Hey folks,
I've been having frequent BSODs on my machine for the past couple of weeks. Computer is only about 6 mo. old and I've run through all the self-troubleshooting steps listed in the sticky post (Memtest86+ and all that other stuff). I've also run virus scans with MSE and AVG, and I did remove a trojan, but I am still having BSODs even after removing that.
Unfortunately, for some reason, my computer is not generating minidump files. I enabled minidumps in the startup/recovery section of the advanced system properties so that they would be written to %SystemRoot%\Minidump, but that folder doesn't exist and the only *.dmp files on my machine are application-specific (there are only 5, for Chrome and such). Not sure if this matters, but I have already reset my pagefile, first to 0 and then to about 1.5x of my RAM.
Unfortunately I didn't think to record details from all the different BSODs I've been getting (I assumed the data would be in the minidumps), but I do have an image of the last one I received (edit: please see image in my next post). This most recent BSOD occurred when I was simply trying to restart my computer after doing a virus scan. This was not the typical BSOD I was getting though - prior to that, the BSODs would most frequently occur when my computer had been idle for a little while - 15 minutes or so. Not sure if that helps at all.
I know I probably haven't given a whole lot of info to go on, but like I said I can't figure out why I'm not getting any minidumps. If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them, as I am near my wit's end. I'd be happy to try to gather some more info that would help you guys figure out my problem, so please let me know what else I can provide.
My specs:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 970 3.5 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
PSU: 750W
Thanks in advance,
Jeff
I've been having frequent BSODs on my machine for the past couple of weeks. Computer is only about 6 mo. old and I've run through all the self-troubleshooting steps listed in the sticky post (Memtest86+ and all that other stuff). I've also run virus scans with MSE and AVG, and I did remove a trojan, but I am still having BSODs even after removing that.
Unfortunately, for some reason, my computer is not generating minidump files. I enabled minidumps in the startup/recovery section of the advanced system properties so that they would be written to %SystemRoot%\Minidump, but that folder doesn't exist and the only *.dmp files on my machine are application-specific (there are only 5, for Chrome and such). Not sure if this matters, but I have already reset my pagefile, first to 0 and then to about 1.5x of my RAM.
Unfortunately I didn't think to record details from all the different BSODs I've been getting (I assumed the data would be in the minidumps), but I do have an image of the last one I received (edit: please see image in my next post). This most recent BSOD occurred when I was simply trying to restart my computer after doing a virus scan. This was not the typical BSOD I was getting though - prior to that, the BSODs would most frequently occur when my computer had been idle for a little while - 15 minutes or so. Not sure if that helps at all.
I know I probably haven't given a whole lot of info to go on, but like I said I can't figure out why I'm not getting any minidumps. If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them, as I am near my wit's end. I'd be happy to try to gather some more info that would help you guys figure out my problem, so please let me know what else I can provide.
My specs:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 970 3.5 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
PSU: 750W
Thanks in advance,
Jeff