BSOD Issues

[khemikale]

Dell XPS 630I running Windows Vista Home Premium.

The system is pretty old, not sure the exact year it was built as I bought it from a friend. It has ran great for about a year now, but I've recently noticed BSOD and reliability issues. No new hardware installed.
I believe I have included the necessary files in the .zip. Any and all help is appreciated.

Thanks for your time, I will check this thread often and if any additional information is required please let me know. I am decently proficient with computers but I have never tried to debug crashes/BSOD issues.

 

[richc46]

Welcome
You have given us several reports, some indicate the cause to be storport.sys. Please follow these directions. Please keep us informed
You randomly receive a "Stop 0x0000000A" error in Storport.sys when you start Windows Vista

 

[khemikale]

Tried to run that update and it said that it didn't apply to my system. Thinking I may already have that update via automatic updates. Must be something else I assume.

 

[richc46]

OK, Im not surprised that the update did not work. That error appeared a couple of times. All the others had varied drivers and other problems as the cause. This usually indicates hardware. Lets start with memory.
This is an over night test, run for 8 passes. Then take each stick and test each slot for 4 passes
Guide to using Memtest86+ - Geeks to Go Forums

 

[khemikale]

Thanks Richard! I will run these tests this evening or maybe tomorrow. Will let you know the results. Appreciate the help big time. I love learning this stuff as well.

 

[richc46]

You are very welcome. I will teach you something else, too. The reports very rarely give answers, they merely give clues as to the true cause. The analyst must use knowledge and experience to uncover the true cause, but will eventually find the cause of the problem.
If you get future BSODs, just post. The more the better to help solve.