rigidmoose
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Hey guys!! I'll try to keep this as anti-tl;dr as possible.
Let me begin with some general specs:
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderboolt
Processor: i5-3570K
Graphics: Gigabyte GTX 680
RAM: G. Skill Ripjaws 2x4GB
Wireless Network Card: ASUS PCE-N15
OS: Windows 8.1
Since I have re-installed Windows 8 on my desktop and updated it to Windows 8.1, I get a daily BSOD. It's usually (if not always) BAD_POOL_HEADER and suspiciously at the address ntoskrnl.exe+15fa0 each time, according to BlueScreenView. Thankfully, this error does not occur frequently. However, I'm looking to sell this computer soon and I'd like anyone who wants to buy it to not have to deal with this.
I've tried several things:
Usually, it seems to happen while I'm using Google Chrome. So maybe it's something to do with the wireless network card. I really, really hope it isn't a hardware issue. I've installed ASUS's drivers, but I've read on newegg that some users have issues with ASUS's driver, and that Realtek's driver works better (it's more up to date). Also, usually before the computer blue screens, it will start acting very bizarre for a few minutes; any network activity will stop, applications become unresponsive, etc.
If you're interested, about a month ago I asked the same question at Microsoft, and here's the links:
BSOD BAD_POOL_HEADER caused by ntoskrnl.exe - Microsoft Community
Several BAD_POOL_HEADER BSODs - Microsoft Community
Their solutions appeared to fix the problem and i'm thankful for their help, but it continued to happen so I downgraded to Windows 7 and the problem didn't happen anymore. I prefer 8 a bit more though.
Any ideas guys? Any help would be very much appreciated, and thank you in advance
EDIT: apologies, forgot to upload the dumps! LOL. I'm uploading them now.
EDIT2: seen a thread about properly posting BSOD issues, so I'm uploading that zip from SF_Diagnostics here
Let me begin with some general specs:
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderboolt
Processor: i5-3570K
Graphics: Gigabyte GTX 680
RAM: G. Skill Ripjaws 2x4GB
Wireless Network Card: ASUS PCE-N15
OS: Windows 8.1
Since I have re-installed Windows 8 on my desktop and updated it to Windows 8.1, I get a daily BSOD. It's usually (if not always) BAD_POOL_HEADER and suspiciously at the address ntoskrnl.exe+15fa0 each time, according to BlueScreenView. Thankfully, this error does not occur frequently. However, I'm looking to sell this computer soon and I'd like anyone who wants to buy it to not have to deal with this.
I've tried several things:
- turning off the motherboard's auto-overclock
- installing the drivers provided by the motherboard's/wireless network card's website
- installing the latest drivers provided by Realtek/Intel/etc (seeing that the motherboard's and asus's website provides old drivers)
- making sure I don't have any old, crappy software installed that could be causing this
- erecting an altar and sacrificing several lambs and goats in hopes it might magically fix it
Usually, it seems to happen while I'm using Google Chrome. So maybe it's something to do with the wireless network card. I really, really hope it isn't a hardware issue. I've installed ASUS's drivers, but I've read on newegg that some users have issues with ASUS's driver, and that Realtek's driver works better (it's more up to date). Also, usually before the computer blue screens, it will start acting very bizarre for a few minutes; any network activity will stop, applications become unresponsive, etc.
If you're interested, about a month ago I asked the same question at Microsoft, and here's the links:
BSOD BAD_POOL_HEADER caused by ntoskrnl.exe - Microsoft Community
Several BAD_POOL_HEADER BSODs - Microsoft Community
Their solutions appeared to fix the problem and i'm thankful for their help, but it continued to happen so I downgraded to Windows 7 and the problem didn't happen anymore. I prefer 8 a bit more though.
Any ideas guys? Any help would be very much appreciated, and thank you in advance
EDIT: apologies, forgot to upload the dumps! LOL. I'm uploading them now.
EDIT2: seen a thread about properly posting BSOD issues, so I'm uploading that zip from SF_Diagnostics here
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