Windows 7: Random idle BSOD

eshbop · 30 Oct 2012

Hey all,

Been getting this for the past few months, longer than the minidumps I've recorded. Seems to be only when I've got firefox open (from memory) and doing nothing intensive. Never had a crash while gaming etc. I used to get a BSOD that was Norton related. I removed Norton and it stop, but this one cropped up soon after.

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Thanks!

**koolkat77** · 30 Oct 2012

F4 is usually a storage/hard drive related crash. Do you have an SSD? If yes, please get the latest firmware for it.

Upload a screenshot of your hard disk using crystal disk info:

Run Disk Check on your hard disk for file system errors and bad sectors on it:

Disk Check

Hard drive test both short and long with:

SeaTools for Windows

Also the DOS version of:

SeaTools for DOS

Code:

BugCheck F4, {3, fffffa800ad58b30, fffffa800ad58e10, fffff8000379c460}

----- ETW minidump data unavailable-----
Probably caused by : wininit.exe
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BugCheck F4, {3, fffffa800a9099e0, fffffa800a909cc0, fffff8000377f460}

----- ETW minidump data unavailable-----
Probably caused by : wininit.exe
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BugCheck F4, {3, fffffa800ad73b30, fffffa800ad73e10, fffff80003780460}

----- ETW minidump data unavailable-----
Probably caused by : wininit.exe
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BugCheck F4, {3, fffffa800ad70b30, fffffa800ad70e10, fffff800037d7460}

----- ETW minidump data unavailable-----
Probably caused by : wininit.exe

eshbop · 30 Oct 2012

Thanks for replying.

Yeah I've got an SSD, updated the firmware, though the previous version wasn't that old.

Ran Disk Check on both drives, no system errors or bad sectors.
Ran SeaTools in Windows, everything passed.

So maybe it was just the outdated firmware?

**koolkat77** · 30 Oct 2012

Looks good and yes maybe it was the firmware.

Observe for another week and let us know if the BSODs reoccur.

eshbop · 12 Nov 2012

Haven't got a crash since updating the firmware. Cheers for the help!

**koolkat77** · 12 Nov 2012

Thanks for the update. Good luck

and let us know if there any other problems.

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