Help BSOD's all the time!

[Aoami]

I'm getting a lot of BSOD's at the moment (pfn_list_corrupt, memory_management and bad_pool_caller).

I've done virus scans (MSE and AVG) in safe mode which returned no viruses, i've run the built in memory checker in windows, which also returned no faults. I also ran verifier, as i thought it may be a driver issue, and that did seem to return something. When I restarted my PC after running verifier it was giving BSOD on startup saying there was unverified drivers. I had to run the built in startup fixer thing in windows, which said it couldnt fix the issue, but stopped the BSOD on startup.

Does anyone know what I should do next?

Cheers

 

[MYstIC G]

What happens if you run it in safe mode? Does it still fall over?

 

[old.Osy]

I'd start with a full hdd check-up. Oh and, backup your files.

 

[Aoami]

I got a new BSOD today, which didn't have an error message in

What happens if you run it in safe mode? Does it still fall over?

It ran fine in Safe Mode.

I'd start with a full hdd check-up. Oh and, backup your files.

What program would you recommend to do this? Cheers

 

[Tuthmes]

checkdsk.

Go to Computer -> rightclick on your partition -> rightclick on proportions -> Extra -> Check now (I think, mine's in Dutch) -> Select both boxes that popup (automatically repair errors in the files system and repair damaged sectors). If it's your windows partition (which in this case it should be) you have to restart your computer and it will check it before windows starts. It may take a couple of hours btw.

 

[MYstIC G]

Run safe mode, run chkdsk as suggested, run a driver cleaner if you can if you suspect it's a driver issue to try and get windows back to using basic VGA.

If this was something that occurred after you changed systems settings try rolling back with System Restore.

 

[Aoami]

Thanks guys. Can you recommend a good driver cleaner Mystic g?

Chkdsk returned no errors.

 

[Embattle]

http://phyxion.net/item/driver-sweeper.html

 

[Aoami]

No BSOD's since I used driver sweeper a few hours ago, so fingers crossed! Cheers folks for the help.

 

[Tuthmes]

Nice, nice.

 

[Aoami]

BSOD's all the time again. Football Manager, Firefox and Chrome crashing all time...

I think i'm going to do a full HD wipe and windows reinstall. I have a genuine windows ISO on my Hard Drive (dl'ed from MSDN when at Uni), but I can't find my CD Key. Is it stored on your pc anywhere?

 

[Aoami]

BSOD's all the time again. Football Manager, Firefox and Chrome crashing all time...

I think i'm going to do a full HD wipe and windows reinstall. I have a genuine windows ISO on my Hard Drive (dl'ed from MSDN when at Uni), but I can't find my CD Key. Is it stored on your pc anywhere?

Also, could someone recommend a good program to wipe the HD?

 

[Aoami]

Also, it seems everything I download I corrupt (legal things) like drivers etc. Just downloaded a trial of Nero to burn my windows ISO and it said it was corrupt when trying to install. Maybe it is a RAM problem?

 

[MYstIC G]

Sounding more and more likely. Can you take out the ram chips and try running a different combination?

 

[Aoami]

I've been onto Novatech support (where i bought my base unit from) and the bloke said to run memtest86 which i'm going to do now, but i can't see it being anything else now.

 

[Aoami]

memtest currently running, 100,000 errors and counting. I think we've found the problem!

 

[MYstIC G]

 

[Aoami]

it's all under warranty , so if it's only one stick broken it's not the end of the world! hopefully I can run skyrim with just 4gb.

 

[Tuthmes]

Could try and clean the mem banks aswell with a fine brush (which worked for me once). But just asume they are broken anyway.

 

[Aoami]

how long should I run memtest for? does it produce a report?

 

[MYstIC G]

I think it runs 10 or more tests iirc but it's been years since I used it.

 

[Aoami]

found the offensive module and removed it, looks like just 1 so not the end of the world. glad the problems may be finally over! thanks for the help all!