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Hi, I'm new here and was hoping someone will be able to help me out. My computer has been crashing constantly the past few days, to the point that it is impossible to use. It will freeze up, BSOD, and then attempt to restart. I have not been able to use it for a couple days now because it hardly ever boots up right now. The error codes I get from the blue screen are: BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO ***STOP: 0x00000074 (0x0000000000000002, 0xFFFFF8800277AED, 0x0000000000000002, 0xFFFFFFFFC000014D) In case it matters, here are some other notes: When I try to boot it, it only comes on about 5% of the time (and then crashes within a couple hours). Usually, it will not boot up. Sometimes it goes to a black screen that says "Operating system not found" It has crashed in safe mode, and will sometimes not boot in safe mode either The crash seems to happen when I'm using Google Chrome and/or Windows Explorer (but then again I almost always am anyways). I uninstalled & reinstalled Chrome, there was no change. I thought at first it could be a virus (I do use the computer to watch porn & save pictures off the Internet). I was able to boot it in safe mode and I ran a full system scan with Norton 360. It did not find any problems. I have tried the startup repair tool it gives the option to use sometimes when trying to turn on. It does not find any problems. When I click to view details, it gives the error code: "0x0, hard drive could not be found" As far as I know, all software is up to date. I have never made any hardware changes to my computer, nor have I recently installed any new software, etc. The laptop is a Sony Vaio w/ Windows 7 home premium 64-bit that is about 3.5 yrs old, and I use it constantly. I have never had a problem with it before, it has hardly ever even frozen. I noticed two weird things recently: 1) About 2 weeks before the problem started, I noticed the computer was waking up on its own. I usually put it in "Sleep" mode instead of fully shutting it down, and I would walk into my room and find that it had turned itself on for no reason. 2) Also starting about 2 weeks before the main problem, Windows Explorer would lag sometimes while going through pictures, which never seemed to happen before. I did remember making a system recovery disc (or something like that) when I first got the computer, because it told me to. I don't know what it does, how to use it, or if it would even be of any help, but I was able to find it so I do have that. Of course this all started literally the day after I ordered an external hard drive online, so right before I was able to back up all my data :( It figures that this would happen now. (but it was also right after my school semester ended, so that was kind of good timing I guess lol) If you have any idea exactly what the problem is, or whether it sounds more like a hardware, software, or virus issue, please let me know. I'm desperate. I do know a little bit, but I'm no computer expert. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Hopefully I won't lose any files or have to take the computer to a shop, but let me know if I should. Thanks!

Hello, i've had bsod problems for about half a year now, and as smart as I am, I have not really considered taking action until now. I'll try to provide you with as much relevant information as i can, if i've done something wrong or missed something, please tell me. When does the bsod usually happen? - When opening new tabs in google chrome - When doing nothing at all - A few times when playing games, but not very often Observations? - I ran a memtest a couple of months ago, i let it run for 5 hours, it only got one pass along with a hole bunch of errors (pretty sure it was over at least a 100 000 errors) So I'm pretty the RAM is the problem, but i want to make sure. - I witnessed the cpu constantly reaching 100% before a freeze crash, but that was not a bsod. My computer specs: - Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 520W PSU ATX 12V V2.3, 80 Plus Bronze, Modular, 2x 6+2pin PCIe, 6x SATA, 135mm Fan - Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9 Kit w/4x 4GB, CL9-9-9-24, 1.5V, Vengeance Blue Heatspreader, 240 pin - EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB PhysX CUDA PCI-Express 3.0 - Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H, Socket-1155 ATX, Z77, DDR3, 2xG3+1xG2-PCIe-x16, SLI/CFX, mSATA, VGA, DVI, HDMI, DP, UEFI - Intel® Core i5-3570K Processor Socket-LGA1155, Quad Core, 3.4GHz, 6MB, 77W, HD4000, Boxed w/fan - Seagate Barracuda® 1TB SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0), 64MB Cache, 7200RPM, 3.5" My latest dmp file ( out of 42 dmp files):/>http://www.mediafire.com/?lk34ffdldcfrfbc ( I was not allowed to upload a zip file, so i uploaded it on Mediafire instead ) Anyway, I hope you guys can help, i would really appreciate it. If i haven't provided you with the correct information, please tell me.

I have a custom built machine, and beyond building it, I'm not very handy with technical support. Every morning when I wake up and use my computer, I find that it's off. When I turn it on, it says the usual "Windows was not shut down properlly" or whatever that message is. I'll paste the report down below. There are 2 problem files, but searching them in explorer does me no good, nor does Google searching them. Also, it seems like the computer crashes only when it hasen't been used for a while (probably around 5 hours) as it crashes when I don't use it during the day for a while. Any ideas? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------ Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033 Additional information about the problem: BCCode: 9f BCP1: 0000000000000003 BCP2: FFFFFA800C97AA10 BCP3: FFFFF80000B9C3D8 BCP4: FFFFFA801B1DE010 OS Version: 6_1_7601 Service Pack: 1_0 Product: 768_1 Files that help describe the problem: C:\Windows\Minidump\102912- 13728-01.dmp C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-20716-0.sysdata.xml Read our privacy statement online: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=104288&clcid=0x0409 If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline: C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt

I've been getting around 13 BSOD's in the last two months, and i don't have a clue what the cause is. This is what i've tried to fix the problem: -Update Motherboard drivers -Drive error check I can't upload the minidump here since the limit is 200k. But I uploaded the minidump here: http://www.mediafire...t5x55zbrxa2e9mb I beg of you guys to find the problem. My computer is only about 2 months old..

Hello! Recently I've experienced something that I believe is software/driver problems on my Windows 7 x64 PC. Every time I shutdown my computer, or put it to sleep, it simply crashes with a bluescreen and then restarts. I've started the computer in Safe Mode, and then it did not crash at all. Can someone help me with this error, please? Thanks in Advance / Komposten