Crossfire BSOD 2x HD6850

MATvm · 28 Dec 2010

Ah oeps,

didn't read the separate test part... Was a test with my two RAMs inserted (2times tested, 2 times pass)

EDIT: off record, I originally had this motherboard--> Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3
Had the exact same problem with this mobo, after long search came to conclusion that this motherboard was not really Crossfire ready (Only 1 16x PCI-Express slot and a 4xspeed PCI-E)

So decided to buy new motherboard assuming this would resolve the issue.

Now I have the exact same thing going on, so I'm already kinda assuming the slots of RAM are ok (chances that with two complete other motherboards a memory slot is broken is quite small no? :)). But ok for the RAM itself i did not perform separate test.

CarlTR6 · 28 Dec 2010

Two passes are not enough, we recommend a minimum of seven passes. I have seen cases where errors did not show up until 13 passes. Most shops run Memtest for a minimum of 24 hours.

MATvm · 29 Dec 2010

12 tests passed... no errors

little update:
Tried the following: disabled Crossfire in CCC, started game, once in game menu alt+tab returned to win and activated Crossfire in CCC, alt+tab back to game, whole screen remains black, no crash however and I can hear the ingame menu sound and with keyboard arrows I can hear the swap of choices in the menu so it isn't really blocked...

CarlTR6 · 29 Dec 2010

That tell us your memory is probably OK. What you have described sounds like a driver problem. You might experiment with different video drivers; sometime an older driver works better than the latest and greatest.

MATvm · 29 Dec 2010

Already tried 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.10e... It can't be that I have to run through them all?
Nothing else seems wrong in the data I posted in your opinion?

CarlTR6 · 29 Dec 2010

Try uninstalling CCC and installing only the video drivers. CCC can be a real PITA with Win 7.

MATvm · 29 Dec 2010

Tried and failed

. Same thing again

.dmp in attachment

CarlTR6 · 29 Dec 2010

This dump blames atikmdag.sys, a video driver. Try uninstalling CCC and installing only the video drivers in the safe mode.

Code:

Windows 7 Kernel Version 7600 MP (6 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 7600.16617.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100618-1621
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0xfffff800`02e0e000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff800`0304be50
Debug session time: Wed Dec 29 13:05:13.408 2010 (GMT-5)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:02:46.343
Loading Kernel Symbols
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Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
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*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 3B, {c0000005, fffff8800586fdd3, fffff8800919d680, 0}

Probably caused by : atikmdag.sys ( atikmdag+1c4dd3 )

Followup: MachineOwner
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0: kd> !analyze -v
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*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
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SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (3b)
An exception happened while executing a system service routine.
Arguments:
Arg1: 00000000c0000005, Exception code that caused the bugcheck
Arg2: fffff8800586fdd3, Address of the exception record for the exception that caused the bugcheck
Arg3: fffff8800919d680, Address of the context record for the exception that caused the bugcheck
Arg4: 0000000000000000, zero.

Debugging Details:
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EXCEPTION_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - The instruction at 0x%08lx referenced memory at 0x%08lx. The memory could not be %s.

FAULTING_IP: 
atikmdag+1c4dd3
fffff880`0586fdd3 4c8b00          mov     r8,qword ptr [rax]

CONTEXT:  fffff8800919d680 -- (.cxr 0xfffff8800919d680)
rax=0000000000000000 rbx=fffff8a008622ac0 rcx=0000000000000001
rdx=0000000000000003 rsi=fffff8800919e1e0 rdi=fffff8800919e100
rip=fffff8800586fdd3 rsp=fffff8800919e050 rbp=fffff8a00860d4a0
 r8=0000000000003104  r9=0000000000003100 r10=0000000000000001
r11=0000000000000003 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000001
r14=fffff8800919ea0c r15=0000000000000008
iopl=0         nv up ei ng nz na pe nc
cs=0010  ss=0018  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00210282
atikmdag+0x1c4dd3:
fffff880`0586fdd3 4c8b00          mov     r8,qword ptr [rax] ds:002b:00000000`00000000=????????????????
Resetting default scope

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR:  0x3B

PROCESS_NAME:  iw4mp.exe

CURRENT_IRQL:  0

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER:  from 0000000000000000 to fffff8800586fdd3

STACK_TEXT:  
fffff880`0919e050 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : atikmdag+0x1c4dd3


FOLLOWUP_IP: 
atikmdag+1c4dd3
fffff880`0586fdd3 4c8b00          mov     r8,qword ptr [rax]

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX:  0

SYMBOL_NAME:  atikmdag+1c4dd3

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: atikmdag

IMAGE_NAME:  atikmdag.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  4cef1f94

STACK_COMMAND:  .cxr 0xfffff8800919d680 ; kb

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x3B_atikmdag+1c4dd3

BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x3B_atikmdag+1c4dd3

Followup: MachineOwner
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MATvm · 29 Dec 2010

the installer says he can't start system detection in safe mode, so installation is blocked...

MATvm · 06 Jan 2011

YESYESYES, it's finally working.

I've flashed both cards with a new BIOS received from TUL (Powercolor) support

thumbs up and big thanks for those guys

Thank you all for the replies and support

Peace