Best way to identify bad driver?


  1. Posts : 1,771
    Windows 10 Pro
       #1

    Best way to identify bad driver?


    I'm getting BSODs with different causes, but the common element seems to be "bad driver." Is that a stock answer for all BSODs? Assuming that there is a bad driver, what's the best tools or methods to discover that?

    I'm having this issue on only one of my Windows 10 Pro systems. The other three systems are rock-solid stable.

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  2. Posts : 42,984
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #2

    Hi, you might try
    Enable and Disable Driver Verifier in Windows 10

    There's also this on a completely different track
    Verify if System Files and Drivers are Digitally Signed in Windows

    And of course you can post in the BSOD section using the tool there used to collect data from your system.
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  3. Posts : 1,771
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #3

    dalchina said:
    Hi, you might try
    Enable and Disable Driver Verifier in Windows 10

    There's also this on a completely different track
    Verify if System Files and Drivers are Digitally Signed in Windows

    And of course you can post in the BSOD section using the tool there used to collect data from your system.
    Dalchina. Thanks as always for your suggestions. I've already done the posts in the BSOD section. Before I do another post, I have to follow their instructions for RAM diagnostics, and I also have to buy a SATA port adapter card because I suspect that the built-in Intel chipset bootable SATA ports on my ASUS motherboard are failing.

    First I have to run the hardware diagnostics. Then I'll do the driver verifier stress testing. Then if nothing turns up, I'll have to do another post to the BSOD section.

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