Solved BSOD occurring sporadically after upgrading to 8.1

SwissGuy

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I have a Dell Studio 1555 which was originally running Windows 7 pro rather slowly. After upgrading to 8GB RAM and putting in new SSD, I tried unsuccessfully to upgrade operating system to Windows 10. Result was frequent BSOD with multiple reasons (IRQ errors, Memory Management etc). I have now installed Windows 8.1 and completed all the updates. I have checked the new RAM using Windows Memory Diagnostic tool and no errors were found. I have checked the new SSD using disk check and it passed finding no errors.

Updated all drivers using IOBit Driver Booster 3.1,

In windows 8.1 I still get BSOD occurring, most often during start up after PC has not been on for several hours, occassionally BSOD occurs during use after startup. Some of the errors, each on a different occassion are listed below.

BugCheck 1A, {41792, fffff6bffec404e0, 6000000, 0}
Probably caused by : ntkrnlmp.exe ( nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+1320a )

BugCheck C2, {9d, 7c, 1, fffff800243ab5bc}
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for mfesapsn.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for mfesapsn.sys
Probably caused by : mfesapsn.sys ( mfesapsn+25bc )

BugCheck 1000007E, {ffffffffc0000005, fffff80260b9bc2a, ffffd00190c1b5e8, ffffd00190c1adf0}
Probably caused by : memory_corruption ( nt!MiDemoteCombinedPte+42 )

BugCheck 1000007E, {ffffffffc0000005, fffff80056681cd5, ffffd000241ff7a8, ffffd000241fefb0}
Probably caused by : rimmpx64.sys ( rimmpx64+4cd5 )

Any help in identifying if this is caused by one or more Drivers that I need to update would be a great help, or advise on if this may be solvable or whether I should just run windows 7 Pro given the laptop is more than 5 years old.

Thanks in advance.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
warning   Warning
Programs that claim to update your drivers install either the wrong or corrupted drivers.
If you have installed any driver with Driver Booster 3, please remove them as it may cause trouble.


Only install the drivers your manufacturer provides

It seems Dell doesn't have drivers for Windows 8 and higher for your laptop, I recommend to revert back to Windows 7.

A flagged driver is the memory card reader which your manufacturer provides drivers for, because your manufacturer doesn't provide Windows 8 or higher drivers you can't update it to make it compatible.
Driver Reference Table - rimmpx64.sys
Code:
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for rimmpx64.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for rimmpx64.sys
0: kd> lmvm rimmpx64
start             end                 module name
fffff800`5667d000 fffff800`56693000   rimmpx64 T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: rimmpx64.sys
    Image path: rimmpx64.sys
    Image name: rimmpx64.sys
    Timestamp:        [COLOR=#ff0000]Thu Jun 25 10:04:18 2009[/COLOR] (4A432F82)
    CheckSum:         0001DC51
    ImageSize:        00016000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    i5-6500 @3.20GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
    Memory
    16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
    Sound Card
    Built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
    PSU
    Corsair RM550x
    Case
    Fractal Design Define S
    Cooling
    Cooler Master TX3 i
    Keyboard
    Func KB-460 (MX Red)
    Mouse
    Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
    Other Info
    Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
Many thanks axe0 for your help and recommendation. Guess I will follow your advice and give up on trying to run this laptop on Windows 8 and stick with Win 7.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
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