Ok, my system is: CPU: E8400@ 3.00GHz GPU: Gigabyte GTX560 RAM: Corsair TWIN2X4096-8500C5 XMS2 4GB (two 2GB sticks) MOBO: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L HDD: WD 500GB Caviar Black PSU: Corsair CMPSU-550VX OS: Win7Home Premium SP1
I have been constantly getting BSODs (while playing games or just regular desktop browsing) with the same error:
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (a)
and all the memory dumps from crashes point to memory_corruption and occasional Windows kernel files, as the root of the problem.
Here's what I have tried so for to figure out the cause(with no luck)
1. Clean reinstall of Windows with all the important updates installed through windows update (including SP1) 2. Downloaded latest chipset(from Intel) + GPU(from nvidia[whql]) drivers 3. Ran memtest86 for 9+ hours (10 pass) with 0 errors 4. Did CHKDSK /r with 0 errors 5. Updated the BIOS to the latest version (through Gigabyte's website) 6. Ran WD HDD diagnostics tool with 0 errors 7. Loaded BIOS defaults with 0 overclocks present in the system. 8. Driver verifier did not return anything
I am running out of options right now !!! I do not know what to do !
I am attacking all the memory dumps that I've gathered.
I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME OUT !!!???