BSODs but not in Safe Mode

scott1326 · Dec 14, 2012

I've been getting random BSODs on my pc for the past few weeks until they became so frequent that it wouldn't run anymore. I can boot to Safe Mode and have not experienced any there (that I can remember). Tried to reinstall Win7 but haven't been able. Talked with tech support where I bought it, and they said it sounded like memory or hard drive problem. I'm currently running memtest to check the RAM. If it were a memory or hd problem, wouldn't it occur in Safe Mode as well? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Win 7 Home Premium 64bit
Intel i7 875K
8GB DDR3/1600Mhz RAM
ASUS P7P55D-E PRO mobo
128GB Corsair SSD
1TB HD
ATI Radeon 5850 graphics

plodr · Dec 14, 2012

If it were a memory or hd problem, wouldn't it occur in Safe Mode as well?
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Yes.

Because it does not blue screen in safe mode, it points to a driver problem. Think about any drivers you might have updated in the past few weeks and roll back to a previous driver. Have you do any video driver updating?

satrow · Dec 14, 2012

Could also be 3rd party software auto-loading or a weak/failing PSU (basic Windows drivers don't stress the hardware so much).

Read and run the recommendations here, attach the needed zip file(s) back in this Thread along with your hardware details and we'll see what we can find out.

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BSODs but not in Safe Mode

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