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Fresh Win7 x64 Install - BSOD / ntoskrnl / 0xf4 / CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERM
Hi all,
I did a fresh install of Win7 x64 onto a brand new Intel 730 SSD drive. After installing chipset/USB3/audio/video drivers and connecting all hardware, I started to restore user files to the system via CrashPlan backups from an external hard drive. During that, I got a couple of BSODs. After that, I started getting BSODs consistently, and since then, I get them within 0-15 minutes of boot.
Because it started happening while I was doing my first big transfer from the external HDD, I started to suspect USB3, but my troubleshooting doesn't seem to point that way any more.
Troubleshooting steps I've taken:
1. Detached all USB devices other than keyboard/mouse/wifi (no wired network available near computer)
2. Removed all internal hard drives other than the boot SSD mentioned above.
3. Ran 3 passes of memtest86 (no errors).
4. Ran full diagnostics on the Intel SSD (passed).
5. Rechecked SATA cabling to the SSD.
Still getting BSODs at the same frequency. I then recalled that the video driver was among the last drivers I had installed. I used the ATI/AMD driver autodetect utility to install my driver, and it had recommended Catalyst 13.9 for my HD 4770.
6. I uninstalled Catalyst 13.9
At first I thought I had finally solved the problem because the system is definitely a bit more stable using the standard VGA driver (I worked on it for an hour or so), but then I got a BSOD, so it appears I still have at least some of the issue.
I ran BluescreenView and almost all of my crash dumps point to ntoskrnl and 0xf4 and CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION. I've definitely had more BSODs than I have dump files. From Googling, I see that 0xf4 can often be memory or hard drive, so that's why I ran memtest86 and the Intel SSD diags, but no clues there. But I've also seen that this is a very generic set of errors that can indicate pretty much anything wrong from drivers to hardware failure.
My full setup is a Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H with Core i5 4570 and 16GB mem, the Intel 730 SSD and a Sapphire HD4770 graphics card.
I've attached the dump files. Not sure where to go from here, I am hoping someone with better BSOD debugging skills can point me in the right direction. Thanks!!