+1

However;

4) Update the motherboard BIOS according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Their website should provide detailed instructions as to the brand and model-specific procedure.

Updating BIOS should never occur BEFORE checking for dust, and it really should be the last thing you ever do in a normal day to day operation. Usually, the only reason to do that, is to update an faulty/unstable new/beta big mama board, or updating to support new CPU`s. More than often the OS is good at handling minor errors, without throwing BSODs in your face.


EDIT: usually it`s usually as usual :p

I don't dare to touch BIOS updates or anything, because with my luck, it explodes instead of crashing the next time.

Fun fact: Windows update updated my graphics drivers... to an older one. Funny.

I agree about the possibility of a RAM problem. That's what happened to me last time.

Try MemTest86+. You can download the ISO, burn to CD and boot from it. It will run a RAM test. If you get any errors at all, do what YellowAries suggests and try removing some of the RAM. (The output of MemTest coupled with some hardware info could tell you which DIMM is causing problems, but it's probably easiest just to try).

Had a chat with knee , so his 8gb ddr 3 Memory is actually , 2gb ram sticks x 4 = 8gb .

what do you think ? anyone of those sticks could be dying out .

Is this type of setup 2gb x 4=8gb better or 1x 8gb or 2x 4gb ?

I would also try a Linux LiveCD, you might confirm or discard the hardware problem and, for the former case, maybe a more descriptive error message is shown.

In dual ram it`s best to stick with 2 lanes or 4 lanes, so it doesn`t matter what size they`re on.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M4N75TD/

According to the images you have 4 lanes; two blue and two black. Mine are two white and two blue, with 2x4GB in the white lanes. The different colors were added to make it easier. As of now my pc have 4GB on one memory buss, and 4GB on the other memory buss. This is Dual Channel Memory Architecture.

Follow the colors. If some of them are defected, or you suspect it, try one and one memory brick in the first lane and do the same for the others. If (although rarely) one of the MB lanes are at fault, try 1 memory brick on each lane, and then continue to the next memory brick. Fill out a schematic on what you find to better see if what/where is broken.

That and + memtest86 is a really thorough method... But it takes a really a long time to memtest each memory brick.

As I see it you could either;

1: Burn out a CD/DVD with HirensBootCD (DDG/Bing it) and test with both Linux and Memtest86 (you get a fine meny when you boot up the disk)

2: And afterwards, or just reinstall windows on a new disk.

Memory bricks are way more robust today than they used to be, so... In the end you need to decide for yourself and learn from it. Just ask underway while you`re doing it. Good luck. :D

EDIT: The hirenbootcd has regional keyboard support for most of the languages.

I did the window's own memory scan thingie, no errors there. Is it reliable?

That one I can`t answer. I rarely rely/trust on windows own software, and I haven`t tried the one in win7.

2 sticks for dual-channel. Otherwise performance takes a hit.

And Uplay. And GOG downloader. And GFWL.

GFWL?

Sadly that's required for some games. I don't really like it either.

Why not throw a couple of holy grenades or some Russian Molotov cocktails in to the cabinet and be done with it?

:p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhKKJ4UQ3_A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk

I've had similar issues, except no errors at all, just random freezing. It's a fairly old Laptop though (just passed a decade), so I've stopped trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with it and just let it die. Thought I'd try reseting it to factory settings, see if that does anything, but I've been putting it off on the possibility the comp will freeze halfway through it.