Solved Random BSOD's, mainly ntoskrnl.exe but also other errors.

[x BlueRobot]

[COLOR="Red"]BugCheck 3B[/COLOR], {[COLOR="SeaGreen"]c0000005[/COLOR], fffff8800118d039, fffff880087b29c0, 0}

Probably caused by : fltmgr.sys ( fltmgr!GetContextFromStreamList+99 )

Usual causes:  System service, Device driver, graphics driver, memory

0: kd> [COLOR="SeaGreen"]!thread[/COLOR]
GetPointerFromAddress: unable to read from fffff80002eb0000
THREAD fffffa8009b63060  Cid 0c64.06ec  Teb: 000000007ef8c000 Win32Thread: fffff900c1ebdc20 RUNNING on processor 0
IRP List:
   [COLOR="Red"] Unable to read nt!_IRP @ fffffa8007200010[/COLOR] <-- Pending IRP
Not impersonating
GetUlongFromAddress: unable to read from fffff80002defba4
Owning Process            fffffa800a6bd710       Image:         chrome.exe
Attached Process          N/A            Image:         N/A
fffff78000000000: Unable to get shared data
Wait Start TickCount      21947        
Context Switch Count      1273           IdealProcessor: 0                 LargeStack
ReadMemory error: Cannot get nt!KeMaximumIncrement value.
UserTime                  00:00:00.000
KernelTime                00:00:00.000
Win32 Start Address 0x0000000065cae99d
Stack Init fffff880087b3db0 Current fffff880087b2970
Base fffff880087b4000 Limit fffff880087ab000 Call 0
Priority 12 BasePriority 8 UnusualBoost 0 ForegroundBoost 2 IoPriority 2 PagePriority 5

2: kd> [COLOR="SeaGreen"]lmvm atikmdag[/COLOR]
start             end                 module name
fffff880`056a2000 fffff880`061b8000   atikmdag T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: atikmdag.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\atikmdag.sys
    Image name: atikmdag.sys
    Timestamp:        [COLOR="Red"]Wed Dec 19 20:38:55 2012[/COLOR] (50D225DF)
    CheckSum:         00AC6529
    ImageSize:        00B16000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

Your AMD/ATI graphics card driver seems to be a possible cause in quite a few dump files, have you tried checking for updates from here - AMD Graphics Drivers & Software

[COLOR="Red"]BugCheck 1A[/COLOR], {[COLOR="Blue"]5100[/COLOR], fffff6fc40077a68, 5, 168d56963}

Probably caused by : partmgr.sys ( partmgr!PmGlobalDispatch+9f )

The bugcheck suggests that a virtual address is going to written to while it's already in use, this is also supported by a Stop 0xDA found in one of the crash dumps which indicates incorrect PTE handling by drivers.

 

[Kreshnak]

Your AMD/ATI graphics card driver seems to be a possible cause in quite a few dump files, have you tried checking for updates from here - AMD Graphics Drivers & Software

I think I've updated my graphics card driver at least five times since i started this thread. Currently using the amd driver with revision number 13.1 on advice from YoYo155. But if the .dmp files points at the graphics card driver anyways, what could it be?

The bugcheck suggests that a virtual address is going to written to while it's already in use, this is also supported by a Stop 0xDA found in one of the crash dumps which indicates incorrect PTE handling by drivers.

I'm not quite sure what that means to be honest.

 

[x BlueRobot]

It seems like a driver problem in my opinion, does your motherboard or CPU have a integrated/onboard graphics chip?

 

[Kreshnak]

Don't know, and don't know how to find out. I can however tell you what motherboard I have and what CPU I have.

My motherboard: Asus M4N68TAM/ATX/nForce 630a
My CPU: AMD Athlon II x4 635 @ 2.91ghz

 

[YoYo155]

According to this M4N68T - Motherboards - ASUS , you don't unfortunately :\ .
Do you have a spare GPU?

 

[Kreshnak]

I have my old one, which is a PowerColor HD 5770. However I bought this new one because I thought that the old one was the cause of my bsod's.

 

[centaur78]

hi

there is an BIOS update for the Asus HD 7770 ... but the problem is it can only be updated on Motherboards that has UEFI bios... not sure if M4N68T motherboard has that option..(as there are no reference to them in manuals)

You could also try the driver version 9.02 they have on the support site to test and see if BSOD's happen..

If it does.. then the next thing to do is try the PowerColor HD 5770 with latest AMD drivers and check for BSOD.

Let me know you feedback.

 

[Kreshnak]

I can't seem to get the 9.02 version to work. I didn't find one for windows 7, so that might be why.

Edit: Also got these bsods without having a graphics driver installed.

 

[Kreshnak]

So say it is my motherboard that is the problem. What do I do? Do I have to replace it, or can I do something to repair it? Seems kind of tedious to replace the motherboard tbh.

 

[x BlueRobot]

Does the motherboard still have warranty or any return policy?

 

[Kreshnak]

According to their web-page I have a 3 year warranty for it. (http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M4N68T/#support_Warranty) However I have been fiddling with it myself, both removing and placing for instance the GPU. So I'm not certain the warranty is valid. I'll check with the shop where I bought it in the first place aswell.

 

[x BlueRobot]

I would use the warranty if you can.

 

[Kreshnak]

Yeah I've mailed the shop where I bought it. Haven't got an answer yet though, but the warranty runs out in the end of September this year so it should be alright.

 

[x BlueRobot]

Please post any updates

 

[Kreshnak]

Will do when I get an answer from the shop!

 

[Kreshnak]

Got an answer today. I've made an error report to them and they will look at the motherboard themselves and see if there is something wrong. If it is, then I'll get a new one.

 

[x BlueRobot]

Okay good, thanks for the update

 

[Kreshnak]

Forgot to mention: when I diassembled my computer to get the motherboard out for them, I had to remove the CPU as well. When I did, I accidentally snapped one of the pins off. So it's now broken and I have to buy a new one. What do You think of this: AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition FX-8320 (FD8320FRHKBOX) Details
I wont buy it until they're done with the motherboard. But I suppose that if it was anything wrong with it, I'll probably get more or less the same motherboars to replace the old, meaning the sockets will be the same.

 

[essenbe]

You'll see abig improvement over the Athlon II, I believe. Just make sure that CPU is on the QVL List for your Motherboard. Also, make sure the fix the broken pin in the socket. They usually charge pretty good for that, but without that pin it will never run right, if it will run at all. But, yes, that should give you a good performance boost.

 

[Kreshnak]

Luckily the pin fell out of the socket, so it's not stuck in there. Also, I put everything back when i noticed the broken pin to see if the computer would start. Which it didn't. Where do I find a QVL List? On the motherboards web-page?