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No Dumpfiles or Minidump folder for 0x0000007A Errors
Hello again Sevenforums. I'm starting a new thread here dedicated to a problem I'm facing that's keeping me from solving my greater BSOD issue... I'm not getting any dumpfiles. Here's my original thread detailing all the problems I've had so far as well as specs and evidence of tests I've run...
Various 0x0000007A Stop Errors on Newly Installed Win7 and HD
For convenience sake, I'll run down some quick details as well as everything I've done so far...
My computer is a Dell XPS Studio 1647 that just a month and a half ago had a new HD installed to replace the one that died some months ago now. The new HD is a 1TB Hybrid Seagate. I installed Windows 7 Home Premium x64 on it since that was it's OS on the old HD. I used the product key found on the laptop to verify.
My first BSOD came 10 days after my fresh install. I've had them about once a week since with the exception of the third and fourth BSODs happening within a day of each other. All are 0x0000007A stop errors with various sub info I'm not adept at interpreting. There's been six BSODs now since the fresh install. I'll copy paste all my BSOD screens in a following post so as to not make this post overly long and broken up.
Since I've come here and even before then, I've run various tests. I've used "Hard Disk Sentinel" to do a quick check of my hard drive as well as a full chkdsk at the suggestion of a friend. I also ran a basic memtest at a friends suggestion before running a much more thorough memtest 10 times at the suggestion of derekimo on my original thread. All things passed. Also at derekimo's suggestion I checked how my dumpfiles were being "written". I checked and saw that I was using the default kernel memory. Following the clear instructions on a linked thread I changed my debug settings to "small memory dump". I've still gotten no dumpfiles at all since then. I also shared with him my Speccy data and there was apparently nothing of note. He was basically the only person helping me but disappeared after I shared my Speccy data and passed the 10 memtests. He was quite helpful for a while though. Also, I'll add that at a friend's suggestion I even checked how well my components are plugged into each other by taking my laptop apart. This was something I did between the third and fourth BSODs, so it changed nothing. The next BSOD just taking a day is probably unrelated. The notion was that my HD or RAM could have a loose connection. Everything seemed solid although the connection between the SATA connector and the board seemed a bit floaty I guess, but I don't know how normal that is. Besides, BSODs possibly caused by a loose connection would be more frequent or would be followed by a totally disconnected HD I'd think.
The important stuff.... I don't get dumpfiles after my BSODs and I don't even have a minidump folder. I've used the tool provided in the sticky on the front page of this sub forum as well as "Blue Screen View". I've also just plain searched my "Windows" folder with no luck either. I've had my settings use "kernel memory" and "small memory". I asked if I should use "complete memory" but never got an answer and the process for that seems much more tricky potentially. If that is an answer, I'd like direction on how to do that right. Any help in any way would be very welcome.
Last edited by Jahkepon; 31 Mar 2014 at 15:20.
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