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BSOD caused by watchdog.sys
Hi,
Since last monday i'm using windows7 (x64 pro) aswell. I bought a new Sata Hard Drive, installed windows xp 32 bit + SP3 and activated it. Then i upgraded to windows 7 64 bit using the clean install function. Everything seemed to be okay until i got a BSOD while playing a video in WMP (or WMP classic, i don't remember). I thought it was because i installed the CCCP-codec pack, so i uninstalled it and installed the Shark007 pack instead. Sadly enough it didnt help. From the moment i started using windows 7 i've had 4 BSODs, all when playing media files (avi/mkv/wmv/mp3) which are stored on different hard drives in either WMP or WMP classic. Playing games is no problem at all.
The BSODS told me that watchdog.sys was most likely the cause of all this. I checked the .dmp files with BlueScreenView and this is what the BSOD's say:
Watchdog.sys seems to be the problem, but BlueScreenView marked other .sys files red aswell.A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your computer.
The problem seems to be caused by the following file: watchdog.sys
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen,
restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow
these steps:
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer
for any Windows updates you might need.
If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware
or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart
your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then
select Safe Mode.
Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0x00000119 (0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000096d290c4, 0x000000000007aac5,
0x000000000007aac3)
*** watchdog.sys - Address 0xfffff8800188122f base at 0xfffff88001880000 DateStamp
0x4a5bc53f
I ran a sfc /scannow, and i ran it as admin. No problems were detected. I've installed an older Catalyst driver (9.12) because it could be a solution for this type of BSOD but that didn't work either.
I would run memtest, but that's gonna be a problem because i have neither a cd+rw drive nor a floppy drive, and as far as i know i can't boot from an USB-stick. But i don't think my RAM is the problem because it worked fine with windows XP.
My system specs are:
Asrock AlivesataII-glan
AMD Athlon x2 5200+
2x1Gb Kingston DDRII 667
ATI HD4850
Samsung Spinpoint f1 500 gb Sata
Samsung spinpoint 250 gb IDE (2x)
Creative Audigy SE
Hopefully somebody here can tell me where i need to look. I've attached my .dmp files to this post. Help would be appreciated, thanks in advance for your time!
Last edited by Ferrara; 04 Feb 2010 at 18:10. Reason: Added some more info