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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I found the culprit. It was... THE CPU!! I could hardly believe myself as the Windows 7 installation finally got past the 2-5% completion mark and kept going and going. After 3-4 months of troubleshooting this damn thing, I've finally figured out the issue. It had...
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- Post #73
- Aug 12, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Yeah.. I'm just not really in the mood to take apart a laptop. Kind of tired of dissembling/reassembling my PC. I'm just going to assume that the two SSDs I've tried are fine.
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- Post #72
- Aug 6, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Yeah, I know. That's all I meant. SATA hookup. All the other computers in the house are laptops. I'll keep ya'll posted.
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- Post #70
- Aug 6, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Unfortunately, since I can't install Windows 7 on this computer, I can't run this SSD Toolbox utility to check the drive (and upgrade its firmware.) Also, I don't have any other computer with an SSD hookup that I could test it on there instead. I'm doubting that two SSDs in a row have been...
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- Post #68
- Aug 6, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Update.. a few months later. I've been slowly exchanging out parts from Amazon. Testing it, when it fails, returning it to Amazon and only losing the cost of $6 return shipping in the process. I've purchased a new SSD (64GB Corsair drive), a new Motherboard, and a new stick of RAM. All still...
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- Post #66
- Aug 5, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Okay, now I'm hearing two different things. Any other opinions?
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- Post #62
- Apr 3, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Should I get them one at a time? Just buy the CPU first, try it out, see if it fixes the problem, and then move on to PSU if I'm still getting the same issue? p.s: Would love to get some second/third opinions on me moving forward with replacing these replacement parts.
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- Post #60
- Apr 3, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Ah, bummer. Well, I bought all my parts from Amazon new.. so hopefully they're under warranty. So, contact the motherboard and CPU manufacturer for a replacement? I'll probably just have to buy a new PSU since the one that came with the case is crappy and it sounds like I shouldn't keep using...
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- Post #58
- Apr 3, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Alright, so Large FFT test conked out after about 5 seconds. So, both Blend and Large FFT conk out under a minute. That means it's most likely the CPU that's been fried or something? Is there any other test I can run to make sure that's the only problem? Or is it just a matter of slowly...
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- Post #56
- Apr 3, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

I only have an SSD inside my system, but I always have it connected to that external terabyte via eSata. I use it for storing downloaded movies/shows/etc. I only ran Prime95 once last night before I had to hit the hay. I tried the Torture Test in Blend first, and it hard locked after about a...
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- Post #54
- Apr 2, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Well Prime95 lasted about 1 minute and then gave me the graphic glitch hard lock screen that I posted pictures of earlier. No minidump of course. BLURRGGHHH. What should I do? I'm about ready to scrap the damn thing and build a whole new MediaPC (just build it in a tower, instead of a stupid...
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- Post #51
- Apr 2, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Back from vacation and back to troubleshooting the beast. Thanks for the replies while I was gone. It's strange that my system has been running fine for 6+ months with no issues. You're definitely right about the minimal clearance (1mm? maybe?) between the PSU and the CPU cooling fan. They are...
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- Post #50
- Apr 2, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Alright, the latest: 1. I ran Disk Cleanup and deleted all temp files which cleared up about 1.5 gigs of space 2. I disabled hibernation mode 3. Disk Management now says I have 29.72 GB capacity and 4.74 GB of free space. Good enough? 4. I ran the batch script and have attached the txt file...
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- Post #42
- Mar 25, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Alright, tonight's update. So, I checked my free hard drive space, turns out I only had like 250 MB left on my 32GB SSD. Ha! So, I deleted some excess stuff on there and now I have about 3 gigs free. Now, I have 7 drivers that are not signed by Microsoft. I turned on the first 4 in Driver...
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- Post #35
- Mar 23, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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[SOLVED] Referred here by Tom's Hardware Forums: BSOD Mystery!

Will do, thanks jcgriff!
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- Post #34
- Mar 22, 2013
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging

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