Self bump again. Still getting bsod's but not as frequent. Removing arcsoft program and driver did lessen the screens but did not remove them. Bad thing now is now my system isn't making new dump files. The only thing different then before was I added a second stick of ram BUT I ran memtest on it as well with no issues. It's beginning to look like these blue screens are going to become a part of my everyday life.
Follow it: Dump Files - Configure Windows to Create on BSOD
Go to Option Two, Point 2. Download the .reg file and merge it in registry by double clicking it.
Now wait for another BSOD. When it occurred, search the .dmp files manually in the default path: C:\Windows\Minidump or %SystemRoot%\Minidump. See if the crash dump is recorded or not (hopefully it will be recorded).Post it following the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions.
Followed your steps, downloaded the .reg file, and merged it twice. First time I merged it a blue screen quickly followed and there was no dump file. Merged it a second time, restarted my computer, and then waited for a blue screen. At this point I've gone through 4 bsod's and not a single dump file has been made. It was enabled before and it's still enabled now after the registry merge but still nothing. I have no clue what to do at this point.
Just an update. It's been a few days, multiple crashes, and zero dumps. I checked all I could but I can't find a reason for it. I can't really analyze anything without the dumps.
The blue screens have been happening constantly but they still seem to be random. I crashed 3 times just googling movie times yet was watching some movies with little crashes. Over the past few days there have been plenty of crashes. I had a hard time capturing a picture because I never knew when one would occur. I've looked everywhere for a reason why my system isn't creating dumps anymore but I can't figure it out. I've changed nothing to my hardware or software since the last time. Here are some images i was able to catch. Oh I must also mention I received new error codes. Ones I hadn't received before they are bugcode_usb_driver and one crash mentioned a usbport.sys as the culprit.
Edit: Crashed again right after posting. Adding the new image
Those are seeming to stop 0x8E BSOds, and it says physical memory dump complete? So there should be crash dumps?
Test your RAM modules for possible errors.
How to Test and Diagnose RAM Issues with Memtest86+
Run memtest for at least 8 passes, preferably overnight.
If it start showing errors/red lines, stop testing. A single error is enough to determine that something is going bad there.
Stress test the Graphics Card using Furmark.
Video Card - Stress Test with Furmark
Let us know how much free space is there in the HDD and how old the BIOS is, too.
Yes there SHOULD be crash dumps. I realize that. The fact of the matter is that there is NO crash dumps. I've checked the save location of the dumps and it's still set to default. I've physically checked the folder and there is nothing there. I've checked alternate folders and still nothing. I ran memtest again and still no errors. I will run furmark at some point but for the time being I've had two more crashes making it 4 or 5 now since my last post. My bios is from 2008 but I have no clue where to find a newer version and honestly I'm a bit scared to try updating it. I will add the two new crashes which are completely different from before. I'd like to add that before this I had updated my ethernet controller driver. Seeing afd.sys being the culprit of the last crash I decided to rollback to my previous driver. Sadly, after I rolled back my ethernet slot was working fine but I couldn't connect to the internet until I returned to the updated driver. I am back to the updated driver and working internet.
Edit: Didn't want to put a new image but I found this blue screen (which just happened 5 minutes ago0 very interesting. Never have I received this error before
Last edited by dmaster752; 23 Nov 2013 at 14:39.
If you are 100% sure that memtest results in no error, and still it is generating so many versatile bugchecks, I would suspect the board itself. If it has a BIOS of 2008, Motherboard Specifications, MCP61PM-HM (Iris8) | HP® Support is not pointing to any update to it.
I apologize for the late response. Holidays and all. I shall update you on the current state of my computer. I ran a 3rd memtest for 9 passes and still no errors. I ran furmark for 30 mins a second time, it leveled out at around 60 degrees and never rose. No artifacts or instability BUT I do have a very low fps. I was still getting blue screens with various codes a new one I'm getting is 0x0000050, 0x000001A, and 0x000000A. On a good note my computer is creating dumps again! I ran chkdsk on my drive and it mentioned making a temporary paging file. It had recommended 3069 mb's and I had previously set it to 4000 mb's yet my page file wouldn't go past 2000-ish. I deleted a lot of things and freed up about 20gb's and now after the recent crash I've gotten a dump file! With the return of my dump files I believe after this post I'm going to run verifier and see what I can get. What I don't understand is that I thought small memory dumps didn't require the page file? I thought the page file was required to be higher for kernel dumps and above?
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