Intermittent BSOD

I've also attached the minidump .dmp files from the program BlueScreenView.
I have the bug check codes 0x000000f4.
I tried researching this, but couldn't find out what exactly it means.


Thanks!

there is no specific driver that crashed, only "probably caused by winnt.exe" IO error

I suggest you uninstall AVG and test.

Looks like you have a lot of 3rd party drivers running.

Also, two pretty old drivers that you may need to take a look at:

fffff880`06d63000 fffff880`06d6e000 secdrv secdrv.SYS Wed Sep 13 09:18:38 2006 (4508052E)
fffff880`06c8d000 fffff880`06cb2000 Sentinel64 Sentinel64.sys Thu Feb 01 06:39:44 2007

event3horizon said:

there is no specific driver that crashed, only "probably caused by winnt.exe" IO error

I suggest you uninstall AVG and test.

Looks like you have a lot of 3rd party drivers running.

Also, two pretty old drivers that you may need to take a look at:

fffff880`06d63000 fffff880`06d6e000 secdrv secdrv.SYS Wed Sep 13 09:18:38 2006 (4508052E) This is a security driver and it is the newest available.
fffff880`06c8d000 fffff880`06cb2000 Sentinel64 Sentinel64.sys Thu Feb 01 06:39:44 2007

This is Related to sentinel64.sys System Driver (NT Parallel x64 driver) from SafeNet, Inc.


I note you have AVG.
AVG can be a contributing cause of BSOD'S .
Please remove and replace with Microsoft Security Essentials AT LEAST TO TEST

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Thanks for the responses.

I removed AVG last night, and replaced it with ESET NOD32 (AVG was about to expire anyway, so I had just gotten ESET). After removing it, I tested it by editing my latest project for a few hours...
Believe it or not, but not BSOD occurred! It's hard to be 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure that solved the problem!

Why would that be the case?

Also, as for Sentinel64.sys, would updating it fix it maybe? If so, what's the best way to go about that? I don't know what software (hardware, even?) that driver is associated with, so I can't find the most updated version online--and I'm very skeptical of those all-in-one programs that claim to find all of outdated drivers and update them (Driver Detective, etc.).
What do you recommend? Are there some of these programs that are actually worth it?

Thanks again!

No, you should actually be ok with the Sentinel64 version as long as your BSODs went away.

Cerebrate42 said:

Thanks for the responses.

I removed AVG last night, and replaced it with ESET NOD32 (AVG was about to expire anyway, so I had just gotten ESET). After removing it, I tested it by editing my latest project for a few hours...
Believe it or not, but not BSOD occurred! It's hard to be 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure that solved the problem!

Why would that be the case?

Also, as for Sentinel64.sys, would updating it fix it maybe? If so, what's the best way to go about that? I don't know what software (hardware, even?) that driver is associated with, so I can't find the most updated version online--and I'm very skeptical of those all-in-one programs that claim to find all of outdated drivers and update them (Driver Detective, etc.).
What do you recommend? Are there some of these programs that are actually worth it?

Thanks again!

Steps for installing/uninstalling the Sentinel Drivers - SafeNet Sentinel Customer Discussions

Thank you all again for your help! I just marked the thread as "Problem Solved." :)


This said, I have one final question:
What exactly do the Sentinel drivers do? If they can be safely removed, and thus aren't necessary, what are they supposed to be there for?
I tried researching them, but could mostly only find problems people are having with them, hahaha.


Thanks again!

Sentinel appears to be a security set for encrypting information. That was the best information I could find. Sentinel Drivers| SafeNet

Not sure if that is the same thing you had installed?