Periodic BSODs, what's causing it?

So I've been getting BSODs once every few days/weeks for a while now, so I'd like to now what's causing it. My system's specs are down in the description below. The only part I've really changed was the SSD to a MX100 512GB, and other than that haven't really done much. If it might be a software issue, let me know as well. Usually when it happens whatever I'm currently doing starts to freeze. Then it progressively gets worse over the span of about 10 seconds, until the operating system itself freezes. Then usually the BSOD occurs. I haven't done any overclocking or undervolting or anything with any of my main components.

Thanks for your help!

 

I had a similar issue when I installed a MX100 in the G73JH... Turns out that the drive is a 7.5mm one and if your bays are for 9.5mm, the connection might not be proper and this causes BSOD's... Using a spacer when installing the HDD should fix the issue... I don't know if this is the case for you.. Otherwise, return it and get a different SSD.. It might be faulty..

 

Sorry, can't see your system spec's (yeah; won't turn on sig's).

But did you do a clean install? What O/S? What drivers?

I think you've used the wrong drivers for your system and O/S of choice.

 

My laptop uses a cable to connect the SSD/HDD to the motherboard that is fairly flexible, so I think that the connection is fairly secure. And yes, I did a clean install on the SSD and got the official drivers from HP for windows 7.Although HP's website's drivers themselves sometimes are a little suspect, I flashed a BIOS that I checked multiple times was intended for my laptop and OS and it clearly wasn't correct after the BIOS failed to recognize my boot drive afterwards. It turns out that the Windows 8 BIOS (idk why they even have separate ones for different OS's) was far newer and was the correct one. So yea, its possible, but I would have to try installing drivers for Windows 8 when I have Windows 7.

System specs are btw: HP Pavilion dv6t-7000 Quad Edition| i7-3610qm | GT650M 1GB | 8GB DDR3 Dual Channel 1600MHz RAM | Crucial MX100 512GB SSD | 15.6" 1080 by 1920 | Windows 7 Home Premium

 

Could be a problem with the SSD or Ram. You may want to try disabling the paging file. With 8GB of RAM you may not want to use a paging file at all, especially with an SSD, or set it to a fixed lower value.

I'd run a diagnostics test on the SSD first, then I would run a RAM diagnostics. If no errors are found, you may want to back up your data and do a fresh install of Windows.

Not sure what you mean by Windows 8 Bios. What did you flash exactly? The BIOS for the motherboard or the firmware for the SSD?

 

BIOS, and yea, I'll check the RAM although the ssd reported 0 errors with a CHKDSK /R command in cmd.

 

Return it and get a Sandisk Extreme Pro... The Sandisk is much better and reliable...

 

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I would recommend using a different utility other than CHKDSK on an SSD. Perhaps HDtune:

http://www.hdtune.com/

 

I'd strongly recommend doing a memory test. Use Memtest86+ and run for 24 hours. See our article here which explains how to do it.

Charles