Windows 7 Browsers Causing Constant BSOD + Graphics Problem?

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When I open Chrome, Firefox or Opera, within 20 seconds I've been getting either a blue screen or black lines all over the screen and my laptop freezes. If I don't open any browser then my laptop usually lasts 30 minutes without a blue screen. But yesterday, my laptop never got a blue screen unless I opened a browser.

Another problem that started around the same time is that the browser suddenly closes, or the tab crashes repeatedly, after which I usually get a blue screen.

The blue screen errors are usually "page fault in non-paged area" or "irql not less or equal". A while ago I also got "System Service Exception".

I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 running Windows 7 Service Pack 1.

I've tried

-installing different browsers

-running Windows Update

-running AVG antivirus

-updating outdated drivers (Dell's driver checker found 1 old driver related to the BIOS. Updating the driver stopped the blue screens only for one day.)

-Windows Memory Test said there's a hardware problem, but the laptop always freezes before the test finishes completely.

-WhoCrashed said it's likely a software problem and suggested I update the driver "nt_wrong_symbols.sys" but I can't figure out which driver that is? Google has been mostly unhelpful

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