Win 7 Crashes Once per Month


  1. Kwid
    Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Professional x64
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    Win 7 Crashes Once per Month


    I keep getting a crash about once per month with seemingly nothing in common with any of them. This has happened since I first got this box back in Feb. Here are the last for crash reports. They happen in different modules, different times of day, different days of the month and I can't see anything specific running at the time of the crash, at least what I can see in the event viewer.

    Any ideas on how to troubleshoot would be appreciated.

    On Wed 12/01/10 2:41:09 AM your computer crashed
    This was likely caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe
    Bugcheck code: 0x1A (0x41790, 0xFFFFFA8004181280, 0xFFFF, 0x0)
    Error: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
    Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\120110-14991-01.dmp
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: NT Kernel & System
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit is in another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.



    On Thu 10/28/10 5:31:13 PM your computer crashed
    This was likely caused by the following module: watchdog.sys
    Bugcheck code: 0x10E (0x1F, 0xFFFFF8A00CF126B0, 0x0, 0x2E0F0)
    Error: VIDEO_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT_INTERNAL
    Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\102810-12651-01.dmp
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\watchdog.sys
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: Watchdog Driver
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit is in another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.



    On Thu 09/09/10 4:11:37 PM your computer crashed
    This was likely caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe
    Bugcheck code: 0x18 (0x0, 0xFFFFFA8007F82590, 0x2, 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
    Error: REFERENCE_BY_POINTER
    Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\090910-23353-01.dmp
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: NT Kernel & System
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit is in another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.



    On Wed 08/18/10 2:44:53 PM your computer crashed
    This was likely caused by the following module: ntfs.sys
    Bugcheck code: 0x24 (0x1904FB, 0xFFFFF8800318C678, 0xFFFFF8800318BEE0, 0xFFFFF880012ED173)
    Error: NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
    Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\081810-19749-01.dmp
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\ntfs.sys
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: NT File System Driver
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit is in another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.
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  3. zigzag3143
    Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
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    Kwid said:
    I keep getting a crash about once per month with seemingly nothing in common with any of them. This has happened since I first got this box back in Feb. Here are the last for crash reports. They happen in different modules, different times of day, different days of the month and I can't see anything specific running at the time of the crash, at least what I can see in the event viewer.

    Any ideas on how to troubleshoot would be appreciated.

    On Wed 12/01/10 2:41:09 AM your computer crashed
    This was likely caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe
    Bugcheck code: 0x1A (0x41790, 0xFFFFFA8004181280, 0xFFFF, 0x0)
    Error: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
    Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\120110-14991-01.dmp
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: NT Kernel & System
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit is in another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.



    On Thu 10/28/10 5:31:13 PM your computer crashed
    This was likely caused by the following module: watchdog.sys
    Bugcheck code: 0x10E (0x1F, 0xFFFFF8A00CF126B0, 0x0, 0x2E0F0)
    Error: VIDEO_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT_INTERNAL
    Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\102810-12651-01.dmp
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\watchdog.sys
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: Watchdog Driver
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit is in another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.



    On Thu 09/09/10 4:11:37 PM your computer crashed
    This was likely caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe
    Bugcheck code: 0x18 (0x0, 0xFFFFFA8007F82590, 0x2, 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
    Error: REFERENCE_BY_POINTER
    Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\090910-23353-01.dmp
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: NT Kernel & System
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit is in another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.



    On Wed 08/18/10 2:44:53 PM your computer crashed
    This was likely caused by the following module: ntfs.sys
    Bugcheck code: 0x24 (0x1904FB, 0xFFFFF8800318C678, 0xFFFFF8800318BEE0, 0xFFFFF880012ED173)
    Error: NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
    Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\081810-19749-01.dmp
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\ntfs.sys
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: NT File System Driver
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit is in another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.

    If you wish to have others assist you with your computer's BSOD symptoms, upload the contents of your "\Windows\Minidump" folder. The procedure:

    * Copy the contents of \Windows\Minidump to another (temporary) location somewhere on your machine.
    * Zip up the copy.
    * Attach the ZIP archive to your post using the "paperclip" (file attachments) button.
    * Briefly describe the problem history and circumstances in the same post. Somebody will attend to your query as soon as possible.
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  4. brady
    Posts : 1,426
    7 Pro
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    yikes:

    On Wed 08/18/10 2:44:53 PM your computer crashed
    This was likely caused by the following module:     ntfs.sys
    Bugcheck code: 0x24 (0x1904FB, 0xFFFFF8800318C678, 0xFFFFF8800318BEE0, 0xFFFFF880012ED173)
    Error:     NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
    Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\081810-19749-01.dmp
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\ntfs.sys
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: NT File System Driver
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit is in another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.



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  6. Kwid
    Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       New #4

    Still Crashing, Minidumps Attached


    Still occurring once/month. Would really like to avoid re-installing as it would take a long time. Zip of last few occurences attached. Any advice appreciated.
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  7. Kwid
    Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
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    More info...


    As you can tell in the dumps, they happen fairly randomly, usually when I'm not on the system. I've checked the logs and there are no other programs running that seem related to the timing of this problem.
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  8. Ntoskrnl
    Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Ntoskrnl and watch dog


    Hello guys,

    Aldo im new here.

    I can say i might have found out the or a solution for the possible ntoskrnl.exe error / bsod.

    I had a lot of problems too and it did occur once and awhile, well what i did was manually insert data in the bios.

    Witch i like to point out that it mainly was for the cpu and memmory voltages, sofar i can tell that it works for now, im still testing sofar 1 week past without the ntoskrnl bsod, should knock it off tho.

    Still carefull as most of you all know, cranking up voltages might occur in a burn in of youre hardware be warned.

    Further more as you all know windows one thing 'might be fixed' and another will show up and im getting to the watchdog.sys file now.

    Well what i read what that it seemed to be a driver for youre graphic card still its not even in the drivers list now thats a shock.

    Otherwise it could be a error that youre ssd (in my case) or hdd aint formated in nfts well mine is, so for that maybe that cleared out too ?.

    Other things that i picked up are that surten or all tv cards could cause it, or the software still since watchdog.sys also is a windows file, i dont think thats the possible cause.

    Maybe the hardware then a possible chance that static electrisity may be also the cause, if so do you have a solution rubber screws or stickers or something

    P.s my hardware is possible to see i think for the good order ill link the error / bsod log if its desired later on too keep this in a reasonable text format.

    Thank you.
    Last edited by Ntoskrnl; 26 Jul 2011 at 14:27. Reason: lack or words :)
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  10. Ntoskrnl
    Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    adding my bsod errors


    Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump

    Crash dumps are enabled on your computer.


    On Sat 23-7-2011 21:21:23 GMT your computer crashed
    crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\072311-12854-01.dmp
    This was probably caused by the following module: watchdog.sys (watchdog+0x122F)
    Bugcheck code: 0x10E (0x24, 0xFFFFF8A003141790, 0x8000000000, 0x0)
    Error: VIDEO_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT_INTERNAL
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\watchdog.sys
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: Watchdog Driver
    Bug check description: This indicates that the video memory manager has encountered a condition that it is unable to recover from.
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.


    On Sat 23-7-2011 21:21:23 GMT your computer crashed
    crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
    This was probably caused by the following module: watchdog.sys (watchdog!WdLogEvent5+0x11B)
    Bugcheck code: 0x10E (0x24, 0xFFFFF8A003141790, 0x8000000000, 0x0)
    Error: VIDEO_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT_INTERNAL
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\watchdog.sys
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: Watchdog Driver
    Bug check description: This indicates that the video memory manager has encountered a condition that it is unable to recover from.
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.

    Hurrah windows agian im taunted by youre mysterious ways and deceptions ?????

    Hope there is one of you that could shine some light in this matter cuz im really in the dark.

    Thank you bye.
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  11. yowanvista
    Posts : 8,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64, Arch Linux
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    Ntoskrnl said:
    Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump

    Crash dumps are enabled on your computer.


    On Sat 23-7-2011 21:21:23 GMT your computer crashed
    crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\072311-12854-01.dmp
    This was probably caused by the following module: watchdog.sys (watchdog+0x122F)
    Bugcheck code: 0x10E (0x24, 0xFFFFF8A003141790, 0x8000000000, 0x0)
    Error: VIDEO_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT_INTERNAL
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\watchdog.sys
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: Watchdog Driver
    Bug check description: This indicates that the video memory manager has encountered a condition that it is unable to recover from.
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.


    On Sat 23-7-2011 21:21:23 GMT your computer crashed
    crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
    This was probably caused by the following module: watchdog.sys (watchdog!WdLogEvent5+0x11B)
    Bugcheck code: 0x10E (0x24, 0xFFFFF8A003141790, 0x8000000000, 0x0)
    Error: VIDEO_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT_INTERNAL
    file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\watchdog.sys
    product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    company: Microsoft Corporation
    description: Watchdog Driver
    Bug check description: This indicates that the video memory manager has encountered a condition that it is unable to recover from.
    The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.

    Hurrah windows agian im taunted by youre mysterious ways and deceptions ?????

    Hope there is one of you that could shine some light in this matter cuz im really in the dark.

    Thank you bye.
    Please create a new thread and follow these instructions
    https://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...tructions.html
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