Blue Screen After Upgrade

Hello Everyone
I recently upgraded my computer to an ASUS P8Z68V Pro, I5 2500k, 8GB GSkill 2133 memory, Noctua NH-D14 cooler. I have an 880 Watt PS. I am running win 7 ultimate and when I try to install my video card or do any updates I get the dreaded BSOD. I have kept my old HD's SATA 2, and was wondering if anyone can give me a clue why it is going old blue on me. I d/l the Blue screen viewer and this is what the event reported.

Dump File : 092511-19281-01.dmp
Crash Time : 9/25/2011 8:18:34 PM
Bug Check String : CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION
Bug Check Code : 0x000000f4
Parameter 1 : 00000000`00000003
Parameter 2 : fffffa80`0898cb30
Parameter 3 : fffffa80`0898ce10
Parameter 4 : fffff800`02f84410
Caused By Driver : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+68980
File Description : NT Kernel & System
Product Name : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company : Microsoft Corporation
File Version : 6.1.7600.20642 (win7_ldr.100211-1706)
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+68980
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\Windows\Minidump\092511-19281-01.dmp
Processors Count : 4
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 7600
Dump File Size : 262,144

Any advice would be greatly appreciated and thanks for taking the time to read this
RoscoBCCA

 

Have you done a fresh install of windows? or just updating drivers to accomodate your new hardware?

Is the BSOD creating a very similar code each time?

 

Yes the messages are all the same. I got the blue screen right from the start, so I installed win7 without formatting the old drive. I wonder if I should format the drive then re-install the system again?

 

Yeah i would definatly run a chkdsk /f /r first and see if that throws anything up. Possibly try pulling RAM sticks one at a time but as the BSOD is the same I'm not sure it would make a difference.

Then try a format and reinstall, sometimes its much less hassle just to format especially if its a recent install.

 

Total "squeaky clean" install would be recommended.

Funny thing about Windows is that it's idea of formatting is VERY low level. I have been able to recover data repeatedly over the years from a "formatted" drive.

I would use a third party wiper on each of the drives, just in case.

Over in the software section, there is a program that does a very clean format. So clean, there's a warning label on it to mark the disk. Mainly because you will never recover a bit of data from the HDD in question.

http://majorgeeks.com/Dariks_Boot_and_Nuke_d4596.html