Daily BSODs - different minidump causes, bsod when not in use

gangel77 said:

this setup ran for 2.5 years with not one BSOD using this RAM...

gangel77 said:

Just a pity to have 4 sticks of good ram and have to buy more and then sell these!!

I would try clean installing Windows before buying more RAM, as the former costs nothing.
No QVL RAM has ever been used on my GIGABYTE motherboard since I bought it four years ago.

Hi everyone,
SO i was going to go and reinstall windows.
I made sure backups are all good etc.
Went to try a "fix windows but keep files" and got a "You drive is locked, cant repair" error.

So I googled it and it suggested running chkdsk c: /R and then letting that run on startup.

I tried that and it tried 3 times nad BSOD each time within about 15 seconds of starting the check.


Now... does this mean I'm looking at a dead/dying HDD (SSD) or does it mean corrupted windows and it needs /F not /R.

Upon cancellation of the chkdsk starting up the comp is booting fine but I'm still BSOD'ing about once a day.

so... new SSD or any other ideas?

Scan the HDD/SSD for problems before reinstalling Windows.

Hi again Mat,
how do i scan the SSD?

HDDScan - FREE HDD and SSD Test Diagnostics Software with RAID and USB Flash support

It is portable freeware.

SO:
I tried reinstalling windwos.
Windows crashed (BSOD, no dump file) every time i got into windows and opened anything - My PC, Browser, anything.

So i went and got a new SSD.

Installed windows.

Same bsods when i got it running on windows.

Went and bought new MOBO.
Used new SSD.

Havent had a bsod in 3 days so far...
(Using old RAM)

gangel77 said:

Went and bought new MOBO.
Used new SSD.

Havent had a bsod in 3 days so far...
(Using old RAM)

Nice.

Thx for the follow up.