BOSD about week after new video card

So I’m not out of the woods yet. The computer does seem more stable, but I did have another BSOD when playing a game, so I ran driver verifier and still got a BSOD on startup, related to HIDCLASS.SYS. So I did the USB tutorial and deleted all non-current USB drivers.



After that, I enabled driver verifier again, and still got HIDCLASS.SYS BSOD on startup. So I guess my next step is to find a regular simple keyboard and mouse, and run the USB search again and delete everything. While I was in driver verifier I saw a lot of other stuff that could go, such as the drivers for the old video card (GT 220,) and an old printer, so I took those out as well. Also the GPU had another update pushed out, 314.22, so theres always a small chance that might help.


Also another issue has been coming up. When I start my computer cold in the morning, I need to switch to power on and off 3-5 times before the motherboard splash screen starts. If I don't do this, the computer will run, but never boot up, not even the MOBO. Could this be a driver issue? Or possibly a power supply issue? I don't seem to ever have this problem when restarting my computer while it's already been running.

Hello,

Sorry for the delay, it took me a few days to find an old keyboard.

Northernsoul55 said:

Hi,
Thanks for the feedback.
Your crash dated 30/3/2013 is because you uninstalled the stable nvidia driver
for a later one, which has caused that particular BSOD.

Please Reinstall the stable nvidia driver using previous posts.

Done!

Northernsoul55 said:

For the HIDCLASS.sys:
As you suggested remove present mouse and keyboard (aswell as any other USB devices) and try alternatives to see if your issue persists.

Done!

Northernsoul55 said:

Ive looked back through your logs and found a few more problem areas
which may or may not be contributing to your BSOD's:

AsIO AsIO.sys Mon Apr 06 08:21:08 2009 Asus PCProbe Utility
AsUpIO AsUpIO.sys Mon Jul 06 03:21:38 2009 ASUS hardware monitoring software related
ASACPI.sys Asus ATK0110 ACPI Utility (a known BSOD maker in Win7). Part of many Asus utilities ASACPI ASACPI.sys Thu Jul 16 04:31:29 2009 (4A5E9F11)

Please uninstall all ASUS bloatware: PCProbe/ ACPI utilities as these drivers are very old,
(especially ACPI Utility as its reported it is known for BSOD)
Clean Factory Bloatware:

https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219576-clean-up-factory-bloatware.html

I followed the factory bloatware tutorial and unchecked all non-micrsoft components in the services and startup sections of MSConfig. Am I supposed to delete the above drivers specifically? I looked on my "uninstall program" console on the control panel and don't see any ASUS, PCProbe or ACPI programs. Is there another way to delete them?

Northernsoul55 said:

Atheros NIC driver AR8131 PCI-E
L1C62x64 L1C62x64.sys Fri Nov 13 09:47:36 2009 (4AFD2B38)
Please update your driver here as it is very old:

ATHEROS drivers for Microsoft Windows (Atheros?????)

I'm having an issue updating this. I downloaded the most recent, but it doesn't have an auto installer. I tried going through the device manager, to have the program detect the update and install it, but it incorrectly says that the current version is most recent, (even though its not, 1.0.0.17 vs 1.0.0.22) How would I do this manually?

Northernsoul55 said:

Also found this outdated driver:
AtiPcie AtiPcie.sys Tue May 05 16:00:22 2009 (4A005486):
Relates to one of these: ATI PCIE Driver for ATI PCIE chipset or
ATI PCI Express (3GIO) Filter

Please look for any relevant drivers and update:

http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx

For this, I am updating the integrated motherboard GPU driver right? Just want to make sure I updated the right thing. I downloaded this:

"AMD Chipset Drivers"
AMD Chipset Drivers

Northernsoul55 said:

For your Startup issue, I would first begin by testing the Power On switch:

When the power button is pressed it shorts two pins on the Motherboard Via the Power Switch Connector,
you need to disconnect that and test the Connector with a multi-meter, this will determine if the switch is working.
Attachment 262003
If you do not have a Multi-meter you can always remove the Power Switch Connector at the motherboard
and using a small screwdriver bridge the two pins, if the computer boots up everytime using this method and
with no problems, then the wiring or the switch iteslf is at fault.
Attachment 262008

Hope this helps

Cheers

Dave

These seems to have gone away, so I will skip this for now.

Best,
Marshall

EDIT: Also, I tried turning on driver verifier and I still get the HIDCLASS.SYS BSOD on startup, so I am attaching my current device manager list. Let me know if you see anything else I should remove. Thanks!

Northernsoul55 said:

Hi Marshall,

Thanks for the feedback :)
If the Asus programs are not on your system, then manually delete the drivers,
especially the ASACPI.sys driver.

Navigate to:
C:\windows\system32\drivers
Look for the drivers and right click and delete. Reboot!

Dave,

Thanks! Okay, so for the 3 drivers: (AsIO AsIO.sys, AsUpIO, & ASACPI.sys,) I only found ASACPI.sys in the drivers folder. Not sure if the other 2 got deleted as part of another update. Either way, I deleted ASACPI.sys.

Northernsoul55 said:

For your Atheros Driver - Win7 64bit Version 1.0.036, try this one here:
http://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wireless-download.php?chipset=48&system=5

Oh good that worked. Done!

Northernsoul55 said:

For this, I am updating the integrated motherboard GPU driver right? Just want to make sure I updated the right thing. I downloaded this:
"AMD Chipset Drivers"
AMD Chipset Drivers

Correct! :)

Perfect, this is installed now.

Northernsoul55 said:

Any signs of BSOD'S recently?

Not too many, but yeah I had a direct X one yesterday (dxgmms1.sys,) and this was with the stable GPU driver (NIVIDIA 306.23). I also had a few lockups which were not BSODs.

For the verifier, I deleted the apple drivers, and tried again and still got HIDCLASS.sys BSOD. I am attaching the SF Tool update.

Marshall

I found a few programs under ASUS, and removed them. They were ASUS Update, ASUS GPU Tweak, and ASUS EPU-4.

I confirm verifier is disabled

I followed the UBS tutorial earlier, and just to double check I did it again and replaced the infcache.1 file again.

I think I updated the chipset. I followed the setup wizard here, but it didn’t specifically mention the chipset drivers.
ASUS - M4A78LT-M LE

Prime 95 still crashes in the first 2 minutes. Question, since I had a direct X crash with the 306.23 Nividea GPU driver, do you think I should try updating to the most recent? I’m attaching an updated SF file.