BSOD on every second or third boot (ntoskrnl.exe)

Hello there, another problem with my new PC...

About every second or third time I boot my PC, I'm getting a blue screen. As I said, I don't get it every time I boot, sometimes I can do a single boot without this BSOD, sometimes I can go two boots without it.

It happens about 10 seconds after Windows loads my desktop. The PC becomes unresponsive (cursor still moves), the taskbar will go to the basic theme and then I get the blue screen. Restart the PC, and it runs fine.

I'm only getting blue screen on startup. After the PC has started, I can run Prime95, IBT, Heaven maxed out, anything and I won't get a blue screen.

I've run memtest 4.20 and didn't get any errors after a pass.

I downloaded 'BlueScreenView' and all of them the BSOD is caused by "ntoskrnl.exe".

I've got 7 recorded BSODs, all of them say 'Bug Check Code: 0x000000f4' and 'Bug Check String: CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION' except for the third one which says "0x00000074" and BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO.


Does anyone know what may be causing this or how I can further narrow down the issue?

Thanks.


EDIT: Forgot system specs

3570K
GTX 670
16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 9-9-9-24
Z77 Fatal1ty Pro
Intel 520 series 120GB SSD
1TB WD Green (WD10EZRX)
Corsair AX750
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Nothing is overclocked.


Tell me if you need anymore info.

Not sure if this will be any help, but here is result from chkdsk /r:



Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.

A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 5)...
131584 file records processed. File verification completed.
137 large file records processed. 0 bad file records processed. 2 EA records processed. 60 reparse records processed. CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 5)...
176912 index entries processed. Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned. 0 unindexed files recovered. CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 5)...
131584 file SDs/SIDs processed. Cleaning up 379 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 379 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 379 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
22665 data files processed. CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
37280936 USN bytes processed. Usn Journal verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...
131568 files processed. File data verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...
20738449 free clusters processed. Free space verification is complete.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.

117115903 KB total disk space.
33854296 KB in 107951 files.
69524 KB in 22666 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
238283 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
82953800 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
29278975 total allocation units on disk.
20738450 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
00 02 02 00 44 fe 01 00 62 b5 03 00 00 00 00 00 ....D...b.......
9e 01 00 00 3c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....<...........
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.

Good that you did a disk check. That BugCheck code does typically indicate hard disk issues. To provide you with better help, please follow the http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/96879-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html.

Ok got the files. Sorry for the wait.

The system report says I don't have an anti-virus, but I have MSE installed and it seems to be working fine.

Bumping to first page.

Sorry, I was sleeping during most of the time that you were waiting... As to bumping: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/8-forum-rules-info-please-read.html

You were first on my priority list for this morning. You just dropped to 21st on my list.

writhziden said:

Sorry, I was sleeping during most of the time that you were waiting... As to bumping: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/8-forum-rules-info-please-read.html

You were first on my priority list for this morning. You just dropped to 21st on my list.

Click to expand...

Ugh... Thanks...

I did check for a sticked rules thread, but I missed the link down the bottom.
Just thought I'd bring it back to the front page, in case there was someone else who may also be able to help.

Whenever you can get to it is fine, I guess. It's not urgent.

Thanks very much for the help. It's now my turn to sleep. So I'll try all this in the morning and post results.

Thank you.

You're welcome. Look forward to the results.

There are other possible causes for your crashes, but the SSD or some incompatibility seem most likely.

Without going to beta drivers/BIOS, I'm currently on the latest of both. I installed the chipset drivers first and still got the blue screen. I've since installed the latest BIOS, so I'll see how I go.

If this doesn't work, I'll try the power cycle.

Will post back soon.

Ok, I went as far as reinstalling the OS and I'm still getting this BSOD.

I was able to get several startups without any BSOD, before I installed anything other than the OS. I don't know if this was just luck or if something I'm doing after OS install is causing the issue.

I'm going to start installing just one or two things a day and do a heap of start ups and shutdowns, to see if I can find out what's causing it.

Got Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64 bit installed and fully up to date. After at least ten boots, the system has not blue screened. Today, I'll install motherboard drivers.

Things seem to go to shit when I install the software for the motherboard. I'll try installing the software and drivers one at at time. Think I'll start with the SSD stuff.

I believe the Intel RST driver and Utility (Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver) is what's causing the blue screens.

I installed motherboard drivers one by one and did multiple restarts between each, without a blue screen. This is until I got to the Intel RST driver and utility.

Time for some Googling, I guess.

Anyone have anything to add?


EDIT:

I downloaded a more recent RST from the ASRock website, let's see if this changes anything.

*sigh*

The updated RST did not help... BSOD on boot...

Had another user with similar issues with the Intel Rapid Storage Technology drivers. The SSD was also an Intel brand. Very odd.

Try uninstalling the Intel controller and let Windows install its own controller.

1. Click Start Menu
2. Right Click My Computer/Computer
3. Click Manage
4. Click Device Manager from the list on the left
5. Expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
6. Right click the Intel device
7. Click Uninstall (do not click OK in the dialog box that pops up after hitting Uninstall)
8. Put a tick in Delete driver software for this device (if this option is available, otherwise just hit OK) and hit OK
9. Restart your computer.
10. Let Windows install the appropriate driver.

Alternatively:

1. Login as an adminstrative user.
2. Click Start Menu
3. Click Control Panel
4. Click Hardware and Sound
5. Click Device Manager (the last link under Devices and Printers)
6. Expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
7. Right click the Intel device
8. Click Uninstall (do not click OK in the dialog box that pops up after hitting Uninstall)
9. Put a tick in Delete driver software for this device (if this option is available, otherwise just hit OK) and hit OK
10. Restart your computer.
11. Let Windows install the appropriate driver.

Thanks for the help, I'll try that soon.


Do you have a link to this other thread, so I can have a read through it? Thanks.

Ok, if I update through Windows, it tells me the driver is up to date. However, this driver seems to be from 2006.

I'll try the Intel forums, see if anyone there has any idea what may be causing it.

Could this be a sign the drive is faulty?