Solved BSOD After New System Build, Many Different Types of BSOD Errors.

[CLatta]

I had been getting BSODs on an older custom PC so I decided it was time to upgrade and I recently put together a new system and have been having irregular BSOD errors since day 1. I initially thought that it was the RAM because that was the only other part besides the hard drives that was recycled from my old build but I ran memtest for 7 passes and then 10 passes and received no errors. A problem I have also been having is that my RAM will not boot to windows at it's rated speed of 1600mhz and with XMP enabled. I finally got it to boot to 1600 when I increased the timings by 2 or 3 on each but that didn't seem to solve anything. I should've clarified that I get BSOD when the RAM is set to auto or when it's set to manual or anything else in between. I am also able to run Prime95 for about 6 hours along with browsing and gaming with no issues until I BSOD eventually. I've attached the many dump files I've accumulated since I started logging them. The only consistent thing that keeps popping up is ntoskrnl.exe which I doubt to be the actual cause. Hopefully someone can help.

 

[CLatta]

An update of sorts. It seems my adobe flash player is crashing a lot after extended periods of viewing online videos and streaming. Also in the latest crash dump file in my zip folder my computer would hang and freeze and barely respond and when I looked at the resources panel my cpu was at a constant 100% before it crashed.

Edit: Here's another dump file from another BSOD.

 

[Arc]

Only one of tomorrows crash dump says it:

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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck D1, {11c, 2, 0, fffff88000eeb730}

*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for rrwd0002.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for rrwd0002.sys
Probably caused by : 1394ohci.sys ( 1394ohci!Dispatch::DispatchIrbRequest+a8 )

Followup: MachineOwner
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In this case you need to follow it: How to Revert the Win7 1394ohci.sys to the Legacy Driver.

The other dumps are not showing any probable cause, so we will need to wait and observe how it goes after changing the driver to legacy. Later, depending on the situation, we will take necessary steps.

 

[CLatta]

Okay, will do.
Okay Legecy driver enabled. Will update asap.

 

[CLatta]

I thought that last one may have fixed it as I am using an external sound card via a firewire cord and pci card but I just received this latest blue screen after tabbing in and out of games and streaming them.

 

[Arc]

It is a totally different issue. A stop 0xA0000001 BSOD.

*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for atikmdag.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for atikmdag.sys
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

[COLOR=Red]BugCheck A0000001[/COLOR], {5, 0, 0, 0}

[COLOR=Red]Probably caused by : atikmdag.sys[/COLOR] ( atikmdag+258fe )

Followup: MachineOwner
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Stop 0xA0000001 BSODs are inherent in AMD/ATI display drivers/GPUs. As it is occurring, at the first place you need to try another version of the display driver. Update your ATI/AMD display driver to the latest WHQL.

You can get it from the link in our forum, http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-...alyst-video-driver-windows-7-a.html#post17671, or you may go to AMD Graphics Driver and Software and opt for Automatically Detect and Install the appropriate driver for your card.

During installation, you may opt for advanced installation, and install the display driver only, not the Catalyst Control Center.

Let us know the results.

 

[CLatta]

Wow. Thanks for the amazingly fast response. Will follow the instructions and report back.
Edit: Okay Beta driver installed and now my gpu is actually detected as a R9 200 series instead of an HD7970(which it technically still is). The only issue I may have noticed is that my clockspeeds for the card were way below default. It was something like 585/800 instead of the 1070/1600 it comes stock at. I set it back to the default speeds in MSI Afterburner though and we will see how it plays out now.

 

[CLatta]

Alright had another blue screen while streaming to twitch,playing path of exile, and in a skype call. Nothing else taxing was going on I don't think.

 

[Arc]

fffff880`0856c168  fffff880`042d7552Unable to load image atikmpag.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for atikmpag.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for atikmpag.sys
 atikmpag+0x45552
fffff880`0856c170  00000009`00000048
fffff880`0856c178  00000000`00000001
fffff880`0856c180  00000000`00000000
fffff880`0856c188  fffff880`00000000
fffff880`0856c190  fffffa80`0e5efe50
fffff880`0856c198  00000000`00000000
fffff880`0856c1a0  00000000`00000000
fffff880`0856c1a8  fffff880`0f13fcb7*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for atikmdag.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for atikmdag.sys
 atikmdag+0xa0cb7

We are seeing the display driver crashing even with the latest version.

Can you test the situation with a replacement GPU or even using the onboard graphics?

The stress test may not detect anything, still stress test the Graphics Card using Furmark.
Video Card - Stress Test with Furmark

 

[CLatta]

Yah I can pop in an old GPU for a while and see how that goes and also test onboard graphics. Won't be able to do this for a while though as I'm off to class for the day. Will respond when I can.

 

[CLatta]

Before I swapped my hardware as you've suggested I got this most recent blue screen. But now I've swapped my GPU from the Asus R9 280x to my old MSI GTX 460 Hawk. I've also swapped out my RAM to a new set of two sticks I found on sale. G.Skill F3-17000CL11D-8GBSR. As soon as I booted my mobo detected the RAM changes and I set it to XMP profile 1(running at 10-10-10-30 2133mhz 1.6v). It booted fine with no errors or hangs(unlike my corsair RAM which wouldn't boot into anything besides 1333mhz and would not work with XMP). As I've recently done this I can't tell if this has solved any problems(changing RAM and GPU) so I'm going to leave on the applications and games that were on during all previous other blue screens. Hopefully in the morning it will still be running.

 

[CLatta]

Well I've had zero errors since using different RAM and GPU. My next step will be to keep the current RAM installed and switch back to my newer 280x GPU and see what happens if I do that.

 

[Arc]

Well I've had zero errors since using different RAM and GPU. My next step will be to keep the current RAM installed and switch back to my newer 280x GPU and see what happens if I do that.

Well, go for experiments. Hopefully that will help you to pinpoint to issue in an alternative way.

 

[CLatta]

After 4 days I have no blue screens or errors. Even though I ran memtest for 7 and then 10 passes on my old RAM it seems there were undetected errors still. So I guess when in doubt replace RAM.

 

[Arc]

Let us know for any further issue