System failure - need diagnostic recommendation

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Published on 2011-02-01T21:27:59Z Indexed on 2011/06/25 8:25 UTC
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I have big problem with my computer. Configuration is:

  • Intel i7 + 6x2GB OCZ DDR3
  • Motheboard: Asus P6T Deluxe V2, HDD controller configured to AHCI
  • Main drive: OCZ Vertex 2 (SSD) - contains all installed programs and system
  • Second drive: Samsung SpinPoint - contains User profiles, ProgramData, virtual machines and databases
  • Third drive: Samsung SpinPoint - data drive + backups
  • OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

I have never had any problem with this computer until now. During weekend my computer completely crashed without any reason. Each time I tried to boot to Windows I got BSOD with message BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO and automatic restart (I didn't install any new SW or HW). But after restart main OCZ drive was disconnected (not detected by BIOS). When I turned off and on computer, the drive was again connected. It also happend every single time I tried to repair installation somehow. It ended with some error and after restart drive was disconnected. The only thing which worked was format + fresh install.

After installing almost everything I wanted to install Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate (complete installation without SQL Server Express). During installation of VS itself I always get BSOD - it is too fast so I'm not able to read description. After restart it searches for all disk drives for really long time and sometimes it changes boot drive so the system is not able to start - Bootmgr not found. After reconfiguring BIOS the system starts. There is no event describing the failure in Event viewer. Installing VS 2010 is absolutely necessary for me.

I need help with diagnostic. I need to find where is the problem - I expect that the problem is in OCZ drive or in HDD controller on motherboard but I don't know how to find it. All components still have valid warranty. Can you recommend me some approach or tools to find the problem?

Edit:

I'm still looking for source of the problem. New information is that Windows are not able to perform check disk (Chkdsk) on the SSD system drive. After restarting it always starts checking drive and in part where files are checked it fails with BSOD - BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO. After next restart and skipping check disk tests the system runs.

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