Event viewer is full of warnings and errors (hundreds every day)

[Leomada]

Hi, my computer has been having a lot of problems for the past year. It constantly freezes, gets different BSOD (IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL; BAD_POOL_HEADER; for example) and i have tried a lot of things to solve the problems, but they keep happening. So, the event viewer is full of warnings and errors everyday (something like 150 per day).

I know it sounds like a lot of trouble, but if someone could help me just a little bit, i would be very grateful.

Thank you very much,
Bernardo Patrão

 

[RaDiKaL_]

Possibly your RAM modules, have you tested them already with memtest86?

 

[Leomada]

No, i haven´t. I am trying to download memtest86 right now, but it says i have to boot it into a cd? I don´t have any clean CD's to use, and i have no idea how to use memtest (seems pretty complicated). How should i do this?

Thank you

 

[RaDiKaL_]

You could also download the USB version, whichever you choose it's actually really simple, once you have your boot disc (or usb drive) ready, you just restart your pc, choose to boot from the proper media, and then let memtest to test your RAM, let it finish the test (some ppl suggest to let it do it twice) and then you simply stop it and restart your pc from normal HDD.

The only "complicated" part about this is how to create the USB bootable device (you'll see is not complicated at all), but that's covered in the guide you'll find in the memtest USB boot section.

 

[Leomada]

Oh ok, i will find the user guide and read it. Once i do the test i will post here.

Thank you Radikal

 

[Leomada]

Hi,

I just did the memtest86, and it didn´t find any errors.
So maybe it´s not the Ram. Any other ideas about what it could be?

 

[RaDiKaL_]

Any specific error on those logs? maybe they point to a driver or some specific hardware.

If not, let's keep testing the other components on your PC, use Prime95 to test the CPU (at least 2-4 hours), furmark to test the GPU (unlikely but if CPU passes with no problems there could be some 2d related issues).

While doing each test, monitor your PC temps and PSU voltages with HWMonitor or AIDA64.

 

[Leomada]

Ok, i will do all those tests.

In the event viewer the most common errors i find are:
- One called LoadPerf (happened 104 times in the last 7 days)
- "Search" (51 times on the last 7 days)
- Nvstor32 (happened 290 times total, but none on the last 7 days)

All these errors are "Application" registries, except for nvstor32, which is a "System" registry.
I'm really not sure if this helps, as i am a bit ignorant on these matters.

Thank you

 

[RaDiKaL_]

ah... the Nvstor32 is the Sata driver from the nvidia nforce chipset in your mobo, that could be the culprit of your system freezing, doing a quick google search reveals it's a rather common problem, they have fixed it reinstalling the drivers so give that a try.

Else here are a few other threads where people managed to solve the issue:

http://www.vistax64.com/drivers/229897-nvstor32-causes-hang.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/178809-nvstor32-nvstor-help.html

hope it helps.