Way to check ALL drivers?

[NotYourHero]

Well, I was about to just uninstall most everything, and reinstall it. I am having an issue with a bsod for memory_management. I did a ram check, and a HDD check. Memtest86+ passed 5 times, nearly 6 but I stopped it when I woke up. WDC extended test proved no errors. That leaves me down to drivers.

TL: DR I am looking for a way to test my drivers dates, quicker. Is this possible?

 

[marsmimar]

You could use any of several free websites that offer to check for driver updates. I've used DriverMax before and it seems to work as advertised.

DriverMax - free driver updates

However, I would strongly caution you to NOT rely on any 3rd party software to determine if a driver needs to be replaced. I'd take their recommendations with a grain of salt and then go to the manufacturer's official website to download any needed drivers. I'd also respectfully suggest that newer drivers aren't always needed or desired. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

If you do decide to replace a driver or two, or all of them, make sure you create a system restore point just in case your computer gets borked. Even better, create a full system image.

 

[seavixen32]

Windows 7 does a good job with keeping your drivers up-to-date.

I agree with Marsimar that third-party driver scanners can cause you problems and you should heed his advice.

 

[kado897]

Why don't you post your BSOD in a new thread in Crashes and Debugging. I'm sure one of our BSOD experts could help you find the problem.

 

[NotYourHero]

Why don't you post your BSOD in a new thread in Crashes and Debugging. I'm sure one of our BSOD experts could help you find the problem.

Because I was ignored. I posted it and a full day passed and other threads pushed mine off the first page. But I already troubleshooted my hardware proving they are golden.

 

[kado897]

I'm sorry. It can happen. The BSOD experts are run off their feet.

 

[NotYourHero]

I'm sorry. It can happen. The BSOD experts are run off their feet.

Its fine. I tried my best to figure it out with windows debugging tools, and the oen thing I noticed was Vista_Driver_fault.

And here I am in drivers.

 

[TVeblen]

Hey, check this little prog out:
View the List of Installed Drivers the Easy Way - How-To Geek

It should give you just what you want.

 

[tiger168]

Boy, I am having this problem after more than a year of this post? Amazing.

I am using Windows 7 VERIFIER and BSOD occurs and just reverted back to normal boot from the safe mode and did a chkdsk on c: as I have to do this every time the system crashes before I am properly boot it back again.

Can someone help?

Thanks.