Ok I am all kind of lost here. Not sure I am posting in the right place but never had this problem until Win 7 so I'll start here. For about a week now I have been getting random BSODs. Not being the brightest when it comes to software issues I tried relentlesly to research using the data on the blue screen itself and gave up. Finally loaded windows debugging tools to read the minidump. I originally suspected a memory issue as that is almost all google would tell me about what I saw on the blue screen. I have run memtest at least 4 different ocassions for far too many hours. Funny it never crashes then. I got no errors. I have updated every drive I have or pulled the hardware if I could not find a win 7 driver for it. I had one old program that said it was not compatible, Music Match, I uninstalled it. I don't have to be doing anything intensive to get a crash. It has happened while just typing a letter. Back to Windbg, I won't post the whole thing unless asked to. I don't fully understand this program but these seem of interest: SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (3b) DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT PROCESS_NAME: iexplore.exe FOLLOWUP_NAME: Pool_corruption FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0x3B_nt!ExDeferredFreePool+242 Thanks for any help Likely Edit:: I have run hard drive diagnostics from manufacturer ( WD ), both drives passed. The only new hardware is a psu after old one died a while back, new one is about 2 1/2 weeks in service now. I want to go like my grandfather did. Peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming at the top of my lungs like the passengers in his car. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")

FOLLOWUP_NAME: Pool_corruption Bad driver corrupted the the pool. Sadly, this is one of the hardest problems to track down. Your best bet would be to use the Driver Verifier to stick random drivers into the special pool. Just don't do all of the drivers at once; you'll cripple your system's performance.

Okay I am trying the verifier now. Likely I want to go like my grandfather did. Peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming at the top of my lungs like the passengers in his car. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")

Good luck! Microsoft's drivers should be safer than third party. I've also had problems with video drivers.

Since starting the verifier I have gotten the BSOD 3 times with IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL each time. That's new. I am checking all that is not microsoft incuding video drivers. Likely I want to go like my grandfather did. Peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming at the top of my lungs like the passengers in his car. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")

Little lost. What am I looking for? Likely I want to go like my grandfather did. Peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming at the top of my lungs like the passengers in his car. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")

Well, whatever is now giving you those IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, I'd assume. But a quick rundown, since information seems to be lacking: 1 - Create custom settings 2 - Select individual settings 3 - Select "Special pool" and/or "Pool tracking" 4 - Select driver names from a list 5 - Pick some drivers. The MS/standard drivers should be okay. 6 - Finish and reboot 7 - Use your PC like normal, and wait for a BSOD 0xC1 or 0xC4 8 - Windbg should now know the faulty driver 9 - If the bad driver was found, run the command "verifier /reset" to disable the special pool / pool checking. If not, repeat with a different set of drivers. Hey, I said pool corruption was a pain to track down.