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The thread revolves around a user experiencing persistent BSODs on a Dell Inspiron 530 since switching from Windows 7 to Windows 8, with crashes occurring randomly or during torrenting and automatic repairs. Multiple troubleshooting steps have been taken, including OS reinstallation, hardware tests, driver updates, and hardware replacements, but the crashes continue, suggesting potential hardware or driver issues. Experts recommend updating outdated drivers (especially for wireless and modem devices), removing unsupported software (like the Dokan driver), and running further diagnostics, while also noting that system hardware may not fully support Windows 8, with a possible consideration to revert to Windows 7. Overall, the sentiment indicates ongoing hardware or driver conflicts remain unresolved despite thorough troubleshooting.
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Damon Stevens

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Ok i have had this problem since last November when i was still on Windows 7 i would randomly get BSODS at first it was large downloads and torrenting got corrupted but than it was just BSODs here and there. There doesn't seem to be a common theme in it sometimes i'm watching youtube others just reading a article or maybe playing a game the only constant time i get it is when i'm torrenting and i have to restart the pc and when it has to recheck the file before it continues. Also whenever the computer tries to do a automatic repair before Windows starts it Blue screens. Those are the only two times its constant everything else its random.

*Things i have done*
I have reinstalled the OS multiple times on 7 and now on 8
I have ran Memtest for 48 hours straight on all my sticks and did each stick individually in each slot for 7 passes *No Errors*
I have updated all my drivers to current ones
i have replaced the original HDD that was in it
i have replaced the connectors in the pc and put new thermal on my CPU
 

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Ok here is what happened when i did the Driver Verifier whenever i restarted to activate it it connected to my Wi-Fi but said it was only Limited and i could not access the Web or anything after i disabled Driver verifier it worked again so i wasn't able to do anything i knew would trigger a BSOD but i did play a game and got a few Minidumps for you to look at
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I think I have found the problem and fixed it I found a old pc that had the same cpu socket and I put that into my pc and note I haven't had a BSOD all night I watched videos torrented things everything that caused one can't test games since it's a slow cpu but I will let it run another day and report back
 

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Sounds like you've figured it out! Great job!
Thanks for letting us know
 

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