Windows 7 - 0X0000003B Stop message

Hey everyone, seems I'm getting a random stop error approx. 1 or 2 times daily.

SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION 0X0000003B

I've googled the error but can't seem to come up with anything relative to my problem. I recently moved to Build 7100, but I had the error while using 7000.

Anyone else having this problem, or heard of anything pertaining to this?

Any help would be most appreciated.

Thanks, Al

Possibly some problem with your graphic card drivers?

Thanks for the reply.

I have a 9800GT with driver version 8.15.11.8172 courtesy of Windows.

When I try to install either the Vista 64 or Windows 7 64 driver from the nVidia site I get the message "No compatible Hardware was found for use with this software"

Have you tried getting the latest Beta 185.81 (8.15.11.8581) from GeForce Release 185 and right click on it, go to properties, and run it as an administrator.

Thanks Airbot, I managed to get the Beta driver installed using your advice. Hopefully that will also solve my initial problem.

Thanks again, Al

Let's hope so and good luck to you. Please let us know if it doesn't.

Well, I went a full 24 hours with no errors, then it returned...exact same error

here is what the event viewer has reported.

Hmmm...that would lead me to believe you have other hardware/driver issues. It says "Bus/Interconnect Error", which could mean one of a few busses is not working properly.
Have you checked for any updated drivers for your MoBo? (chipset..etc)

Also, check to see if all your hardware and cables are seated and connected properly in their slots and connections. Run a memtest to check your memory.

Hi Aaron

I lost all faith in Memtest a couple years back bud. I had a problem in XP that I had narrowed down to it absolutely HAD to be a RAM issue, but Memtest86 kept saying it was all good and that was after 4 runs of 20 passes.
Finally I pulled all sticks but one and the problem disappeared. Started putting them back in 1 by 1 and on the 3rd stick...wham..problem back. Took it out, everythings good, put it back all is whacked again. Ran another 20 passes and it STILL came back as Ok but it obviously wasn't. Once that stick was out permanently I never had that issue again.

Now that was back in 03 (I think) and memtest could well be much more reliable now (I would hope anyway ), I still have that nagging doubt about it as a sure test.