Random BSOD, consistant error 0x000000f4

tree0flife · 10 Jul 2012

So this error has been appearing ever since I built my computer. It pops up when I am playing games intensely and when I am casually browsing Chrome. When my pc reboots from the BSOD, my SSD (containing my OS) is undetected.

usasma · 10 Jul 2012

Run this tests on all of your hard drives first. Use the manufacturer's tools for the SSD, and use this link for all other internal or external drives (to include USB, eSATA, 1394, Firewire, etc): Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure

Marvell Yukon service is having issues. Please:
- download a fresh copy of the Marvell Yukon network driver from the manufacturer's website
- uninstall the current software for this device
- install the freshly downloaded copy.

Your Bluetooth is disabled. Please:
- re-enable it
- update it's software/drivers
- then, if so desired, feel free to disable it again.

You have a 802.11 USB Wireless LAN Card - Win7 doesn't like these devices, especially when coupled with older (Vista era) drivers. Here's my rant on this:

I do not recommend using wireless USB devices. Especially in Win7 systems.
These wireless USB devices have many issues with Win7 - and using Vista drivers with them is almost sure to cause a BSOD.
Should you want to keep using these devices, be sure to have Win7 drivers - DO NOT use Vista drivers!!!
An installable wireless PCI/PCIe card that's plugged into your motherboard is much more robust, reliable, and powerful.

Your drivers for this device date from 2009.

We've seen a number of BSOD issues with SSD's. Here's the information that I've compiled so far:

There's not a whole bunch available to test SSD's. The "easiest" test is to remove the SSD, install a platter-based hard drive, install Windows and test for stability that way.

Here's some suggestions:
- Update the SSD's firmware to the latest available version (VERY IMPORTANT!!!)
- Update the motherboard controllers drivers to the latest available version from the controller manufacturer (NOT the mobo manufacturer unless you can't find any on the controller manufacturer's website)
- Slow the memory (RAM) down to the next slower speed (I've only seen one person who claimed that this worked for them).
- Use any manufacturer's utilities that you may have. If you don't have any, then try this free one (I haven't used it myself): Crystal Dew World
- Update chipset and storage controller drivers to the latest available from the manufacturer of the device (not the manufacturer of the motherboard). Be sure to update ALL controllers on the motherboard!
....NOTE: Recently (Nov 2011) we had BSOD issues with the Marvell 91xx controller and an SSD. You may have to switch controllers also.
- Replace the SSD with a platter based hard drive and see if that stops the BSOD's. If it does, then it's likely that there's a problem with the SSD OR an incompatibility with your system.
It's my opinion that SSD's aren't reliable enough (with current hardware) to be used on a system that needs to work reliably. Until I see reliability I will not recommend, nor will I use, SSD's for critical applications.
06 Dec 2011 - This post tends to confirm issues with certain SSD chipsets and certain controllers - [SOLVED] cant find the cause of BSOD F4 - Tech Support Forum
29 May 2012 - The frequency of BSOD's with SSD's seems to have been decreasing over the last several months. It may be approaching time to re-evaluate my stand on their suitability for use in production systems.

Loads of I/O errors blaming hardware_disk in the WER section of MSINFO32 (and the memory dumps show I/O errors also). Please run this free hard drive diagnostic: Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure

Your XBox controller driver dates from 2009. While this particular driver isn't known for causing issues, other software associated with USB XBox controllers will cause BSOD's. For testing purposes, please uninstall the device's software/drivers and physically remove the device from your system. If it doesn't fix the errors, feel free to reinstall it once the system is stabilized.

If the above steps don't stop the BSOD's, please zip up and upload any new memory dumps with your next post - and we'll see what we can figure out from there.

The following info is just FYI, I've already addressed the issues that I saw in the above paragraphs

- Further info on BSOD error messages available at: http://www.carrona.org/bsodindx.html
- Info on how to troubleshoot BSOD's (DRAFT): http://www.carrona.org/userbsod.html
- How I do it: http://www.carrona.org/howidoit.html

3RD PARTY DRIVERS PRESENT IN THE DUMP FILES

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AsIO.sys        Mon Aug 23 21:53:02 2010 (4C7325FE)
AsUpIO.sys      Mon Aug 02 22:47:59 2010 (4C57835F)
AtihdW76.sys    Thu Feb 23 07:30:12 2012 (4F463154)
GEARAspiWDM.sys Mon May 18 08:17:04 2009 (4A1151C0)
HECIx64.sys     Tue Oct 19 19:33:43 2010 (4CBE2AD7)
IntcDAud.sys    Tue Aug 23 09:12:57 2011 (4E53A759)
RTKVHD64.sys    Tue Nov 23 05:14:08 2010 (4CEB93F0)
Rt64win7.sys    Tue Sep 27 10:50:33 2011 (4E81E2B9)
RzSynapse.sys   Wed Apr 06 05:29:13 2011 (4D9C3269)
WmBEnum.sys     Tue Apr 27 16:10:19 2010 (4BD744AB)
WmVirHid.sys    Tue Apr 27 16:08:53 2010 (4BD74455)
WmXlCore.sys    Tue Apr 27 16:09:26 2010 (4BD74476)
amdxata.sys     Fri Mar 19 12:18:18 2010 (4BA3A3CA)
aswFsBlk.SYS    Tue Mar 06 19:01:31 2012 (4F56A55B)
aswKbd.SYS      Thu Feb 23 11:11:25 2012 (4F46652D)
aswMonFlt.sys   Tue Mar 06 19:01:51 2012 (4F56A56F)
aswSP.SYS       Tue Mar 06 19:04:03 2012 (4F56A5F3)
aswSnx.SYS      Tue Mar 06 19:04:05 2012 (4F56A5F5)
aswTdi.SYS      Tue Mar 06 19:01:56 2012 (4F56A574)
aswrdr2.sys     Tue Mar 06 19:02:19 2012 (4F56A58B)
atikmdag.sys    Thu Apr 05 21:48:25 2012 (4F7E4B69)
atikmpag.sys    Thu Apr 05 21:10:44 2012 (4F7E4294)
btath_bus.sys   Thu Jun 24 02:17:43 2010 (4C22F887)
dump_iaStor.sys Fri May 20 12:52:24 2011 (4DD69C48)
e1c62x64.sys    Wed Jul 20 12:37:53 2011 (4E270461)
hamachi.sys     Thu Feb 19 05:36:41 2009 (499D3639)
iaStor.sys      Fri May 20 12:52:24 2011 (4DD69C48)
igdkmd64.sys    Mon Mar 19 19:31:54 2012 (4F67C1EA)
lvbflt64.sys    Wed Jan 18 01:39:53 2012 (4F166939)
lvrs64.sys      Wed Jan 18 01:40:36 2012 (4F166964)
lvuvc64.sys     Wed Jan 18 01:41:08 2012 (4F166984)
mv91cons.sys    Sun Mar 06 21:20:16 2011 (4D7440E0)
mvs91xx.sys     Sun Mar 06 21:13:40 2011 (4D743F54)
mvxxmm.sys      Sun Mar 06 21:13:21 2011 (4D743F41)
netr28ux.sys    Tue Sep 15 00:36:45 2009 (4AAF19DD)
nusb3hub.sys    Thu Dec 09 23:50:35 2010 (4D01B19B)
nusb3xhc.sys    Thu Dec 09 23:50:35 2010 (4D01B19B)
usbaapl64.sys   Thu Apr 28 14:25:59 2011 (4DB9B137)
xnacc.sys       Mon Jul 13 20:01:05 2009 (4A5BCAC1)

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Loading Dump File [C:\Users\John\_jcgriff2_\dbug\__Kernel__\070512-19780-01.dmp]
Built by: 7601.17835.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030
Debug session time: Thu Jul  5 19:38:52.597 2012 (UTC - 4:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 2:31:00.425
BugCheck F4, {3, fffffa800d72db30, fffffa800d72de10, fffff800039cc510}
Probably caused by : wininit.exe
PROCESS_NAME:  wininit.exe
BUGCHECK_STR:  0xF4_IOERR
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0xF4_IOERR_IMAGE_wininit.exe
Bugcheck code 000000F4
Arguments 00000000`00000003 fffffa80`0d72db30 fffffa80`0d72de10 fffff800`039cc510
BiosVersion = 0501
BiosReleaseDate = 05/09/2011
SystemManufacturer = System manufacturer
SystemProductName = System Product Name
CPUID:        "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz"
MaxSpeed:     3300
CurrentSpeed: 3300
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Loading Dump File [C:\Users\John\_jcgriff2_\dbug\__Kernel__\070912-19921-01.dmp]
Built by: 7601.17835.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030
Debug session time: Mon Jul  9 13:20:21.580 2012 (UTC - 4:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 5:04:52.782
BugCheck F4, {3, fffffa800dbb7b30, fffffa800dbb7e10, fffff8000398a510}
Probably caused by : wininit.exe
PROCESS_NAME:  wininit.exe
BUGCHECK_STR:  0xF4_IOERR
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0xF4_IOERR_IMAGE_wininit.exe
Bugcheck code 000000F4
Arguments 00000000`00000003 fffffa80`0dbb7b30 fffffa80`0dbb7e10 fffff800`0398a510
BiosVersion = 0501
BiosReleaseDate = 05/09/2011
SystemManufacturer = System manufacturer
SystemProductName = System Product Name
CPUID:        "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz"
MaxSpeed:     3300
CurrentSpeed: 3300
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Loading Dump File [C:\Users\John\_jcgriff2_\dbug\__Kernel__\070912-20046-01.dmp]
Built by: 7601.17835.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030
Debug session time: Mon Jul  9 18:34:56.853 2012 (UTC - 4:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 5:10:55.055
BugCheck F4, {3, fffffa800e1fab30, fffffa800e1fae10, fffff800039e4510}
Probably caused by : csrss.exe
PROCESS_NAME:  csrss.exe
BUGCHECK_STR:  0xF4_IOERR
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0xF4_IOERR_IMAGE_csrss.exe
Bugcheck code 000000F4
Arguments 00000000`00000003 fffffa80`0e1fab30 fffffa80`0e1fae10 fffff800`039e4510
BiosVersion = 0501
BiosReleaseDate = 05/09/2011
SystemManufacturer = System manufacturer
SystemProductName = System Product Name
CPUID:        "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz"
MaxSpeed:     3300
CurrentSpeed: 3300
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Loading Dump File [C:\Users\John\_jcgriff2_\dbug\__Kernel__\071012-20170-01.dmp]
Built by: 7601.17835.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030
Debug session time: Tue Jul 10 00:15:54.917 2012 (UTC - 4:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 5:39:56.119
BugCheck F4, {3, fffffa800dd5ab30, fffffa800dd5ae10, fffff80003990510}
Probably caused by : wininit.exe
PROCESS_NAME:  wininit.exe
BUGCHECK_STR:  0xF4_IOERR
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0xF4_IOERR_IMAGE_wininit.exe
Bugcheck code 000000F4
Arguments 00000000`00000003 fffffa80`0dd5ab30 fffffa80`0dd5ae10 fffff800`03990510
BiosVersion = 0501
BiosReleaseDate = 05/09/2011
SystemManufacturer = System manufacturer
SystemProductName = System Product Name
CPUID:        "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz"
MaxSpeed:     3300
CurrentSpeed: 3300
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