else ?

[ledetail]

Greetings ladies and gents.

It seems I joined the BSOD body count, unwillingly but that goes without typing.
It appears rather randomly, but seems to have grow a liking on my (ever failing) attempts on windows updating that damned Microsoft .net framework 4.
Before I forget, here is some more info:
Windows 7 64bit
First and only OS ever installed on this computer
OEM version (though I installed it myself)
Hardware is 3 days old
And the OS is a few hours younger.

Many thanks for your time

 

[zigzag3143]

Greetings ladies and gents.

It seems I joined the BSOD body count, unwillingly but that goes without typing.
It appears rather randomly, but seems to have grow a liking on my (ever failing) attempts on windows updating that damned Microsoft .net framework 4.
Before I forget, here is some more info:
Windows 7 64bit
First and only OS ever installed on this computer
OEM version (though I installed it myself)
Hardware is 3 days old
And the OS is a few hours younger.

Many thanks for your time

8 of 11 point directly or indirectly to memory. while you are waiting you should run memtest.

Download a copy of Memtest86 and burn the ISO to a CD using Iso Recorder or another ISO burning program. Boot from the CD, and leave it running for at least 5 or 6 passes.


Just remember, any time Memtest reports errors, it can be either bad RAM or a bad motherboard slot. Test the sticks individually, and if you find a good one, test it in all slots.


EDIT: are you by chance running Zone Alarm?

Edit II: since the system uptime was short on the newest one (I suspect it may also involve the CCC) which was loading at the time

 

[ledetail]

Thank you Mr zag.

I should have run memtest prior to annoy people with a silly thread
I ran it overnight, but a within few secs it spotted an amazing number of errors.
It seems one of my ram sticks was the culprit, I also tried to test the motherboard slots, and the computer doesn't even power up when I'm using Dimm2 and Dimm4, maybe because of dual channel specs ?
As for CCC, I don't know if it's interfering in any way, didn't experience any BSOD come back for the last couple of hours.

So I hope it was just a ram stick issue.

Anyway, many thanks again for your help and time.
Have a nice day !

Edit: i'm not using Zone Alarm by the way, just Kav.

 

[CarlTR6]

UCOREW64.SYS Jun 22 2009 - Flash Memory Writer, ASRock bios utility updater, ASRock - BIOS Upgrade Instruction

This driver is shown as an unloaded module which means it was involved in the crash. This does not necessarily mean it cause the crash; but that is a possibility. This driver is out of date and may be causing a conflict.

I also recommend that you uninstall Kaspersky while you are trouble shooting using this removal tool: Info > Tool. Kaspersky is known to cause BSOD's on some Win 7 systems. Once you get your system stable, you can try it again. Download and install Microsoft Security Essentials in its place and make sure Windows Firewall is turned on. I think ZigZag saw the same thing I did that throws suspicion on your firewall.

 

[ledetail]

My mistake, actually it's Kaspersky Internet Security that I'm using, not Kaspersky Anti Virus.
I uninstalled it nonetheless, along with CCC, and ran the Dump & System file collector once again (with the 'safe' ram stick on it's own).
I didn't experience any bsod return so far, but I didn't use my computer that much yesterday and today.
I hope the new log will be enlightening.

Thanks for your time

 

[CarlTR6]

Glad to hear you are running smoothly so far. Good job of following instructions. Update us in a couple of days and let us know how you are doing. If you get another BSOD, upload the dump to us.

 

[ledetail]

I got to send both ram sticks to the retailer, and I don't have a clue when he's going to send a pair back to me.
The 'next couple of days' is going to turn into the next couple of weeks, for any update on my behalf.

Anyway thanks a lot for your help CarlTR6, have a nice day