BSOD on Older Win7 Machine

christrost · Dec 22, 2015

Parents' computer. I've tried keeping it afloat for awhile now but I think hardware is finally starting to fail. I analyzed the BSOD with Windows DevToolkit and saw something about Google Chrome, so I uninstalled it. I also saw something that said "Probably Related to: Hardware". I'm hoping this forum can help pinpoint any further details so I can proceed with repairs.

· OS - Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista ? Windows 7
· x86 (32-bit) or x64 ? x86
· What was original installed OS on system? Vista Home Premium
· Is the OS an OEM version (came pre-installed on system) or full retail version (YOU purchased it from retailer)? OEM
· Age of system (hardware) 8 years-ish?
· Age of OS installation - have you re-installed the OS? Unknown - Win7 upgrade must have occurred in the last 4 years or so.

Desktop PC. See Attached CPU-Z report for all component details.

xilolee · Dec 22, 2015

Hi christrost. :welcome:
Did you under-overclocked your machine?
When have you cleaned your heatsinks, fans and their "breathers"/"air slits"(???) last time? And put a new layer of thermal past on the processor?
Did you update all of your drivers from the manufacturer/OEM website? Or from other sources (i.e. DriverUpdater programs)?

christrost · Dec 22, 2015

xilolee said:
Hi christrost. :welcome:
Did you under-overclocked your machine?
When have you cleaned your heatsinks, fans and their "breathers"/"air slits"(???) last time? And put a new layer of thermal past on the processor?
Did you update all of your drivers from the manufacturer/OEM website? Or from other sources (i.e. DriverUpdater programs)?

This is a 7-8 year old Compaq that belongs to my parents. No modification has been done. No cleaning has been done (by me anyway), and no new paste has ever been applied to my knowledge.

The only driver updates have come from Windows Update.

I did run 8 passes of the memTest (took almost all day) and came back with 0 errors. I'm going to try and run diagnostics on the hard drive next.

christrost · Dec 23, 2015

View attachment 18164I had the computer in my possession to run diagnostics for 4 days and had zero BSODs while I was working on it. Passed memory and HD diagnostics so this morning I went to shut it down to box it back up to return it, and literally as I shut it down it BSOD'd. New message this time around MRVW13B.sys.

New tool output attached....

xilolee · Dec 23, 2015

Some websites say:

Read More:

But in your system-info I see there is NETGEAR WG311v3 54Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter associated to that driver.
Hence it should be your wireless adapter.
If you are using it, check if there are updates of it on the manufacturer website.
Otherwise (if you are not using it), disable it.

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