Random BSOD, error code 0x0000007a

Welcome zmartin87, please follow the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions :) .

In the meantime, please test the HDD.

   Warning

The Following Method Should NOT Be Performed On An SSD!

Testing the HDD:

1. Perform a Disk Check | Disk Check- Scroll down to OPTION TWO of the tutorial and use the /R switch in the CHKDSK command | chkdsk C: /R.
2. Then Post the Disk Check results following | This Tutorial.
3. Once back in Windows, download Crystal Disk Info and post a screenshot (multiple shots if you have more than one drive).
4. Download SeaTools for DOS if you don't want to use a CD to test the HDD you can use YUMI – Multiboot USB Creator to create a bootable USB (instructions are found at the bottom of both pages).
5. If SeaTools for DOS is unable to recognize your HDD:
6. Visit HDDdiag and follow the instructions | Or follow the instructions below.

If SeaTools For DOS does not recognize the drive;
Boot into the BIOS using the *Fx key.
Look for an entry called SATA Mode (or something similar), it should be set to IDE / AHCI.
It's probably set to AHCI which is why SeaTools doesn't recognize them in the DOS environment.
Set it to IDE then save and exit usually by pressing the F10 key.
Now boot into SeaTools and it should detect the drives.
Start the Long Test and let it run.
Upon completion don't try to boot into Windows as it will only result in a BSOD, go back into the BIOS
and change the SATA setting back to what it was in the first place.

• *Popular BIOS access keys.

Arc said:

Re-seat the sata and power.

Please scan for possible infection and file corruption:

• Download TDSS-Killer and scan for rootkits.
• Download Kaspersky Rescue CD and scan for other types of infections. (a how-to tutorial)
• Download Malwarebytes and DON'T activate the trail (uncheck the box at the end of the installation)
• Follow this tutorial on how to use the SFC/ SCANNOW tool in Windows.

(*Kaspersky Rescue CD from a USB thumbdrive)

Let us know the results.


Also your GPU driver is very old, I don't have enough information to specifically
link but you can use auto-detection.

Code:

lmvm atikmdag
start             end                 module name
fffff880`04854000 fffff880`0517b000   atikmdag T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: atikmdag.sys
    Image path: atikmdag.sys
    Image name: atikmdag.sys
    Timestamp:        Sat Feb 19 01:38:09 2011

Arc said:

You can get it from the link in our forum, Latest AMD Catalyst Video Driver for Windows 7, or you may go to AMD Graphics Driver and Software and opt for Automatically Detect and Install the appropriate driver for your card.


During installation, you may opt for advanced installation, and install the display driver only, not the Catalyst Control Center.