BSOD on startup with more than 1 hard drive

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Thanatopsis

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I'm running RTM x64 and other than this one issue it runs perfect. I'm really liking it overall, great performance too. But this one issue really bothers me since I have lots of things on other drives. Basically if I add another hard drive it starts to boot, sits on the Windows logo screen for 30 secs or so then BSOD. It's not just one drive either, I tried it with 3 different drives. All of which work fine and I can put them in any other(non-Win 7) system and they work with no issues. I can shut down, connect a drive, boot into another OS and access what's on them but that's really a pain in the ass and shouldn't be necessary, I should be able to have 2 or 3 drives without an issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

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Please copy the contents of your \Windows\Minidump folder to another location on your machine, zip them up, and upload the zip archive here. Analysis of those files may help to pinpoint the cause of the problem.
 

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Multiple machines in various stages of decomposition.
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Win7x64
Unfortunately for some reason it's empty. In the Startup and Recovery options it's set to dump there but just isn't for some reason. The cause is just having more than 1 drive though. Doesn't matter if its a drive with any partitions or not, parallel or serial ATA or SCSI. It's just the presence of more than 1. This really sucks.
 

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Solaris, Slackware, Ubuntu, XP 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit
CPU
Q6600
Motherboard
ASUS P5N-E SLI
Memory
3 gigs 800Mhz OCZ Platinum
Graphics Card(s)
PNY 512MB 8800GT
PSU
Antec Earthwatts 650
Thanatopsis said:
Unfortunately for some reason it's empty. In the Startup and Recovery options it's set to dump there but just isn't for some reason.
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Make sure you've got a pagefile of at least 1GB on your boot partition (where \Windows lives). It's necessary for dump generation.

If that still doesn't manage to get you a memory dump, try unticking the "auto reboot" option in the dump settings dialog and noting down the numbers on the first line of the BSOD message.
 

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Multiple machines in various stages of decomposition.
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Done all of that. I'm not a novice by any means, I've worked as a network admin for ISP's, the NHL, did support back when I was a teenager. This has been going on for a couple weeks, I've never before had a problem I couldn't solve either completely on my own or with some research, that's why it's getting to me so much.
 

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Solaris, Slackware, Ubuntu, XP 32-bit, Window...Q66003 gigs 800Mhz OCZ PlatinumPNY 512MB 8800GT
OS
Solaris, Slackware, Ubuntu, XP 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit
CPU
Q6600
Motherboard
ASUS P5N-E SLI
Memory
3 gigs 800Mhz OCZ Platinum
Graphics Card(s)
PNY 512MB 8800GT
PSU
Antec Earthwatts 650
Thanatopsis said:
Done all of that. I'm not a novice by any means, I've worked as a network admin for ISP's, the NHL, did support back when I was a teenager. This has been going on for a couple weeks, I've never before had a problem I couldn't solve either completely on my own or with some research, that's why it's getting to me so much.
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So what was the bugcheck code?
 

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Multiple machines in various stages of decomposition.
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Win7x64
Yup somethings crazy with my external drive too. I got a 500 gb Maxtor drive with power cable. If I shut down my pc with the drive still connected, I get a Bsod while shutting down, but if I remove it then windows shuts down normally. Other then that I get no other problems like repetitive restarts. Judt 1 Bsod and then windows boots up normally. Win 7 Ultimate, 32 bit.

110409-17097-01.dmp 04-11-2009 14:21:14 SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED 0x1000007e 0xc0000005 0x85973c21 0x951c4288 0x951c3e60 32-bit
 

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Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
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Lenovo Y430
OS
Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
Bug Check 0x7E: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

"0xC0000005: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION indicates a memory access violation occurred."

Attaching a .rared .dmp file for H2SO4 or others to analyze would probably help pinpoint a possible solution, well.

In the meantime, see if you can update your chipset drivers by visiting your mainboard manufacturer's site. Bios update never hurts either, when done correctly.
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
Attaching a .rared .dmp file for H2SO4 or others to analyze would probably help pinpoint a possible solution, well.

That flew over my head, could u elaborate?

In the meantime, see if you can update your chipset drivers by visiting your mainboard manufacturer's site. Bios update never hurts either, when done correctly.

I got the drivers from the manufactures website.
 

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Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
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Lenovo Y430
OS
Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
Sure, I apologize. I usually explain in greater detail than that.

C:\Windows\Minidump

At that location should be files with .dmp extension. You want to copy the latest few to another directory anywhere on your computer. Then use Winrar to create a .rar file.

You can then attach the .rar file to your next post and it will be looked at.
 

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7600.20510 x86P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHzOCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHzHIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-...
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
Here are the mini dump files.
 

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Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
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Lenovo Y430
OS
Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
Clean Reinstall

Well all hell broke loose so did a clean reinstall.

Runtime errors...Mediaplayer libraries cant find files...default browsers conflicting... addons conflicting...aero hickups...regular bsods...LOL

Lessons learnt
-No more testing browsers (had safari, mozilla, chrome beta, iron)
-No more testing addons: Dont care bout the chrome customizations
-No more driver testing (microsoft, laptop manufacturer, nvidia site)
-Minimum softwares, minimum fuss...back to the stone age ;)

Going with the default installation drivers...Will see if any BSODs appear.

Cheers.
Gurvin
 

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Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
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Lenovo Y430
OS
Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
None of those have high chances of causing system problems with the exception of driver testing. General advice: That's what you want to stay away from unless you know what you're doing fairly well.
 

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7600.20510 x86P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHzOCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHzHIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-...
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
Don't test diddly on your primary system - if it tanks, you're left without the primary system.
 

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Win7 x64 + x86Intel i7 920, other Intel chips, and the Atom...12 gB; 4 gB Lenovo; 1 gB Samsung netbookATI 4870
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built (x64), Lenovo x61s Tablet, Samsung Netbook
OS
Win7 x64 + x86
CPU
Intel i7 920, other Intel chips, and the Atom in the netbook
Motherboard
Asus P6T Deluxe
Memory
12 gB; 4 gB Lenovo; 1 gB Samsung netbook
Graphics Card(s)
ATI 4870
Sound Card
Yes, I have one of these
Monitor(s) Displays
32" Sharp Aquos TV
Screen Resolution
800x600 - I have vision issues
Hard Drives
4 - 150 gB Velociraptors in RAID 5
Promise controller
PSU
1000 watt (can't recall the brand)
Case
Antec 300
Cooling
Big honking cooler that was rated highly at Toms Hardware
Keyboard
Microsoft Natural
Mouse
Logitech Trackman
Internet Speed
Cable
Other Info
GeekSquad UPS
CyberPower UPS
DLink DNS-323 NAS (2 tB)
Netgear wireless router as an access point
Netgear wired router FSV-318
Home network consists of
4 desktop computers (2 Vista, 2 Win7)
1 netbook (Win7)
4 laptop computers (XP, 2-Vista, Win7)
Wii and XBox 360
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