Thanks. I haven't had a chance to try the Driver Verifier yet - busy with family issues. I hope to get to it soon and will update here.

Thanks actually if you check you will see that I've already run the eight passes of memtest86 and posted the results that came up clean. My question is if I should do it even more and perhaps for a...

actually I have more than 8gb (32gb). I hope I'll be awake still to start the 2nd run.
You want a photo of the screen after it completes 4 passes? It looks like it also has an option to write...

Thanks, Rich. I see my PC has DDR4, so I will use the memtest86 program. FYI, I see that version 9.1 has just been released a few days ago so that is what I will use. I"ll report back when it is...

Every few weeks I get a BSOD. It always seems to be related to memory so I occasionally run memory diagnostics, including the BIOS built-in and memtest86 (and memtest86+). It always passes the memory...

Hi again,

OK, so for the two weeks following this change I did not have a single BSOD. So despite my initial skepticism it seems that you may have had something there. 😀

So I went ahead and...

OK, here's an update. I replaced the GSKILL memory with the spare set. It turns out that I was wrong. That is Micron memory, not Kingston. But I left it in to see what happens.

First thing I did...

I see. What I have on my shelf is Kingston memory from Dell, same as what is in the Dell computer. It's about the same vintage, but I didn't get it at the same time as a single kit. You're saying...

OK, I gather you believe the problem comes from some incompatibility between the Kingston RAM and the G.Skill RAM. I will try to act on your suggestion soon.

In the meanwhile, I have run a memory...

It's happened twice in the last few days. I verified that I have all the latest Windows Updates & drivers. Ran SFC and it came up clean. I've attached the info zip as requested. Will be glad to get...

Thanks. Well, my system is continuing to have a variety of BSODs. I am not sure if I should start a new thread or continue in this one. At this point, since replacing the hard drive & reinstalling...

Just to let you know what happened next...

I did a few disk tests that I could, all involving full-surface scans. The disk seems fine according to those. I did not find a test that is as...

Ah, if only that were true... my experience has been otherwise...

You mean the screenshots from HD Tune? Probably not critical. Don't know why you're not seeing them. I've reloaded my browser &...

HD Tune Pro: WDC WD7500BPKX-75HPJT0 Benchmark


Test capacity: full


Read transfer rate
Transfer Rate Minimum : 14.2 MB/s
Transfer Rate Maximum : 117.9 MB/s
Transfer Rate Average : 86.4 MB/s

Hey, axe0,

Well, the new disk is installed & it is noticeably faster than the previous one. I also used the opportunity to put in an SSD for the system drive. I had an accident, unfortunately - my...

I see. So basically, it's the incredibly slow performance that is the telltale sign. That explains a lot of things. My machine's been getting progressively less responsive in the last year,...

Thanks.

FYI, I couldn't get AOMEI Backup to work under Gandalf's Win10PE. Complained about a bad driver. I will try AOMEI's WinPE, perhaps tonight. Meanwhile, I used FastCopy to selectively get...

Hmmmm.... So I can proceed with the SeaTools test. Will that give us confirmation of your suspicion?

How long should I expect the SeaTools test to take with a 750GB drive?

Here's another idea I...

Thanks. I followed up with a google search & found this page:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff560140(v=vs.85).aspx
There it says

So I am wondering if we examine the...

Just touching base to let you know I ran HDTune last night. I went to sleep while it was running the Error Scan. In the morning I found my computer had restarted in the middle of the night :-(

I...

Thanks, Axeo. FYI, I ran SpinRite on the disk a couple weeks ago - about 1/4 at Level 4 and the remainder at Level 2 (I didn't have time to let it finish at Level 4). I also ran the Dell disk...

I have previously backed up successfully without issues. Last night I tried backing up, expecting to see successful completion in the morning, but instead I found my computer had restarted. I...

I read through a lot of the messages in this thread. I was getting pretty worried that I was going to have to do a clean reinstall of Windows 8.1, and then the upgrade to Windows 10 and start...