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IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD in NDIS.sys, with MemTest passing - what's the cause?

I just got a Blue Screen of Death with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, in NDIS.sys. My hardware: Intel P4 Northwoord 2.4 GHz Intel D850EMV2 board 4 x 256 MB RDRAM other stuff Context: Computer was ...
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Windows crash on new Hard Drive that was never formatted

I installed a new hard drive after someone removed the OS from my old drive thinking I would eventually slave the two together to recover my data. Unfortunately the new disk keeps crashing and I ...
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Troubleshooting, GTX 670 + i7-3820

I've tried to figure this out on my own, but so far I've had no luck, so I now turn to the greater forces that be, ie. you guys. I'm sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but I couldn't decide where ...
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Installed second hard drive in computer and get BSOD with stop 0x00007b

I have a computer with a Intel DH55HC MB. It has eSata on the MB ports that work with SATA drives. Anyway I installed a second 1tb drive and reset the boot order. Windows starts and gets a BSOD with ...
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Blue Screen with no crash dump generated (0xF4)

I'm getting frequent Blue Screens (every hour or two), with a STOP 0xF4 code. The really fun thing about these is that no crash dump is ever generated. As shown in the screen shot below, it says ...
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Computer blue screens then restarts unsuccessfully

My computer has always had this problem but lately its gotten a bit more frequent. While running at seemingly random times the computer goes into a bluescreen and before it has a chance to make any ...
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BSOD on Windows 7 64 bit. Can someone diagnose this?

I recently reinstalled windows on my pc in hope this would fix my BSOD problem, it hasn't and has recently crashed again, I was wondering if anyone could help me troubleshoot this and find out what's ...
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Finding and fixing Blue Screens of Death (BSOD) on a damaged operating system from another OS [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware? Last night I got a rootkit in my Windows 7. I think it's the gromozon rootkit (I'm not sure). After ...
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How can I get Windows to apply its settings?

I have a computer with a major problem; it gives a blue screen when the login screen loads. I've been using this guide to troubleshoot the issue, and now I've run into a problem. I have determined ...
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Windows 7 x64 BSOD while gaming with gtx570, motherbord?

I get a BSOD almost whenever I've gamed for a little while and try to save the game or do something else that explicitly writes to disk. I don't know if it's actually the disk writing part or anything ...
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Bad RAM or bad motherboard?

After hooking up a KVM switch, my Windows machine started to blue screen. I unhooked the KVM, and the blue screens continued. I was able to do a system restore, and all seeemed okay. After doing ...
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Troubleshooting an mysteriously unstable machine

I have a machine with a Core i7 CPU, 12 GiB of memory, 4 hard drives and a graphics card/sound card (both add-in PCI-E). This machine is somehow unstable, and I'm wondering how to troubleshoot ...
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Alienware m15x (older model) BSOD investigation

A frined of mine asked me to help him with an Alienware m15x laptop that had a little service history. It was bought in june 2008, serviced in january 2009 for a random fps drop problem, Alienware ...
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Windows XP blue screen 0x8E error troubleshooting

I get following blue screen after running my laptop for an hour... A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. [...] Technical Information: *** ...
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Random BSODs on Windows 7 boot. Can't find a valid reason

I bought and assembled a new PC: Asus m4a785td-v EVO AMD x4 620 OCZ Black Edition 2x 2GB WD 500GB SATA Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit fresh install BSOD on boot. Formatted, reinstalled, BSOD on install. ...
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Windows 7 64-bit. Fresh install on fresh PC fails with BSOD

I've built a new machine: Asus M4A785TD-V EVO OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 (2x 2GB) AMD Athlon II X4 630 Box AM3 I tried memtest with hiren boot CD (tested only 3GB) and showed no error. Then I tried the ...
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BSOD Before Windows Will Loads - Graphics Related

Alright deep breath here: (Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit btw) Today I installed Star Craft 2 Beta. After trying to log in, it had some issues where it said my device stopped working (referring to ...
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Windows XP - Blue Screen

I have a Dell Latitude D810 I found in our IT storage in basement (computer graveyard) that I was going to use for parts, specifically the keyboard. When I found it, it had a note on it "Blue Screen, ...
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How to diagnose Blue Screens in Windows 7 (64bit)

Using programs like WhoCrashed and BlueScreenView you can see the BSOD and the errors but how do you tell exactly what's causing the BSOD? I'm not sure if it because of bad hardware, bad driver ...
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Fresh install of Win7 x64 - constant BSODS - minidumps analyze needed

Looking for merciful soul that would help me analyze few BSOD minidumps :) I have updated the BIOS, have latest NVIDIA drivers and all works OK even under load testing. But from time to time (1-3h) ...
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Windows: BSOD general troubleshooting tips

I know three methods of troubleshooting BSOD. Are there some advanced tips i'm missing? BSOD is not very informative, but googling the error code provides with some semi-useful info Look thru system ...
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Any advice on what to do when getting a cryptic blue screen in windows?

What are some steps that you usually take? Are there any good ways of finding out what they mean etc.? For example I have gotten these ones where it pretty much only says "IRQ less or equal to" (or ...