BSOD at start up

Hi, i was getting a bunch of BSOD at start up after about a year of owning this pc, so i reinstalled win 7 x64. unfortunately this did not fix my problem. It takes atleast 3 reboots before i can use my computer. it usually freezes, bsod, or restarts. i used driver genius to update all my drivers, still same problem. I looked in the c/windows/minidump folder but nothing is there? do i have to do something to make minidump files save? thanks for any help in advance this is really annoying. the bsod error is 0x0000000f i believe

No antivirus running btw

Operating System
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 930 @ 2.80GHz 49 °C
Bloomfield 45nm Technology
RAM
12.0 GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 05DN3X (CPU 1) 44 °C
Graphics
DELL E228WFP (1680x1050@60Hz)
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (ATI) 46 °C
Hard Drives
977GB Seagate ST31000528AS ATA Device (SATA) 39 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH50N ATA Device
HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CH20N ATA Device
Audio
AMD High Definition Audio Device

Hi Bryan and Welcome to The Forum.

Download, install and update Malwarebytes' Free. Then run a full scan in Safe Mode.

Download TDSSKiller and run it in Safe Mode to rule out a prevalent RootKit.

Install Microsoft Security Essentials

As you know, we really need to see the DMP files as they contains the only record of the sequence of events leading up to the crash, what drivers were loaded, and what was responsible.

To ensure minidumps are enabled:
Go to Start, in the Search Box type: sysdm.cpl, press Enter.
Under the Advanced tab, click on the Startup and Recovery Settings... button.
Ensure that Automatically restart is unchecked.
Under the Write Debugging Information header select Small memory dump (256 kB) in the dropdown box (the 256kb varies).
Ensure that the Small Dump Directory is listed as %systemroot%\Minidump.
OK your way out.
Reboot if changes have been made.

The .dmp files are located at C:\Windows\Minidump. Until a .dmp file is generated, the Minidump folder may not exist.

Go to your C:\Windows\Minidump folder. Copy the .dmp files to a new folder on your desktop. Zip up that folder and attach to a post.

Please see: How to ask for help with a BSOD problem Following Method 2:
Download and run the SF Diagnostics Tool. Right click the SF Diag tool and select Run as Administrator before running. When the reports have been created, zip them up and attach to a post.

Download and run CPU-Z. Take screenshots**/snips of the CPU tab, Mainboard tab, Memory tab and all the slot #'s under the SPD tab.
Go to Post Reply, click on the Go Advanced button and attach the screenshots**/snips to your post for all the RAM experts to see by using the paper clip you will find on the top toolbar. Do not zip them up.
**If screenshots, please crop.

Also see: Help Us To Help You By Filling In Your System Specs.

When attaching dmp files, PLEASE put them in a single zipped folder

hi, thanks you for the response. malware bytes and tdsskiller didnt find anything. i will attach a mini dump the next time the bsod occurs. here is everything else for now

Hi Bryan,

Can you go into your Services (through Control Panel >> Administrative Tools) and set the Bonjour service to Manual start up as opposed to Automatic start up.

Update:
GEARAspiWDM.sys Mon May 18 13:17:04 2009 Gear Software CD-ROM Class Filter Driver v4.019.1 (Oct 2011). Also loads with iTunes

You may also find that if all your Memory slots are occupied a tweak in the RAM voltages may stabilise your system.

And if I have got your machine right (XPS 9100) there is a bios update, A04, dated 10/31/2011 that you should also consider.

turned off bonjour and downloaded and installed gear software. couldnt find the bios update, link would be appreciated.

Lately it hasnt been blue screens, just freezes or crashes and i have to force restart. still no minidumps

As requested, one BIOS link

Drivers and Downloads | Dell [United States]

Sounds as though you could benefit from the memory voltage tweak. Hope Randy or Nmsuk read this and respond.

thank you for the link. ill install it asap. but in the meantime, i got a bsod finally.

Hi Bryan

Your drivers are looking pretty good. The only thing I can tell you at the moment is you need to update to SP1.

Download and install the correct system readiness tool prior to installing SP1.
System Update Readiness Tool for 32bit (x86)
System Update Readiness Tool for 64bit (x64)

I installed the bios update, didnt solve problem. how do i tweak my memory voltage?

can anyone help?