Freeze when idle/BSOD while gaming (storport.sys)

Courtroomwolf, I am sharing my experience with you. Earlier I used to use an Asus motherboard with AMD processor etc. There I used to experience such hangs and freezes many a times. One trick always worked there .... cleaning and re-seating the RAM modules, SATA and power cables.

From when I changed the hardware to intel motherboard and intel processor, I have never seen a issue, it is more than a year already that I changed those.

If you cannot change hardware (I cannot suggest you to do so), try the re-seating thing. I wish that trick will work for you too. Clean all the accumulated dust inside the computer, too!

So the situation is comparatively good now?

Let us hopefully wait a bit more. OK?

Well, it seems that the nForce is not updated, and crashed again.

Code:

fffff800`04c640c8  fffff880`0b01d453Unable to load image \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\dump_nvstor64.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for dump_nvstor64.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for dump_nvstor64.sys
 dump_nvstor64+0x5453
====================
====================
lmvm nvstor64
start             end                 module name
fffff880`0107c000 fffff880`010bb000   nvstor64 T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: nvstor64.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvstor64.sys
    Image name: nvstor64.sys
    Timestamp:        Wed Aug 05 06:01:07 2009 (4A78D2CB)
    CheckSum:         00048878
    ImageSize:        0003F000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

The other thing is Atheros AR9271 Wireless Network Adapter.

Code:

fffff800`04c65518  fffff880`0465cdc0Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\athurx.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for athurx.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for athurx.sys
 athurx+0x28dc0
=======================
=======================
lmvm athurx
start             end                 module name
fffff880`04634000 fffff880`047fc000   athurx   T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: athurx.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\athurx.sys
    Image name: athurx.sys
    Timestamp:        Tue Jan 05 08:53:16 2010 (4B42B0A4)
    CheckSum:         001C7F92
    ImageSize:        001C8000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

Update it from ATHEROS drivers for Microsoft Windows (Atheros?????).
Let us know the results.

I'm on my old laptop now, because I can't even get the computer to boot. I'm getting the message

DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

The DVD drive won't read anything either, so I can't even use the recovery disk.

Is it happened after you tried the nvstor update for this time?

Try one more thing ... boot into Advanced Boot Options and choose "last known good configuration" and hit enter. See if it boots or not.

This is a standalone program that can be put on a CD/DVD or USB memory stick and ran without Windows.
Download and run Seatools for DOS on your HDD.
SeaTools for DOS Guide
Short Drive Self Test and Long Drive Self Test.

If this won't run then it's a hardware issue.

You can put the Win7 ISO on a memory stick and boot from it to run repairs.

How to Create a Bootable Windows 7 Installation USB Flash Drive
Use Option one, first burn an ISO from the Win7 DVD.
Then follow the link to: Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

How to Run a Startup Repair in Windows 7