Very unstable PC; BSOD - Hard Drive/SSD Issue?

[Soriasis]

Hello all,

My PC over the past couple of weeks has been experiencing a lot of instability. The instability simply has to do with a repetitive blue screen that would appear for no reason regardless of what activity I do (e.g. Music, Gaming, Internet)

Upon restart, the blue screen would appear every hour or so.

Frustrated, I originally tried for: Full Virus Scan (clean), System Restore (possible drivers affecting) and underclocking (computer was overclocked at a safe speed that ran successfully for 8 months).

Nothing seemed to work so I attempted a full reformat of my computer.
-Originally I accidentally formatted to my old HDD and had to do redo my installation of Windows 7 so I could install it in my SDD. The computer had been on for approximately 2-3 hours and did not receive any BSOD.

-After installing on the SDD, I proceeded to update my Windows 7 but upon reaching about 90% of my update progress I received a BSOD. I restarted and updated the rest. It seemed that the computer was on for approximately 1 hour as well before receiving its first BSOD.

-Since then I have not had any BSODs, but my computer just recently crashed (explorer.exe) and everything was frozen (taskbar non existent, Windows key not functional, etc.)

Based on my testing so far, I feel that the issue lies with my installation of Windows on the SSD. But it really doesn't make any sense to me because the computer runs fine for a good hour or two and randomly just crashes forcing me to do a manual restart or it receives a BSOD. And especially with a clean format, having a BSOD or crash right away is very frustrating as it isn't a software issue but now more of a hardware one.

I would appreciate any sort of help as it would definitely reduce my stress levels!

Thank you in advance. Please let me know if there are any additional details you require.
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[glc]

What does the BSOD say?

I would run hardware diagnostics on the ram and the SSD.

[Soriasis]

The BSOD would say how the computer shut down to prevent further damage and that the problem might be related to a software/hardware issue and that I should contact system admin.

But after this format it seems that BSOD has stopped appearing. So I left my computer idle last night and the Windows Explorer crashed (the taskbar was gone, no desktop icons). The only thing available was mouse and wallpaper and I couldn't do anything.

Today I will try installing Windows on my HDD instead of my SSD to narrow down the problem. But in the mean time how would you suggest I run diagnostics on my SSD and DRAM?

[glc]

Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool

What brand is the SSD? You gave us NO computer specs..........

What was the STOP ERROR CODE on the BSOD?

[Soriasis]

Originally Posted by glc Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool What brand is the SSD? You gave us NO computer specs.......... What was the STOP ERROR CODE on the BSOD?

My apologies I had completely forgotten as I got so caught up w/ the BSOD/Explorer issue.

I'm currently using:
Asus P8P67LE motherboard
Intel i5 2500K
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline Stiletto (12gb) DDR3
SSD - Crucial M4SSD 64GB
HDD - Western Digital 250GB (unsure of exact specs)
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 6750

As for BSOD itself, unfortunately I didn't grab the error code. Recently, there hasn't been any BSOD issues as I had installed Windows onto my HDD instead of the SSD.

The computer seems to be working fine so far being installed on the HDD. However, I will try to use the diagnostics to determine what is wrong w/ the SSD and will report back if there is anything at all. Thanks again!

[glc]

There are no diagnostics for Crucial SSD's. However, you may want to look for firmware updates.

[SpywareDr]

Crucial.com Downloads - Firmware Updates