Daily BSOD...

[ThatCreeper]

Yeah, about the SSD, after completing that test I re-read that post and saw that it said it was pointless to test it using that tool. Testing that only took a couple of minutes so it's all good.

Thanks for the help, people. I guess it's time to replace the HDD ASAP as that has all the important things on it. I've been getting this BSOD for about a year now... it started out like once a month. Now it's almost daily.

EDIT: Would it even be worth trying the long generic test again on the HDD?

EDIT 2: Decided to do the long generic test again and it is currently at 70% with no fail still. Not sure what to think at this point.

EDIT 3:


Uhh...

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yep well thing to keep in mind Creeper is this mate http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/73828-imaging-free-macrium.html do it on a regular basis as I do and at least your data is kept up to date.

I am going to leave ths thread now because there is some conflict re what is going on and I ma not going to gte caught up in anything like that - sorry.

 

[ThatCreeper]

Conflict? I'm a little lost on what you mean...

It can't be the HDD, right? I'm really not sure.

 

[ThatCreeper]

Hey guys, just an update.

I got my first BSOD today since the last one I reported in this thread two or so weeks ago. I checked the minidump folder and there was nothing in it. I was just browsing using Chrome, and Chrome crashed and then my start bar disappeared and my PC locked up for a few seconds and then it went to a BSOD and froze on that screen and the PC did not restart until I pressed the button on the machine.

Honestly don't know where to go here with this $3000+ machine. Absolutely gutted.

 

[axe0]

Please uninstall Google Chrome as a test while troubleshooting, it 'still' causes crashes for some people.

 

[ThatCreeper]

Would Firefox be a better choice? I'll use that and uninstall Chrome and play the waiting game for another BSOD. Would Chrome cause a BSOD even when not in use? Like, playing a game through Steam for one... and not using Chrome at that time. I've gotten a few in the past when gaming and just gaming - nothing else.

 

[axe0]

If a setting in Google Chrome is enabled for being active in the background even when the browser is closed it could, but I still don't know how Google Chrome could cause so much different crashes.

 

[ThatCreeper]

No matter what, I can be doing anything... listening to iTunes, gaming through Steam, browsing through Chrome, watching a movie through VLC or leaving the computer idle for 8 hours and I'd come back to a BSOD.

 

[axe0]

Please run the tool again and upload the zip file.

The description you give could have a lot of causes like drivers, hardware, background processes etc.

 

[ThatCreeper]

Which tool was that? Driver verifier?

 

[axe0]

The tool from BSOD Posting Instructions

 

[ThatCreeper]

Got you. Here it is.

 

[axe0]

Odd, the crash hasn't been recorded.

Please try to reproduce the BSOD and snap a picture of it.
In the settings of configuring a dump file please make sure you uncheck the automatic restart option so you don't have to rush How to configure minidump | Windows 7 tutorial

 

[ThatCreeper]

Yeah, I'll get a picture when the BSOD happens again. The thing is, 100% of the time it just freezes on the BSOD so there's no rush in me taking a picture. The PC won't restart until I press the off switch.

Also, how can I force a BSOD? Is that possible?

 

[Laith]

You can force a BSOD, there's a ton of tutorials online on how to do it.

 

[ThatCreeper]

When you force a BSOD, is is natural? Like, would it be the same stop code on the BSOD compared to one that happened naturally/randomly? Or should I just wait it out for another BSOD and then get the picture?

 

[axe0]

Forcing a BSOD as in saying you want it won't be the same as others because you can force BSOD's even when everything is 100% stable. This is usually only done for testing purpose with debugging software.

Forcing a BSOD as in doing the same that usually gives a BSOD is natural and will give the same results.

 

[ThatCreeper]

Ah, yeah. I had a feeling but just wanted to confirm. I'll wait it out and bump the thread once I have the photo.

Appreciate it, thanks.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

TC why are you using anything else but IE personally I don't think there is much difference in the speeds - probably a few more little features I am guessing but is this all worth the hassle?

Now in post #33 I did suggest a few scans and how to post BSOD's and I wanted to see the state of some of the components namely the PSU but if you are inclined not to run with these then I shall unsub because it is dragging out a bit and the others have suggested a quite a few things as well.

 

[ThatCreeper]

IE has horrible speeds on my end. I have really bad Internet as I live in Aus, Tas. Chrome has always been consistent, honestly. I remember the early days back when I got this PC built, a few years back, I only ever used Firefox... I would still get random BSOD.

Sorry about the delay in replying to your post - I honestly forgot. I have downloaded those programs and I'm running the test and it seems so far I have a lot of detected threats when I scanned with Super Anti Spyware.

Also, the PSU is actually pretty new. I had upgraded it a year later after I built the PC as I thought the one that was originally put in the PC might have been causing the BSOD (plus I wanted to do SLI with two GPU's and the current PSU I had wasn't able to do so).

I will update you soon.

Update: There was around one thousand threats detected with Super Anti Spyware. I am now trying AdwCleaner.

Update #2: Just cleaned up the PC using both Super Anti Spyware and ADW.

You said in post #33 for me to send you my specs so I might as well get them out of the way now for you:

Update #3: I am rather lost on the HW info program. Is this correct?