Still no BSODs! I think we have a winner!

I'll mark this thread as solved - thanks again for all of the help.

I still haven't received any BSODs (this is the longest I've gone since they began). So I believe we may have resolved the issue!

Thanks also for confirming that I could still use GeForce...

So far so good. I haven't gotten a BSOD since replacing the NVidia nForce SATA controller drivers with the Standard Dual-channel IDE controller drivers. I'm cautiously optimistic.

Question: Does...

I followed these steps exactly, and after restart indeed I have 3 instances of PCI IDE Controller and 6 ATA Channels. Let's hope this stops the BSODs!

I'll report back - thanks!

Hi valihrach - thanks! In that post, you say:

NVidia nForce SATA controller driver (nvstor.sys or nvraid.sys) can be replaced by Standard Dual-channel IDE controller driver (atapi.sys) included in...

I also noticed in Device Manager that the NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controllers both show the following under "Events":

8/5/2016 Device migrated
8/5/2016 Device configured (nvraid.inf)
8/5/2016...

Windows Update History does not show any updates to the SATA drives for my desktop.

In Device Manager, I have the following under Storage controllers:
-Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller...

10th times a charm!

I've run dm_log_collector three times and each time it completes successfully after a few minutes, but just leaves an empty zipped file on the desktop with nothing in it. I'll keep trying.

I just had my first BSOD since updating BIOS to the latest version :(

Here's the crash report (it's the same two potential causes as before the BSOD update: ntoskrnl.exe and nvstor.sys).

On...

My machine uses AwardBIOS Flash Utility for Dell V1.00. I do not see an option to flash BIOS from within the current BIOS.

Per your comment that the I531_1013.exe contained a BIN, I tried multiple...

I have tried every possible way to update the BIOS (downloaded from Support for Inspiron 531 | Dell US
), however running the I531_1013.exe just creates a WinFlash.sys file and stops there.

This...

Hi axe0,

Thanks for taking a look. Yes, this was one of my earlier suspicions, but per the OP:

I do see that my BIOS version is Dell Inc. 1.0.7 (11/9/2007), slightly outdated, however when I...

I re-downloaded the dm_log_collector, re-ran it, and still got a blank zip file at the end. Ran it again (6th or 7th time since I first started last trying last week), and finally the zip contains...

Hiya! Yes, I still get these BSODs daily. I definitely could use some insight.

Is the attached dump file accessible? It shows for me as not containing any files within the zip, so can't tell if...

Daily BSOD (DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION): ntoskrnl.exe? nvstor.sys?

Whoa is me! The BSODs continue. Would very much appreciate any guidance or suggestions. Thank you!

Hi, I'm checking in to see if the attached dump files are accessible. I appreciate the assistance.

Attempting to attach the dump file, let me know if this comes through or if it's an empty file (as it appears to me). Thanks.

Hi. I've researched and attempted as much as I could possibly try, and now have to ask for community assistance.

I never had these BSODs until updating to Windows 10. My crash dump files show two...