Hi,
this is my first post. I'm from Germany and I hope you'll excuse my English.
About 2 years ago I purchased a used Thinkpad T500 via an authorized reseller. From the beginning I experienced random and non-reproducible BSODs. The notebook was running Windows 7 Prof back then. Given that I wanted to use Linux I did not pay much attention to those instabilities. Linux was running perfectly without any flaws, no matter which distro.
About 1.5 years ago I needed Windows again and decided to try it once again and immediatly got random BSOD again, right after a fresh installation and even after getting all updates and all the newest device drivers. Being within warranty I handed the notebook in to an authorized service partner. They told me they could not find any problems and just replaced the heat pipe. Disappointed I switched back to Linux and never had the time to investigate the problems any further. I also installed Windows 8 and the problems persisted.
Now I decided to investigate any further and decided to install Windows 8.1. From the beginning and also after upgrading to the newest available device drivers I'm experiencing the following BSOD.
Just a screenshot from BlueScreenView:
View attachment 50709
Attached you find the results of SF Diagnostic Tool.
I also get some other instabilities, like crashing System Services, as shown in Event Viewer screenshot:
View attachment 50711
I did some memory tests, several with different versions of MEMTEST86+ and one over 48 hours with Windows Memory Diagnostic. I also ran Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool and got no errors.
Assuming failing device drivers I enabled Driver Verifier as described in the forum (only mentioned tests and non-MS-drivers) and oddly I experienced only 1 BSOD during about 48 hours of operation with activated driver verifier (but unfortunately nothing driver specific). Normally I get at least 2 BSOD a day.
I hope someone can help me. If you need further information, just tell me.
Sebastian
this is my first post. I'm from Germany and I hope you'll excuse my English.
About 2 years ago I purchased a used Thinkpad T500 via an authorized reseller. From the beginning I experienced random and non-reproducible BSODs. The notebook was running Windows 7 Prof back then. Given that I wanted to use Linux I did not pay much attention to those instabilities. Linux was running perfectly without any flaws, no matter which distro.
About 1.5 years ago I needed Windows again and decided to try it once again and immediatly got random BSOD again, right after a fresh installation and even after getting all updates and all the newest device drivers. Being within warranty I handed the notebook in to an authorized service partner. They told me they could not find any problems and just replaced the heat pipe. Disappointed I switched back to Linux and never had the time to investigate the problems any further. I also installed Windows 8 and the problems persisted.
Now I decided to investigate any further and decided to install Windows 8.1. From the beginning and also after upgrading to the newest available device drivers I'm experiencing the following BSOD.
Just a screenshot from BlueScreenView:
View attachment 50709
Attached you find the results of SF Diagnostic Tool.
I also get some other instabilities, like crashing System Services, as shown in Event Viewer screenshot:
View attachment 50711
I did some memory tests, several with different versions of MEMTEST86+ and one over 48 hours with Windows Memory Diagnostic. I also ran Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool and got no errors.
Assuming failing device drivers I enabled Driver Verifier as described in the forum (only mentioned tests and non-MS-drivers) and oddly I experienced only 1 BSOD during about 48 hours of operation with activated driver verifier (but unfortunately nothing driver specific). Normally I get at least 2 BSOD a day.
I hope someone can help me. If you need further information, just tell me.
Sebastian