BSOD after full reformat

Hi Chris (and/or whoever is willing to help),This is N. Coleman. I spoke to you earlier about the BSOD issues I was having. I followed your advice and performed the following steps in order:Did a full reformat with no problemsInserted Gigabyte cd and installed Lan driver fineRebooted and Windows loaded fineChecked internet connection and it was fineChecked Windows update via web...and got an autorestart while it was loading.Rebooted...Windows loaded fineChecked Windows update via web againGot BSOD page_fault_in_nonpaged_area while loading updateI still have that screen up.I took a quick picture of the BSOD with my phone, so excuse the quality, but here it is: http://i30.tinypic.com/2zfk67d.jpgPlease help. I'm so frustrated because I've been having issues with this computer since I received it. It is beautiful indeed, but I would like for it to work correctly of course.UPDATETried to reboot and got a blank screen instead of Windows loading screenTried to reboot again and "start Windows normally" and got auto restartTried to reboot AGAIN and "start Windows normally" and it booted okay
Tried to update Windows via web again and it installed some things
okay, but then it wanted me to Activate Windows, and though this would
be my first time actually "activating" it, it told me I had exceeded
the # of times I could and to enter a NEW product key. Are they going
by the # of times I did reformats? (This is so unbelievably frustrating.) I clicked
out the window and the notification about "activating Windows" *seemed*
to go away.
Rebooted fine and checked for updates again, and then got another BSOD. This time it said "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL."Rebooted again and got blank screen instead of Windows loadingI am stopping here and turning my computer off for now until you guys get back to me. Thank you.


Edited by vikonic - 04 May 2012 at 3:48pm

Hi Chris, this is an update. I spoke to my friend, the one you talked to yesterday, and we tested what you suggested.

I believe it was indeed a ram issue. I took out 1gig of ram and all seems to be well. I did a strenuous reboot test with Windows, and I have not seen any BSODs, random restarts, or blank screens thus far. I will give it 5 days to see if anything changes, and if not, I guess I am home free.

Thanks for your help. I will keep you updated.


Edited by pseudonymph24 - 21 May 2008 at 5:39am

Hi, Chris.

I have been consistently successful with Windows booting up since uninstalling that one gig of ram. I thought that maybe it was too much for my OS? Or do you really think it is defective.

I no longer get BSOD when booting up at all *knocks on wood*. However, I do get BSOD sometimes when I am playing the Desperate Housewives game, but it is known to crash, so I don't know if that's necessarily an issue related to my computer. My drivers seem to be okay. I am going to test it out with a couple hours of game play with the Sims 2. Hopefully, I won't experience any crashes like I did with Desperate Housewives.

Originally posted by pseudonymph24 Update: This morning, I had about 8 windows open, and I was browsing Google when suddenly my screen went black and Windows rebooted. Any idea what could have caused this? I was doing fine for an entire week+ before today. Update #2: Got BSOD while playing Sims shortly after posting my first update. I recreated the stop error and it said, "Page fault in non-paged area."

Hello,

As you said, I already removed 1gig, which was stick #4. I have now removed stick #2 as well, so only the first pair in 1 & 3 are in my computer. I will see how it runs on 2gigs with that ram. I'll keep you updated.

Originally posted by pseudonymph24 UPDATE: So, everything was running smooth until 20 minutes ago. I was in the middle of playing a game -  which hadn't crashed as frequently since running the pc on 2gigs - and THEN it crashes, and I get this BSOD: http://i28.tinypic.com/imjokx.jpg Now, since restarting my pc, I have seen the same BSOD. After my pc has been back on for 10 minutes or so, I get it again. So far, I have seen this BSOD 3 times in less than 20 minutes... After the 4th reboot, it never restarted properly; the screen stayed black and the fan kicked into high gear. I tried rebooting again, and it did the same thing. Windows doesn't get a chance to load up. On my 5th or 6th try, my motherboard ad screen popped up (this was my first time ever seeing this screen), and Windows loaded normally, but 10 minutes later, I got the Bad_Pool_Header BSOD again. I have since turned the pc off. I guess I should swap the ram now? By now, I am convinced some of it is defective, if not all.

Edited by cmundy - 02 Jun 2008 at 10:09am

BTW, before I swapped the ram for a second time, I got another interesting BSOD:

http://i30.tinypic.com/11ln8z6.jpg


Edited by pseudonymph24 - 02 Jun 2008 at 1:37pm

Yes, I have AVG Anti-Virus protection installed. I will do what you suggested and report back. Thanks.

UPDATE: