Multi daily BSOD will PayPal for fix

Before doing a reformat try a Windows Repair first. You won't lose your current information/files, etc.

If possible, before doing the above, see if you can install the previous BIOS.

Well i was going to resintall because 1. I have all my files backed up, 2 repair has never helped me in the past historically, well I also dont see how rolling back bios would help because it bsod on the old bios and since they updated it.

Is it possible all of this could be a reaction to me overclocking my cpu? a year ago I ran at about 3.6 instead of default 2.8 for about 4 months. just trying to figure it out..sigh

Absolutely! Overclocking can cause all kinds of issues whether it is memory, cpu, or video card. Set your cpu to its factory default settings and tell us what happens.

Well it is set back to the default for a little over a year now, im just wondering if overclocking the CPU could have an effect on the gpu

No.

At this point here is what I would do. It is a tried and true method and though tedious at times it has worked for a lot of people including me on a new build I put together that would not start:

1. Uninstall every piece of hardware that you have except the cpu, one stick of RAM, and the power cable to the motherboard.

2. Once you have done this, reboot. Let it run and if it doesn't crash then shut it down.

3. Add one piece of hardware and reboot. Let it run and if again it doesn't crash, repeat.

4. Keep doing this and hopefully you can zero in on the cause.

* Clean your video card contacts.

Well unfortunately for me, the process is kind of moot, Because the only piece of hardware I can remove is one piece of ram, my motherboard doesn't have onboard video so i cant take that out, also I cant take out the hard drives to see if anything is wrong, so I will try with one piece of ram is out but I have little hope.

Why can you not disconnect the video card, harddrive, etc.? I've done it as many others have.

.....because without a video card or a hard drive....you cant turn on the system...to see if it will crash..

You most certainly can.

you can turn the system on, but the system cannot crash without me doing something, as the system is stable just not when i run lots of things, and I cannot boot into windows to test anything, without my hard drive and I cannot see anything without my graphics card as I have no built in vidoe, =/ here is the first crash since the reinstall.

Same ATI driver. Do you still have your Nvidia card? If so, completely uninstall the ATI one and reinstall the Nvidia card.

By the way, you are getting 0x01 errors and these are usually caused by corrupted files within Windows. Where did you purchase your Windows OS from?

Got the copy from newegg.com, I don't have the nvidia card anymore, but It was weird because that is what was causing them before was the nvidia error. Do you really think it could be my OS? I could always download a copy online and then use my cd key. Although at one point I did install windows xp, and it too blue screened on me once.

Okay well assuming it is not my software since I have resintalled every driver like 20 times and my OS multiple times, Its safe to assume its hardware, Im guessing since The graphics card was breaking it before and is still again, that it has to be the motherboard unless I got 2 bad graphics cards causing the same symptoms from 2 totally separate companies.

I really feel for you. I was thinking just earlier how your frustration level has to be sky high. I also have to hand it to you for your relentless work because if it was me I would either have run my head into a brick wall or I would have brought out my 30'06 high power rifle putting it out of my misery. :darth:

Interesting you mentioned your motherboard because I have been giving your situation a lot of thought this evening and the motherboard is the only thing I can think of. Perhaps the slot is defective especially when you rightly surmise two cards from two different companies and yet the very same issues occur.

If you can take your ATI card and install it in another system such as a friend's PC. If it works without issue we can confirm it is not the card.

Well another thing that is weird, is that I have 2 pci slots, And I tried to plug it into the other one once and it blue screened, is there something both of the pci slots go to before getting processed that could be the problem? just thinking. Also...yes my frustration is rather high...i was pretty close to pulling an office space after it crashed when i did a fresh reinstall.

Also asking some questions on another forum and a guy said in there

Well, there is no such thing as being a 100% sure... But I am sure that your graphics driver crashed. That is for sure. The question is.... Why. Possible reasons in order of likeliness:
1 the driver itself, in relation to the rest of the files of the graphicscard. Problem in your case could be your many retries.... A known problem is that these drivers are not removed correctly by their normal deinstall software. Some part rmains and is not replaced by the new. Could well be the case here. That why we have additional tools to remove stuff and others to clean registry.
2. Graphics card hardware is malfunctioning or gets too hot
3. RAM malfunctions
4. Mobo graphics card slot / bios settings.
5. IRQ settings

So I was wondering what you thought about this, particularly how the bottom 3 could effect me being as I have since decided that the top 2 are probably not the issue.

Also another thing I keep running into, twice so far is that sometimes since the resintall It wont bsod, it will just make the sound repeating like when it bsod's but then it will just freeze until you reinstall.

The fact that you get a BSOD in the other slot means either a) there is something wrong with the card or b) the slots in the motherboard. Check to see if your card's fan is working because if it is not it is overheating and thus crashing. But two bad cards? I find it hard to believe, as you well noted, that two different cards from two different manufactures with the same issues.

Again, if you can, install your current video card in another system. If it works then we know the problem lies elsewhere. Ask a friend if you can. it is only temporary.

Crashed again

Also is there a way to test / clean my slot?