Unknown BSOD and impossible-to-find windbg

axe0 said:

Unless you've played a lot with the hard drive's connection, the CRC shouldn't be very high. Keep an eye on it, if it rises it indicates connection issues which may explain the crashes.

Do you have the drive connected to the same port as where the cable had trouble with connecting?

Generally drive related issues are a result of 3 things:

• Drive itself is causing issues, this is the most common
• Motherboard port is causing issues
• Cable is bad

No, my system drive is connected to port 0 and the SSD with the bad connection is connected to port 1. If it crashes again I'll check the CRC, but it's been stable so far so it might have been a one-time thing.

Thank you for the guide on Driver Verifier, that's exactly what I wanted to know! I hope I'll never need it, but it's good to have.

Snick said:

axe0, thank you for assistance with OP's issue & detailed step-by-step instructions!


To be on the extreme safe side, if you have an external hard drive, I'd create a full system image. It's been my experience, Windows restore points failed on many occasions when they were most needed.

I already have a bunch of redundant backups and there is no crucial data on my other SSD, so if my system drive catches fire or something, I'll just wipe the other one and reinstall Windows there. Anyway, thanks for the tips!