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Single BSOD, similar circumstances to an older thread, driver help?
First, if I'm posting in the wrong forum - and I admit I haven't followed the instructions for posting in this forum - I apologize. I'd not be posting here except for a single BSOD error I got last night.
Circumstances are a bit similar to Not BSOD, I was informed to move this thread here, though. EVENT ID 56
In my case, I was doing something very very "benign" and "low-stress" - saving a Word document - and my screen went black, and then I had a BSOD, possibly the first one I've seen on my machine, although I have had occasional stoppages related to the power supply or a bad CPU.
I'm typing this from work so don't have access to the exact wording, but after restarting my computer, I checked the event log and there was an error "Intel Management Engine Interface driver has failed to perform handshake with the firmware" with Event ID 3. This error had never appeared before (I filtered the event log).
Computer functioned normally the next three hours before I did my normal before-bed restart, it restarted normally, I logged in normally this morning, and used the computer for about 30 minutes with no problem. But I checked the event log and that same "Intel Management Engine Interface driver has failed to perform handshake with the firmware" error today, so it's appeared twice, evidently as the computer starts, the last two times I've started.
Reading the Not BSOD, I was informed to move this thread here, though. EVENT ID 56 thread I ran a "clean" sfc /scannow check, then did a disk check (with "automatically fix" and "scan for/attempt recovery" boxes checked and left for work. My daughter told me an hour later that the computer had moved to the normal login screen.
I've not yet run the memtest86+ suggested in the referenced thread.
"Netting it all out" with the above as background, here are my concerns:
- I have a yellow triangle caution icon in the Intel Management Engine Interface driver in device manager, as the above-referenced thread mentions - how do I make this go away?
- The "Intel Management Engine Interface driver has failed to perform handshake with the firmware" never occurred with my computer until yesterday and has now occurred both times I've started my computer. How do I solve this?
- (Broader and more generally) How common is it for a computer to "just have" a random BSOD? I have seen just about every computer I've used have these. Just some scary-looking BSOD, that never ever repeats again.