E6600
MSI P35 Neo
GF 460 NTX 1gb
4 GB Ram (2x1 + 1x2)
Windows 7 (64 bit - used to have 32 bit and problem was the same).
SB Audigy 2
I've been having major issues with my computer for the past couple of months. I keep getting BSODs, usually when I first start the system (sometimes up to 5 times before I can get into windows). It also sometimes happens when I leave the computer idle for a while, and very occasionally when I try to open a program like firefox or word (enough to have made me paranoid about using word and losing work).
So far I have done the following:
formatted and reinstalled windows (7)
bought a new harddrive
bought a new graphics card
bought a new psu
removed audigy 2zs soundcard because apparently win 7 has some issues with it
disconnected and removed a dead optical drive
checked memory sticks all work
updated all drivers to latest versions (inc BIOS)
When I get the BSOD, sometimes I get a message about rdyboost.sys, others it says IRQL Equal to or less than (or something like that), and others its just a series of numbers and letters.
Here are the most recent reports I've been getting from WhoCrashed:
On Sat 29/01/2011 07:49:14 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\012911-18906-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: rdyboost.sys (rdyboost+0x134C1)
Bugcheck code: 0x1000007E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF880015D04C1, 0xFFFFF8800372F858, 0xFFFFF8800372F0C0)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\rdyboost.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: ReadyBoost Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that a system thread generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.
On Sat 29/01/2011 14:23:24 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\012911-19234-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x70740)
Bugcheck code: 0x1A (0x41287, 0x5F4A0, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that a severe memory management error occurred.
This might be a case of memory corruption. More often memory corruption happens because of software errors in buggy drivers, not because of faulty RAM modules.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver which cannot be identified at this time.
On Sat 29/01/2011 17:09:25 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\012911-19453-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: hal.dll (hal+0x12903)
Bugcheck code: 0x124 (0x0, 0xFFFFFA8004AF1028, 0xB2000040, 0x800)
Error: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\hal.dll
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a fatal hardware error has occurred. This bug check uses the error data that is provided by the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem problem. This problem might be caused by a thermal issue.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.
On Sat 29/01/2011 18:37:10 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\012911-18687-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x70740)
Bugcheck code: 0x1E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000096, 0xFFFFF80002E9D990, 0x0, 0x58000000000)
Error: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that a kernel-mode program generated an exception which the error handler did not catch.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver which cannot be identified at this time.
I'm honestly starting to lose the plot with this now. The system runs largely ok 90% of the time when I'm doing stuff (playing games, etc) but as soon as I turn it off...leave it for a bit ... then turn it on again, it starts booting then blue screens as soon as I get into windows.
After a restart it then seems to be working fine again...until I turn it off....even manual restarts dont seem to be triggering the problem.
Please if anyone can help I'd really appreciate it .... I'm at the point of wondering whether I just need to buy a new Motherboard but I think that will invalidate my copy of Windows 7 because of the licensing system Microsoft use...so that really needs to be a last resort
