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BSOD, no minidumps
I'm getting a BSOD of a frequency of about one every couple of days.
I looked in C: Windows but there is no minidump folder or file there. In the system recovery settings it's currently set to create a kernel memory dump, should I change it to small memory dump instead?
What else should I be doing? The BSOD displays the usual warnings and info with the following code:
STOP: 0x000000F4 (0x0000000000000003, 0xFFFFFFA8004FB0B030, 0XFFFFFA8004FB0E10, 0XFFFFF8000ZD99240)
I've tried googling that and obviously found thousands of results for the 0x000000F4 error but narrowing it down using the other strings leaves me with nothing.
The BSOD also suggests disabling BIOS memory options such as catching or shadowing? What would the effects of that be?
The only other bit of info I have is that the windows event viewer categorises the problem as Event ID: 41, Kernel-Power and gives the following details:
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-01-29T11:17:44.755611000Z" />
<EventRecordID>16347</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>evan-laptop</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Could the fact that it is a kernel power error be the reason the memory dump isn't working and would changing it to small memory dump help with this?
Any help appreciated.