Nearly constant BSODs. Windows Explorer crashing

[PartyHardWK]

Firstly, because I am in a hurry, I will not be posting the minidumps or bsod error codes. If these are needed further down the road then I will take some time to post them. Ill try to make this as brief as possible so here it goes:

I just traveled from NY to Boston for a job and left my computer in my car for a couple weeks (possibly an issue.) When I hooked it all up today to get everything up to date I found it hard to get anything done as nearly every five to ten minutes either windows explorer would crash, a BSOD would appear, or it would become to laggy/slow to complete anything. These events happen anytime I even attempt to do anything that requires an adequate cpu workload (browsing facebook/youtube, updating windows or drivers, searching hard drives, etc.).

The BSOD's are always different, there are four or five different error codes I have seen so far (0x000004e and 0x000001a are the only two I remember right now). What could be the reasoning for this? I cant even update/ roll back drivers, update windows, or uninstall anything because it crashes before I can do anything. It even crashes in safemode although not nearly as often. If anyone could help me I would be so grateful. Thanks guys.

 

[PartyHardWK]

Bump. Please help. Bsod codes 0x000000c2 and 0x00000c4 now happening.

 

[Tmagic650]

Go to C:\windows\minidump. Minidump files have a .dmp extension. Select all the .dmp files. Right-click sending the files to a compressed(zipped)folder. Upload this folder as a file here...

 

[PartyHardWK]

Thank you for the response Tmagic, here are the dmp files. I appreciate your help.

 

[Tmagic650]

Looks like a hard or boot drive issue. Is the boot drive an SSD?

 

[PartyHardWK]

Yes it is, it is an OCZ Vertex 4. Here are some additional errors I have recorded, 0x7e, 0x55, 0x19. Just to make note, I have unplugged and replugged all hard drives(I have 3) and have checked the temp of the processor(ranges from 38 celcius to mid sixties) and it isnt any of those things.

 

[Tmagic650]

Computer make and model?

 

[PartyHardWK]

Its a custom made PC. I put it together myself.
MotherBoard: asus p5n32-e sli
Ram: 4 gigs of Gskill ram (fairly modern)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Graphics Card: nvidia GTX 275
Running on windows 7 64 bit.

 

[Tmagic650]

3 drives all SSD? We are only concerned with the boot drive now, and it may be failing...

 

[PartyHardWK]

Oh no, just the boot drive is SSD. 0xD1 and 0x0A error now showing up. I believe they both said IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL. Id also like to add that the clock is way off, it jumps to different times every time the computer starts. I managed to keep the rig up long enough to uninstall bit defender (crashed right after completion) and also run a defrag of the boot drive which eliminated over 12000 fragments and showed a very large amount of low performing fragments... dont know if that means anything.

 

[Tmagic650]

Return the SSD under warranty and get a replacement...

 

[PartyHardWK]

Alright so you think the ssd is definitely the culprit? And if so, what should I do with my files on there, there is alot of music, pictures, and games on there I want to save.

 

[Tmagic650]

The games my be hard to save if you can't re-install or download them again. Music and pictures are easy to save on a flash drive, DVD or Blu-Ray disk

 

[PartyHardWK]

Turns out one of my other drives (classic magnetized hard drive) is bootable as well. I booted from that one which also has windows 7 ultimate and the same things are happening which leads me to believe it is not a hard drive problem. I am leaning towards it being a memory problem, could something be wrong with the RAM sticks? I dont understand how they could be working fine a couple weeks ago and then all of a sudden start malfunctioning.

 

[Tmagic650]

Use Memtest86:
http://www.memtest.org/
Download version 5.01 and burn it to a CD or DVD and boot the computer with it. No errors are allowed and run memtest86 for at least 7 passes

 

[PartyHardWK]

I am back again, I was very busy with an internship over the summer which is why I took a break from my computer. Now I have plentiful time again. I ran the memtest and came across fifteen errors during pass number five. It said good: dfdfdfdf bad:dfdfcfdf. I am not sure what that means but if you could help me out a bit more I would much appreciate it. Thanks again.

 

[Tmagic650]

Any errors in memtest86 mean bad RAM. How many RAM sticks are installed?

 

[PartyHardWK]

Just 2. Does this mean I need to replace them? If so, do you have any recommendations for reliable memory brands? I have been out of the hardware game for a while now.

 

[Tmagic650]

You might try swapping the position of the sticks and try running Memtest again for 7 passes

 

[PartyHardWK]

Did that, errors still occurred.

 

[Tmagic650]

Corsair, Crucial, GSkill, Patriot, Kingston... in that order

 

[PartyHardWK]

I bought the exact same type of ram I had before online and when I ran a memtest on them today, it showed even more errors than my old memory. What does this mean?

 

[Tmagic650]

Are you using Memtest86 v5.01?

 

[PartyHardWK]

Yes I am. I just ordered yet another pair of ram, this time from crucial. I will keep you posted how those turn out.

 

[Tmagic650]

Okay, if you still get errors with this new Ram, it has to be a bios memory setting is off or the motherboard is defective