Repeated BSOD on Windows 10, mostly ntoskrnl.exe

Hi everyone,

My Windows 10 computer has suddenly started producing BSODs lately. It's a Lenovo T440s. The error produced is MEMORY_MANAGEMENT.

BlueScreenView shows it's mainly caused by address ntoskrnl.exe+142970.

I tried Driver Verifier, but then Windows wouldn't boot at all (it keeps showing BSOD of IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL). I used system restore to boot normally again.

I've updated all the drivers through Lenovo's software update tool, except the BIOS. No new devices lately. Nothing seems noteworthy in Windows Update either.

The computer used to be Windows 8.1, and I got the free upgrade to 10. It's been working fine up until the last month or so.

Memtest86+ and SSDLife show that it's not RAM or SSD.

Any help is appreciated!

Attachment 125560

Well just some initial looking around, It appears you only have 4GB of Memory.. IT could be not enough memory for what you are asking it too do.. I do believe you need more memory..

Are you running a new program within the last month?? The minimum Windows specs is 2GB Ram for Win 10 on 64bit.. that only leaves you 2GB for other applications.. I think that is your initial problem..

Thanks all for the help. Here is the chkdsk log:

Code:

Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is Windows8_OS.

A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.                         

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
  458752 file records processed.                                                         File verification completed.
  16093 large file records processed.                                      0 bad file records processed.                                      
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
The file reference 0xab000000015fdb of index entry 6B9CA31C5DE4CE8D701FAD3DA1BE894122C7E604 of index $I30
with parent 0x1a140 is not the same as 0xa8000000015fdb.
Deleting index entry 6B9CA31C5DE4CE8D701FAD3DA1BE894122C7E604 in index $I30 of file 106816.
The file reference 0xab000000015fdb of index entry 6B9CA3~1 of index $I30
with parent 0x1a140 is not the same as 0xa8000000015fdb.
Deleting index entry 6B9CA3~1 in index $I30 of file 106816.
The file reference 0x123000000015fda of index entry AAD91963EE6F778FD67AF8C4384E5214505774C3 of index $I30
with parent 0x1a140 is not the same as 0x120000000015fda.
Deleting index entry AAD91963EE6F778FD67AF8C4384E5214505774C3 in index $I30 of file 106816.
The file reference 0x123000000015fda of index entry AAD919~1 of index $I30
with parent 0x1a140 is not the same as 0x120000000015fda.
Deleting index entry AAD919~1 in index $I30 of file 106816.
  569436 index entries processed.                                                        Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is scanning unindexed files for reconnect to their original directory.
Recovering orphaned file A7D538~1 (90074) into directory file 106816.
Recovering orphaned file A7D538BA17CC43106DA0872A1F09EAFDBB1D4BCD (90074) into directory file 106816.
  2 unindexed files scanned.                                         Recovering orphaned file DD4E4F~1 (90075) into directory file 106816.
Recovering orphaned file DD4E4FD7BA3A44565F8E6B37609EB3E0372BF471 (90075) into directory file 106816.
  2 unindexed files recovered to original directory.
  0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.                     
Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Cleaning up 171 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 171 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 171 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
  55343 data files processed.                                            CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
Usn Journal verification completed.

Stage 4: Looking for bad clusters in user file data ...
  458736 files processed.                                                                File data verification completed.

Stage 5: Looking for bad, free clusters ...
  1757209 free clusters processed.                                                        Free space verification is complete.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.

Windows has made corrections to the file system.
No further action is required.

  62337020 KB total disk space.
  54567404 KB in 319579 files.
    204268 KB in 55344 indexes.
         0 KB in bad sectors.
    536512 KB in use by the system.
     65536 KB occupied by the log file.
   7028836 KB available on disk.

      4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
  15584255 total allocation units on disk.
   1757209 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
00 00 07 00 cb b7 05 00 8b af 0a 00 00 00 00 00  ................
10 03 00 00 07 93 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.

It looks like Windows fixed something? D seems ok. I'll keep running the computer and see if it's fixed. Anything else I should try?

Another BSOD, looked exactly the same as most of the rest. The dump file is attached. I'll try running Windows Update. It says there's a "Feature update to Windows 10, version 1607" available? And I I realized that I forgot to upgrade the RAM after I bought the computer. Maybe I'll upgrade it if that might help.

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Yes, I'm aware about how to upgrade RAM. Is having only 4GB RAM likely to be causing these BSODs, though? If so, I'll try to upgrade sooner rather than later.

And, I'll try to make my C partition bigger. But can an older Windows 10 version really be the cause of the BSODs all of a sudden?

If it's any help, the BSOD's only seem to happen while Firefox (fully updated) is running. Relevant?